Weight is actually an advantage in recoil management, but you have to balance that against the disadvantage of toting a heavy piece. I taught a neighbor lady to shoot who tried all the lightweight purse guns in the display and settled on a full-size Browning Hi-Power because she could shoot the nipples off a gnat at 10 yards with it. She said to heck with it, she’d carry it.
Thank you for the experience there. I’m looking at a college handgun for my daughter, and was looking at the Walthers. Sounds like you are saying a good old Browning will do the trick.
The GM1 on my old ship tried to sell me one at a very good price. Great guy. Turn him down at the time. Very stupid. The young tend to be that way some times.