Posted on 10/20/2017 7:06:33 AM PDT by w1n1
S&W model 10 or 67 w 3” barrel.
I don’t recommend the snub nose for accuracy.
I don’t recommend semi-autos because the women I know are reluctant to carry with the safety off, or train enough to take the safety off in a stress situation.
Recently purchased a Springfield XDE as a Glock replacement. My wife lacks hand strength to rack a slide on most semi autos but can easily rack the slide on this gun. Gun functions well and shoots 9mm, so I think it should have been included.
A S&W airlight .38 is the best for my families women. They don't have to remember if there's one in the pipe or not or is the safety on or off. They just need to point and pull the trigger. In a hurry or in a crisis there usually is no time for memory checklists.
Mrs. L is partial to the XDS in .45.
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“I dont recommend semi-autos because the women I know are reluctant to carry with the safety off”
In many cases, women don’t have the hand strength to cycle the action on small semi-auto handguns. If you can’t load it, you can’t shoot it. Additionally, in the case of the Ruger LCP, the trigger pull was way too hard for at least one lady I know who has very small hands.
Same here...My Lady can’t rack any semiauto.
So, a nice little Ruger LCR in .22LR helps her keep the coyotes away.
I was a big proponent of 38 snubbed nosed until I found some women have difficulty with the trigger pull weight and length on some hammerless revolvers.
I guess women are pickier. Before you buy one for her have her get the feel. A compact or a sub compact is a perfect purse or glovebox gun.
My wife really likes the Glocks and with their safeties she can keep one in the pipe.
I gave a S&W Body Guard with a laser sight to my 50 yr old daughter for her birthday. Many of her friends are always packing.
My wife had an airweight but has some carpal tunnel issues. The trigger weight and length are strong enough she wouldn’t practice with it.
Not impressed. The only two on that list I would go for are the S&W M&P Bodyguard and the Sig P238. The actioning on the Ruger LCP is for chit. As a general rule Glocks are a bad idea for women especially for CC. A much better choice would be a Springfield Armory XDS in 9mm.
Most self-defense shootings happen at contact distance, or nearly so.
This is a great advantage of the airweight,(and all other J frame revolvers), because the slide cant be immobilized by clothing or a hostile hand on the gun.
I own a Sig 238.
Super concealable.
Any decent quality .38 snubbie will do, though I’d suggest an all steel model. The lightweight models are invariably unpleasant to shoot with anything hotter than wad-cutters. I’m a male and my edc gun is a 3rd gen Colt Det Spl. from the early 1980’s.
Da revolvers, 38 special wadcutters.
Be happy.
Take her to a range. Let her try a number of guns. Let HER pick.
The low-recoil hydra-shok rounds work well in the smaller CC frames.
I have arthritis in my thumbs and I generally find Rugers easier to use. Never tried a semi-auto though.
Use what I use. A Taurus snubbie. 5 95gr +p Silvertips. Just pull the trigger. No jam no fuss no muss.
Finally people are acknowledging that its difficult for most women to use automatics and not just mocking us as being inept. I am an unusually strong woman, but I cannot safely pull the slide back. I can do it eventually, but the barrel gets waved around in an unacceptable manner, so I only carry and use revolvers.
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