Hi folks,
Need to make a decision between these two. It will be serving as my wife's bedside gun. I have a 12 gauge coach gun under my side of the bed for this purpose, but i would feel better if she also had a gun she was willing to use and be confident with. i know .22 and .25 are both anemic calibers but she is tiny (5'1) and not really a "gun person" and gets easily turned off by recoil and muzzle blast. Basically its the only calibers she is willing to shoot. Had her try a .32 kel tec and a .38 snub with wadcutters and she hated both. But she shot a .25 baby browning and loved it. I would rather get her a gun that she is willing to practice with and learn to shoot well, than a gun that she would be scared to ever fire.
I have narrowed it down to these two guns. Ruled out considering a single action only pistol like the Mark III or Buckmark because she would have trouble racking the slide, and her small hands have trouble with most double action revovler triggers. Both the beretta and bersa i can leave the hammer down on a loaded chamber in double action mode.
I know .22 and .25 ballistics are about equal from short barrels. But im wondering if the reliabilty of the centerfire beretta .25 would give it the edge. But the bersa has a longer barrel and a couple extra rounds capacity. Basically what im trying to ask is...which is the more reliable pistol??
Need to make a decision between these two. It will be serving as my wife's bedside gun. I have a 12 gauge coach gun under my side of the bed for this purpose, but i would feel better if she also had a gun she was willing to use and be confident with. i know .22 and .25 are both anemic calibers but she is tiny (5'1) and not really a "gun person" and gets easily turned off by recoil and muzzle blast. Basically its the only calibers she is willing to shoot. Had her try a .32 kel tec and a .38 snub with wadcutters and she hated both. But she shot a .25 baby browning and loved it. I would rather get her a gun that she is willing to practice with and learn to shoot well, than a gun that she would be scared to ever fire.
I have narrowed it down to these two guns. Ruled out considering a single action only pistol like the Mark III or Buckmark because she would have trouble racking the slide, and her small hands have trouble with most double action revovler triggers. Both the beretta and bersa i can leave the hammer down on a loaded chamber in double action mode.
I know .22 and .25 ballistics are about equal from short barrels. But im wondering if the reliabilty of the centerfire beretta .25 would give it the edge. But the bersa has a longer barrel and a couple extra rounds capacity. Basically what im trying to ask is...which is the more reliable pistol??