Could you suggest a suitable .38/.357 for new shooters?

[notbubba]

S&W 686 with a 4" barrel.
A joy to shoot!


or a Glock

 

[C.R.Sam]

Tamara

I don't let large males shoot my light weight 29 with stompin loads lessen I know they can and won't drop it on the way to the aid station.

Sam...bang is good, BANG is more gooder.

 

[Chad Young]

I like the model 10 very much, but some new shooters have struggled with the rear notch sight a bit when I have used one to teach new shooters. Something like a model 10 but with adjustable sights would be darn near perfect.

Tamara - a bud of mine has a model 629 "Mountain Gun" with the 3" barrel. You would be amazed at how many small female types love shooting that thing! We load a 240gr JSP over 24.0gr of W296 and let 'em have at it. The noise and muzzle flash is quite startling. So far, none have shot all six rounds - I might have to marry the woman that could!

 

[Tamara]

Newbie gun:

 

[Chad Young]

What model is that? A 629?

 

[Tamara]

629?

Yup.

 

[CastleBravo]

I'd lean towards a S&W 66 myself, or even the 65LS.

Personally, I'd like a new 4" S&W 610, they just feel so HANDY... something about that sawed-off N-frame.

 

[Chad Young]

Tamara-

Cool gun. Can you shoot a full 6 shots out of it?

 

[CastleBravo]

Why not? Think "Ze Germans" are going to interrupt her before she's done shooting?

 

[Tamara]

Cool gun. Can you shoot a full 6 shots out of it?

No.


I can't seem to shoot less than 25-50 rounds at a session with it; it's easily the most fun handgun I own.

 

[Chad Young]

Lord have mercy! I will have to send you some of our 240gr "boomer" loads to try out sometime. They are lotsa fun even in my Super Blackhawk.