Question. My wife has only shot a handgun ONCE! I put a laser on the handgun to assist her. Will it help?
“Question. My wife has only shot a handgun ONCE! I put a laser on the handgun to assist her. Will it help?”
It will not help trigger control, and that is where most people need the most help.
The best use of a laser grip is dry fire practice. It is impossible to dry-fire too much.
My wife was rough at first but we got her a Tactical length 9mm with a 5 inch barrel and she steadied right up. Get a gun that fits her hands but isn’t too small and then dry fire the heck out of it. Also get GOOD hearing protection. The louder the bang the harder it is to steady the your nerves.
It may help, but only while she is using it INMO.
I don’t like lasers for new shooters. If you haven’t grasped the fundamentals of shooting, the little red dot tends to mesmerize the shooter and they “chase” it all over the target trying to fire when it crosses the bullseye.
An trick practiced by Ed McGivern (look him up) was to put a dot of red pain on a full size mirror and practice holding the muzzle on it and dry firing. That teaches you to manipulate the trigger without disturbing the sights/gun.