[Holicheese]

GF is starting to get into shooting. Any suggestions on a good pistol for a small female?
Also, stick with the 9MM or go for a 10MM?

[Dead Corpse]

Give her the 9mm and upgrade to the 10mm. But only if you reload. 10mm ammo off the shelf is, for the most part, hard to find and underpowered. You can get fullhouse loads off the Net, but you'll pay a premium.

If you are looking for more power, a .41 Magnum won't punish you as much as a .44 or a .454 will. The .460 XVR or the .500 S&W are recoil junkies wetdreams. For a carry piece, Springfield XD in .45 ACP or a Sig P220. 1911's these days are too finiky about what they eat and how they are maintained.

[Renfield]

I'd suggest a .22 revolver--a K-frame Smith & Wesson, or a Ruger single-action. Ammo is cheap, the gun will be easy to shoot (espeically if you can find a Smith with a good trigger), and she'll get good with it pretty quickly. When she's very comfortable with the .22, move her up to a .38 Smith target revolver.

The revolvers are easy to clean, too.

[Shooter 2.5]

I bought a Browning HighPower 9MM for the girlfriend to use. We tried different guns and this one fit her the best. I was a little disapointed the Kahr didn't fit her.