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revolvers don't have accidental discharges when carried in purses
Wife needs a gun
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rugerman
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My wife has several and carries different ones at different times. She first had a snubie 38 that was stolen so for several years she didn't have her own gun then she saw a ppk that I bought for me and she adopted it and carried it for a while but it was kind of heavy and hard to rack the slide so she got a sp101, solved the racking the slide problem but still heavy and she had trouble with the sights so she got a lcr with a laser, now all is right with the world, its light, the laser makes it easy to point shoot and it has a really good trigger. But she still borrows my keltec p3at from time to time when she really needs a small gun. Different strokes for different folks. Let her figure it out for herself.
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My wife really likes her Glock 23. A Glock 19 is a good choice for a do everything gun in 9mm. Compact enough to conceal, large enough to shoot well, no safeties to mess with, decent sights, corrosion resistant.
If she wants something smaller, perhaps a makarov? If she doesn't want to practice enough to remain proficient with an auto, then a small .38 would be a good choice.
Of course she has to like it. So make sure you listen.
If she wants something smaller, perhaps a makarov? If she doesn't want to practice enough to remain proficient with an auto, then a small .38 would be a good choice.
Of course she has to like it. So make sure you listen.
So I convinced the manager of a local shop to let my wife shoot a .38 snub before we made any commitments and she loved it so much that she almost cussed the guy out because she couldn't take it home the same day! Haha just kidding. She was disappointed though. Thanks for all of the inputs!
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Exactly.
If she likes the 9mm why mess it up by insisting on something else?
I'd far rather carry my Taurus Slim than my MPA Protector if it weren't for the practical difficulties inherent in my specific job. In most other jobs the bending, twisting, stretching, leaning over tables, carrying heavy things on one hip, and dropping to my knees to crawl under tables wouldn't factor in and I could. If this woman doesn't have a job like that she probably doesn't need a tiny, uncomfortable to fire, deep concealment gun and could carry a moderate-sized 9 without undue trouble.
This is doubly true if she customarily wears jeans (which I do not).
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Purse carry is a lousy option that should be the last resort of a woman who can find no other possible means of carry.
Honestly, while the bellyband is currently my best option, sticking a tiny gun into my bra works better than putting it into my purse. Its more secure and easier to draw that way.
KEL-tec 380 it's the only one that small that (per the manuals) can use +P ammo with the 9 round mag. even fits my big hand will keep a 4" grp at 30 feet. I have ran over 1000 rounds thru mine with never a miss feed of any kind. and with Buffalo Bore +P 95 Grain JHP or +P 100 Grain Flat Nose she is a great gun. in my pocket you can't tell it is there even in the holster with the extended mag. the "Smith" and Ruger (I love Rugers) say NOT to use +P I think that is needed with 380, it don't have the last round lock back. only draw back and to me no biggie.
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I want my wife to have a gun at home for when I am not there. She really likes 4" .357 Mag stainless revolvers because she doesn't want a "girl gun". I'm afraid I've pushed it too much, so I'm trying to back off. She doesn't seem as interested as she used to. Maybe if I leave it alone for a while she'll come around again. That's my only advice, don't push her too hard like I did.
I'm glad she found one, RedTag. I've said in other threads and it makes the difference between dragging her to the range or her driving you there: the gun should feel like coming home when she picks it up.
I don't carry but I do have a question about carrying; why does it need to be tiny and secret? I'd rather have my P226 in an easily accessible place than a tiny, harder to shoot gun somewhere that I would have to waste time fussing with special compartments. I might get this attitude from my mom: she carries a full size .45 in her purse and that piece of luggage is so big you can't even tell.
I don't carry but I do have a question about carrying; why does it need to be tiny and secret? I'd rather have my P226 in an easily accessible place than a tiny, harder to shoot gun somewhere that I would have to waste time fussing with special compartments. I might get this attitude from my mom: she carries a full size .45 in her purse and that piece of luggage is so big you can't even tell.
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I agree on the 9mm advice, but the comfortable/comforting debate is another issue.
I'd be very comforted knowing that I had a M2HB at my immediate disposal to thoroughly outclass every evildoer I might come across, but I wouldn't be comfortable dragging over a hundred and forty pounds of machine gun around with me everywhere I went. Compromises have to be made. If a gun is too large and heavy to be practically carried, it won't get carried. If the recoil and blast make it too punishing for the shooter, it won't get shot.
The comfort of the shooter is a factor that can't be ignored.
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No, but it shouldn't be the over riding priority.
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My wife only likes revolvers, and only revolvers that I buy and carry.
So far she has claimed an SP101, a Taurus 605, a smith 649, and a 3 inch security six.
So I carry CZ's and 1911's. Problem solved and neither of us undergunned
So far she has claimed an SP101, a Taurus 605, a smith 649, and a 3 inch security six.
So I carry CZ's and 1911's. Problem solved and neither of us undergunned
David E. said:
I beg to differ. I can shoot a 3" or 4" .357 loaded with most loads fairly well and the recoil isn't that uncomfortable to me. I'm comfortable with both and that allows me to use them. But I have shot handguns that I wasn't comfortable with and there is no way I'd carry one for defense. To those who aren't comfortable using a .357 for whatever reason, I'd steer them to something they are comfortable with.
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We appear to be talking about different aspects of "comfort."
Evenso, I suppose I still disagree with you.
If "comfort" relates to the physical carrying of a gun, then small, light and thin would rule the day. But they suck for actual defensive use.
If "comfort" relates to the shooters ability with a given gun and/or caliber, what if they are "comfortable" with a .22 Short single shot? Fine, but it's a bad choice for defense.
So, putting mere "comfort" ahead of common sense is a foolish thing to do.
David E. said:
Still, isn't the choice of almost any handgun a compromise that puts mere comfort ahead of the most capable weapon?
By definition, handguns are smaller and lighter than rifles or shotguns - but also almost always less powerful and more difficult to shoot accurately. And yet we all carry those anemic excuses for a "real" gun.
I fall into the "use at least a .38 Special or 9mm and go bigger if you can, but if you can't, a .22 is still better than going bare knuckles" camp.
I respect that others, such as David E., may disagree with this and I can't fault them for wanting to use the most decisive fight-stopping caliber available. I can't disagree with that logic - but sometimes the most decisive handgun that the user can or will use might still be a .22 and that's just how it is. And that's still better than going bare knuckles.
Sorry for the derailing of the thread. I'm glad the OP's wife found something that works for her though... and I'll shut up now.
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I don't get this at all. Your wife can shoot a 9mm but YOU want her to carry something in a LESSER caliber? Don't you like her any more? Most times it's the other way around.
Please explain why you would want your wife to carry a lesser caliber than she is comfortable shooting?
I do see in a later post she decided to by a .38 snub nose revolver but you didn't say which one. I can't argue with that decision because I like the .38 Special and carry one myself. (as long as it's a quality revolver and not bought because it was cheap)
This whole thread confuses me...
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Goon, I think we're really on the same page.
While it's physically more comfortable to carry a NAA mini-revolver, you draw the line at .38 Spl or 9mm...which are not physically more comfortable to carry than the NAA.
You're applying common sense to the situation ahead of mere comfort, which is what a prudent person should do.
While it's physically more comfortable to carry a NAA mini-revolver, you draw the line at .38 Spl or 9mm...which are not physically more comfortable to carry than the NAA.
You're applying common sense to the situation ahead of mere comfort, which is what a prudent person should do.
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Mine does too....but she claims not. But since she's so hesitant to pick out another, maybe I'll just get her one I'd like for myself.
Yeah............that's it!
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While one can't reasonably expect carrying a gun to be as comfortable as not carrying a gun, comfort in carry is highly important because when something is uncomfortable to the point of being continually irritation one will inevitably stop doing it.
I fear that I'm guilty of that myself, having left off the bellyband today because I wanted a holiday from it making my back itch. The guilt feeling is getting to me though so that I'm going to stick it in my skirt pocket as soon as I'm done typing this post.
A few posts read like a quick exercise in checking the box to feel like something has been accomplished.
Everyone has to make their own choices, and forcing others to behave how we prefer is really not going to result in a best defensive status for anyone. If we could keep people safe thru controlling them, then the gun banners are right and we are the fools who can't see reality. I don't believe that they are right at all.
A good place to start is with training, conducted by a certified firearms instructor who is not a personal friend or relative of the person receiving instruction. A good next step after that would be a few days at a reputable training school (aka gunsite, thunder ranch, etc). There are good schools everywhere that do not have any sort of reputation like the big names in training, but are still good schools.
Personal defense is about mindset more than anything else. Mindset is not sold in plastic boxes at a gunstore.
Everyone has to make their own choices, and forcing others to behave how we prefer is really not going to result in a best defensive status for anyone. If we could keep people safe thru controlling them, then the gun banners are right and we are the fools who can't see reality. I don't believe that they are right at all.
A good place to start is with training, conducted by a certified firearms instructor who is not a personal friend or relative of the person receiving instruction. A good next step after that would be a few days at a reputable training school (aka gunsite, thunder ranch, etc). There are good schools everywhere that do not have any sort of reputation like the big names in training, but are still good schools.
Personal defense is about mindset more than anything else. Mindset is not sold in plastic boxes at a gunstore.
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