Excellent choice. Minimal recoil because of the caliber, and no jams. The kind of gun you want to pair off with one or more of these speed loader gizmos:
Posted on 08/24/2020 7:32:46 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
My sister just turned 67 and wants to purchase a pistol for self-defense.
I do not think she has ever fired a weapon before in her life. She is sufficiently concerned about the crap going on that she wants to be able to defend herself. She works in downtown Baltimore and commutes from her home in suburban Maryland between Baltimore, Wash DC, and Annapolis.
What do the FR firearms experts recommend for the pistol, ammunition, and training? How do you evaluate trainers and their training programs? What do you look for?
Consider trigger pull, especially hammerless.
Agreed. 1st gun for anyone should be a revolver. Hard enough learning to shoot, sights, trigger, loud bang, etc without thinking of checking mag seating and racking slide, safety.
Not to mention clearing jams, which always happen for beginners especially. Limp writing, etc.
.22 for a 67 yo lady. 8 shot .22 perfect. 3” barrel.
Home defense, Mossberg .410 pistol grip shotgun. Short, light, but same power as a .44 mag with 1/4 the kick, and harder to miss. Mount a flashlight with palm activated switch. If it’s in the beam, it will get hit.
No semi autos for her, nothing with any kick. Old hands, easy to fracture on 67yo woman. Keep it Easy peasy lemon squeezey.
A 67 year old woman will be 68 next year. So likely not a lot of wrist or finger strength. Light enough to hold but not so light that it jumps. 38 Spl will work close up.
Aye!!! And carry it in an ankle holster!!!
the best personal defense “pistol” for someone who doesn’t shoot much is actually a small revolver: they’re EXTREMELY simply because they basically have one control, namely the trigger ... the one i like the best is the smith and wesson model 638 .38+p, because the hammer is mostly shrouded, but not all the way, with a small knurled portion rising above the shroud, so the revolver is still thumb-cockable, which is useful for those who like to shoot single-action because that can be MUCH more accurate, especially for those who don’t shoot a lot ... stainless is nice for those who aren’t too diligent about cleaning ... these are good glove-box, pocket and pocket-book guns ...
https://www.smith-wesson.com/firearms/model-638
My 74 year old mother lives alone and I just bought her a hammerless, 38 special, revolver, snub nose.
It doesnt get any better then that for a new gun owner. Revolvers are intuitive, easy to use, and bullet proof. If you get her a semi auto she’ll never be able to use it unless she has a lot of experience with semi’s and good enough hand strength to charge the slide.
NRA certified course. PLUS...
Minimum 100 rounds of practice over 2 days.
S&W Ladysmith .38.
Ruger revolver far more accurate than S&W.
Riiiight....a Desert Eagle for a 67-yo woman?
Sober up and go to bed.
Riiiight....a Desert Eagle for a 67-yo woman?
Sober up and go to bed.
Hi.
Lots of good advice on the thread.
The First lady graduated from a .22 revolver to a .25 then a .38, then she settled on the S&W J frame model 60 .357
Practice, clean weapon, practice again.
We haven’t been to the range in 4/5 months. Our bad.
5.56mm
Indeed. I highly recommend the ‘’Baby Nine’’(.380) for a woman.
A small .32 Berreta Tomcat pop-up is such a gun. Very little recoil and carry it with one in the chamber. A bit better than a 22, and less scary than a 38 revolver.
The .22 Berreta Bobcat is also possible with CCI stingers. Both are tiny little guns and something is better than nothing.
Excellent choice. Minimal recoil because of the caliber, and no jams. The kind of gun you want to pair off with one or more of these speed loader gizmos:
On the racking slides business, that may not be as important as it seems- I prefer that my wife has a heavy gun, for recoil reduction purposes, and she is limited to 15 rounds. She knows that, and she agrees that the recoil reduction is more important. She totes A Beretta 92FS. (She would not carry a spare mag anyway.)
BINGO!!!
TigerHawk’s Three Rules of Armed Self Defense (Firearms)
1) You MUST be willing to KILL.
2) You MUST have authorative command of the weapon.
3) The weapon MUST be readily at hand.
Without the first, the other two are useless!
.22 LR. Have her trained by an instructor to do head shots. ;)
He was saying that in jest. He included “j/k” which means “just kidding.” It is obviously a silly recommendation for a woman in her late 60s. Heck, it’s just as silly for me (just turned 69).
Ditto. Seriously, under the circumstances, a small .38 revolver.
My sincere apologies!
Somehow missed the j/k!
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