I have small bones, my wrists are small and getting older just made it worse. I can't handle a 10 inch iron skillet. My wrists give way under that amount of weight.
I wear a AAA shoe. When I was younger, it was AAAA. Can you say narrow feet? My mother hated that since if the shoe was going to stay on, she had to pay more to get that AAAA. Only the most expensive store had them. I get shoe catalogs and can flip through them fast since they seem to think everyone wears a medium or wide.
It was frustrating not being able to pull back a slide. I could envision the bad guy standing there waiting until I was ready to fire. The clerk immediately dumped those pistols and went to revolvers. He suggested the Ruger 38 special and it was fine in my hand, then I questioned the amount of strength needed to pull the trigger. He went to the safe and got one out that didn't have a lock on it and held it behind his back until he got to me and had me hold it down so no one could see while I pulled the trigger. I pulled it and it was fine.
A clerk is supposed to only give a buyer one with a lock on the trigger to look at. I don't know if that is just an Academy rule or is a rule everywhere.
I don't have a problem with the 22LR.
Attaching a vertical foregrip[ to a pump shotgun makes the tool much easier to use and less likely to have a ‘short shuck’ problem. ... just sayin’
Look into a S&W 351 PD, it is a 11 ounce 7 shot .22 Magnum. Hornady is making .22 Mag defense ammo that has a velocity of over 1000 feet per second out of a 2 inch barrel and will penetrate 9-11 inches in ballistic gelatin. It was I got for Mrs. Slim who does not like recoil.