evan price
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My wife is not anti gun and her family kept guns, she has always sort of thought it was a thing men liked to do, even though she is invited to the range often by me! She is just not interested. I keep her aware of what guns we have (generally) and where they are if she needs one, but she won't pay attention when I show her how to use them, she gets bored and says if she needs to use a gun, that's what I am for.
Well, I was on an out of town trip and she woke up at 4 am and thought she heard a noise outside. She looked out and the big mercury security light on the garage is out (I've had a problem with the daylight sensor on it). Then she thought she saw someone trying to look in the window of the garage.
Well, we live about 20 miles from town and the sheriff response time is about 5 minutes or so on a good night. She started to worry, and she told me, she thought it might be nice to hae a gun to protect herself & the kids. Then she told me, I realized I didn't know what ammo went to what gun or how to load them or anything. She said she felt uncomfortable. Luckily it turned out to be nothing. No intruder.
Well she now wants to learn how to use guns, I feel so proud of her.
The problem is that all of *my* guns are large frame weapons, (I am not a small guy) and the smallest I have is a Sig 239 in 9mm I use for CCW. With Hogue finger grips. IT was the only weapon she felt comfortable holding.
I don't want to get her on the range with a hand cannon and turn her off shooting. I have decided to buy another gun for *her*. I am looking for succestions. I was at Vances' yesterday looking at a Walther P22 but a .22LR has never struck me as a great cartridge. I don't want to spend a lot of money on this gun right now, it's just to get her familiar with shooting, when she is ready, we'll go together & she can pick out EXACTLY what she wants, cost bedamned (within reason!)
I am looking for something for a petite woman with small hands who is also a surgeon, so nothing that will beat up her hands. However she is pretty strong and drives the tractor so she's no weakling either.
I've looked at:
S&W 22A
Bersa Thunder .380 Gold
Walther P22.
Kel Tec P11
ANY SUGGESTIONS??? Obviously if I stay 9mm or .22LR it means I won't have to stock a different ammo.
Well, I was on an out of town trip and she woke up at 4 am and thought she heard a noise outside. She looked out and the big mercury security light on the garage is out (I've had a problem with the daylight sensor on it). Then she thought she saw someone trying to look in the window of the garage.
Well, we live about 20 miles from town and the sheriff response time is about 5 minutes or so on a good night. She started to worry, and she told me, she thought it might be nice to hae a gun to protect herself & the kids. Then she told me, I realized I didn't know what ammo went to what gun or how to load them or anything. She said she felt uncomfortable. Luckily it turned out to be nothing. No intruder.
Well she now wants to learn how to use guns, I feel so proud of her.
The problem is that all of *my* guns are large frame weapons, (I am not a small guy) and the smallest I have is a Sig 239 in 9mm I use for CCW. With Hogue finger grips. IT was the only weapon she felt comfortable holding.
I don't want to get her on the range with a hand cannon and turn her off shooting. I have decided to buy another gun for *her*. I am looking for succestions. I was at Vances' yesterday looking at a Walther P22 but a .22LR has never struck me as a great cartridge. I don't want to spend a lot of money on this gun right now, it's just to get her familiar with shooting, when she is ready, we'll go together & she can pick out EXACTLY what she wants, cost bedamned (within reason!)
I am looking for something for a petite woman with small hands who is also a surgeon, so nothing that will beat up her hands. However she is pretty strong and drives the tractor so she's no weakling either.
I've looked at:
S&W 22A
Bersa Thunder .380 Gold
Walther P22.
Kel Tec P11
ANY SUGGESTIONS??? Obviously if I stay 9mm or .22LR it means I won't have to stock a different ammo.