Which Make revolver for really small hands?

[marklbucla]

Which make revolver is good for small hands? A Smith K frame is too large and we're hopefully going to try and see a J frame today. Aside from a Ruger SP-101, Are there any other manufacturers that have a particularly small grip and length of pull?

 

[ArmedBear]

Colt clones.

 

[Clarence]

S&w m-60

 

[ArmedBear]

The Model 60 is a J Frame - but different from the ubiquitous Airweights.

 

[Noxx]

Smith 642

 

[RyanM]

Aside from the SP-101? Can't think of any. My experience is that all Ruger revolvers have much shorter backstrap-to-trigger distances than S&Ws.

 

[FiveFiveSixFan]

Have you looked at any round butt K frames?

 

[rcmodel]

S&W LOP, measured straight back from face of trigger to rear of grip frame:
J = 2 7/8".
K = 3 1/4".

There is no difference in LOP between a square-butt and a round-butt.

The only difference is grip circumference at the lower part of the stocks.

Colt clones?
Who is making Colt clones?

rc

 

[Duke of Doubt]

North American Arms made some really small revolvers for really small hands. As in, possum hands.

Seriously, if a Colt Army Special or Smith Model 10 wooden grip is too big for your hands, you've got REAL small hands.

 

[GaryP]

The Charter Arms .38spl line all have small grips and you can get a Pink frame for you wife.

 

[rcmodel]

you've got REAL small hands.

+1
This sounds more like an imagined problem due to lake of experience then a real problem.

S&W has been making revolvers that everyone could shoot for an awful lot of years!

Even the big N-frames were GI issue during WWI, and many of those guys were a lot smaller then we are now.

My wife has shot every size S&W made very well, for going on 50 years, and she is less then five foot tall with tiny hands.

rc

 

[marklbucla]

After coming back from the fun shop today, it does sound like a J frame is in order.

After watching Jerry Miculek's Pro Tips on S&W's site, we're further convinced that the K frame is just too large for my wife to shoot. With Hogue's Bantam grips on it, her finger pretty much forms a L around the trigger and barely has the finger strength to pull it DA. Shooting it SA is no problem, but I can't imagine that this would be advised vs. getting a J frame.

And yes, the Smith 60 is at the top of the list, along with a 63 for practice.

 

[Wolfeye]

My SP101 has a pretty small grip, but it's larger than the Smith j-frames I've shot. My answer would depend on what you want the gun for, but if it's a general purpose gun you want, you might like a Smith model 60 Pro or model 60 5". They have decently long barrels, adjustable sights, and ejector rods that are a little longer than the typical j-frame pocket guns.

The 3" SP101 is also nice. I think the older factory grip is a little smaller than the current one. You could buy them used.

S&W k, l, and n-frames can have small grips on them; look up Pachmayr Compac grips or Hogue Bantam grips and you'll see what I mean. Eagle Grips' Undercover model is also nice, but I think it's custom.

Funny, I made this same suggestion on a different forum for a different reason today.

Edit: Sorry, looks like I was typing this up the same time you were making your reply. You might try Eagle; they make some of the most petite yet shootable grips for the j-frame, and same probably goes for k & l frames.

 

[Oyeboten]

The old Colt 'Police Positives'...same size as the S & W 'J Frame', and Six Shots instead of 'five'...

Perfect for smaller size Hands...

Good looking, too...

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

like has been said before, looks like any j frame would be your best bet

 

[RyanM]

This sounds more like an imagined problem due to lake of experience then a real problem.

S&W has been making revolvers that everyone could shoot for an awful lot of years!

Even the big N-frames were GI issue during WWI, and many of those guys were a lot smaller then we are now.

Seems like the concept of gripping the gun so that it lines up with your forearm is relatively recent. With a lot of older guns, especially from the late 1800s, the trigger reach is so long, there's just plain no way to hold them that way.