Single stack 9mm
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Jeb Stuart
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She might like the Nano, a number of ladies at my range made the change to them and love the gun. Personally it is my favorite CCW 9mm. It is a extremely MILD shooter with very little muzzle flip and very small.Easy to stay on target. AOL is only 5.6:. It does have a double action but smooth. However might not be the best for a beginner. Shooting is very pleasant and a little grip tape is all that is needed. Racking is not at all difficult. It sounds like she really need to find her own gun. Maybe a LC380 with a thin
grip or even a Bersa 380.
One gun she might like is the Sig 365. My club ran a 1,000 rds through one and it was a enjoyable gun to shoot. Recoil was on the mild side. I did not care personally for the gun as my off hand would ride the narrow slide to grip. But a smaller hand would do fine. One lady at the club like it so much she bought one.
grip or even a Bersa 380.
One gun she might like is the Sig 365. My club ran a 1,000 rds through one and it was a enjoyable gun to shoot. Recoil was on the mild side. I did not care personally for the gun as my off hand would ride the narrow slide to grip. But a smaller hand would do fine. One lady at the club like it so much she bought one.
RugerOldArmy
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I don't recommend a 1911 as a carry gun for someone unfamiliar with them. My carry instructor, a former cop, felt the light triggers tend to get set off by those unfamiliar with them, under stress. He also told many that some people under stress forget to click off the safety. That said, I'm a 1911 guy.
I keep a Shield in the truck, but I carry 9mm 1911-ish Kimber. It is a very reliable, sweet shooter.
The Kimber Ultra Aegis II is very similar to the EMP. When I got it, it was a choice between the two.
I used to feel the same way. Experience has changed my thinking.
Too many noobs just plain shoot better with a 1911 than with other pistols. They go from shiny new shooters to safe IDPA shooters without the hitch we imagine they are supposed to experience with the 1911 manual of arms.
If there is one thing I have learned about teaching new shooters, it is not to burden them with the over-thinking some of us gun-guys have a tendency to do.
dickydalton
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LC9S is fine
AV8TOR
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I recently added a Shield 2.0 in 9mm to my collection and really glad I did. Summer concealed carry is so much more comfortable than my G19. My wife enjoys shooting it much more than the Glock too.
equin
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S&W 3913 Lady Smith. I have the non-Lady Smith 3913 and love it. Sadly, S&W stopped making them but you can still find good used ones.
Mastrogiacomo
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Those were good guns, including the 908 and the 3913. Never understood why they stopped making those guns.
Laura
Because they can make better profit by making guns with plastic frames loaded full of stamped metal parts.
idfishbait
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try the xde. slide easier to work, single stack 9mm.
rskent
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Don’t you think it would be a good idea to get familiar with whatever you carry?
zaitcev
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For me, the fire control mechanism in CCP is a show-stopper. Its trigger safety only blocks the striker when in battery. You can actually hear it disengage when you pull the slide back slowly. This is the stupidest, most unsafe design since 1895 Nagant.
If only they just lifted the fire control group from PPQ and dropped it into CCP, and tightened up the quality, it would be a fine pistol.
zaitcev
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God, no. Trying to get wife to engage the safety when she grounds a 1911 is like dragging the proverbal horse to the water an making her drink. I had enough trouble making women point the muzzle downrange, I don't want to deal with the safety too. Glock all the way.
Your power relationship with the noobs in the club is entirely different. They do what you tell them or else they leave the club or find another instructor at least. If wife fails to deal with the safety and throws a tantrum when you repeatedly remind her, what are you going to do? Divorce? Or buy a Glock?
Patocazador
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Sig P239?
P210?
Unless she is carrying it, I would get one that weighs the most and has the longest slide.
Shorter slides are harder to work (springs have to be stronger).
My P239 is sweet. It's in .40 with an extra .357 barrel. For an old school single-stack 9, how about a S&W model 39? No problem racking the slide on it.
I sense problems both different from and greater than manual of arms.
We have had different experiences, it seems. I do not, however, have any power relationship with most of these folk.
rpenmanparker
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Does she cock the hammer first by thumb and then rack the slide? Much easier than trying to use the slide racking to cock the hammer.
The Ruger Commander 9mm SR 1911 is quite easy to rack by the method I describe above. 4” barrel. Full size frame. A wonderful pistol at a fair price.
The Ruger Commander 9mm SR 1911 is quite easy to rack by the method I describe above. 4” barrel. Full size frame. A wonderful pistol at a fair price.
The Evangelist Cowboy
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Smith Sheild... I doubt there would be a better choice, of course it's arguable but I've never held an auto that small yet can still be used to fight well like the shield.
I have 2 Shields and really like them.
tactikel
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IMHO
Walther PPS2, G43, then Shield.
My wife and I both carry a Shield 9mm only because I must have a manual safety on a striker fired pistol.
BTY just as training for any sport, if she has trouble racking a slide consider have her working on upper body strength. It will pay off.
Walther PPS2, G43, then Shield.
My wife and I both carry a Shield 9mm only because I must have a manual safety on a striker fired pistol.
BTY just as training for any sport, if she has trouble racking a slide consider have her working on upper body strength. It will pay off.
1MoreFord
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My choice for a modern single stack mini 9mm is the now discontinued Sig P290RS. AFAIK there are still a few new ones to be found in the wild. Otherwise it's used market. It's still my favorite. A nice DAO with night sights, and 6+1 native with 8rnd reloads. All that I could ask for.
Ignition Override
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rskent: Excellent suggestion.
Just wanted to remind the OP that the classic Sig P225 is a Different gun than the US-made, New P225 (A1), having about zero common parts.
I have the classic P225, P6 and a pair of P228s. All four of these were proofed in Kiel Germany.
For anybody looking at an actual P6, the heavy original hammer spring is fairly easy to change, with the right pliars and a clear plastic bag (a spring can fly---).
Just wanted to remind the OP that the classic Sig P225 is a Different gun than the US-made, New P225 (A1), having about zero common parts.
I have the classic P225, P6 and a pair of P228s. All four of these were proofed in Kiel Germany.
For anybody looking at an actual P6, the heavy original hammer spring is fairly easy to change, with the right pliars and a clear plastic bag (a spring can fly---).
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