Good choice for bedroom safe and wife-friendly?

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vpr80

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I need some help on choosing a good gun for my bedroom safe. I keep a Sig P230 there, but it's small and very hard for my wife to cycle (small hands, small gun, tough spring). Also I want something bigger than a 380.

So I wanted to replace it with a new one and wanted to see what you guys think. Here is what I was basically looking for:
1) Auto - I love wheel guns and know they will fire no matter what, but I need more than 6 rounds in it.
2) High-Cap - Looking for something with either 14 or 15 rounds in the clip. Yes, I know this is overkill, but juuuuuust in case.
3) Something not too expensive ~$500. I would hate to put away an expensive toy to never shoot it. I use all my other toys regularly.
4) Reliable - this one pretty much goes without saying.
5) Simple for the wife to use. She could not cycle or load the P230 so I need something easy to grip and go.

Right now my 1st choice is an FN FNP 45 USG. The price is right and I really like how it felt. Never had a chance to shoot it, but handled it at the dealer and I really liked it. Reviews online are also very positive. Didn't like the XDM, felt very skinny. I've also looked at maybe some used H&K's, but I already have one so wanted something different.

Thanks
 
Maybe you should let your wife go with you to the gun store so she can find something she might like - she'd be more inclined to practice and use it if/when necessary
 
Same page...

Same issue with my girlfriend...She too "can't" rack the slide on any of my guns, and she doesn't like my revolver..I got her a ruger .380 lcp and she didn't like it either. I tried telling her she can do it and showed her to use her arms and not just her hands and she got all....bratty -___- Maybe a nice little snubby .357 will just have to do? But I agree with the more shots the better, especially with someone who doesn't want to train on bullet placement.

Right?
 
I've never really been a fan of Glocks, but I guess for this purpose they are ok. Maybe I'll take a look at some of those tonight.
 
Is the pistol for you or for your wife?
If for the wife, let the wife pick

... look at Sig P6 9mm - Simple to use. 8+1 single stack tends to fit average female hands well. Short trigger is available for it.
 
I guess it's technically for her since I can pretty much use anything. But she's not a shooter so if I bring her to the store to pick one, she won't care since they all "look the same" and won't provide any useful input. So I wanted to get one that works and just teach her to use it.
 
I would still recommend a revolver. S&W makes an 8 shot revolver in 357/38 that would fit the bill very well especially in 38 special, get a few moon clips and your set.
 
I have to think about that. I guess 8 is ok and I also personally love revolvers. Which smith model has 8, the 627? But then those are way over $500 no?
 
yeah they are spendy... but they have extremely slick triggers. I don't know of any but I am sure that other brands make them as well...
 
I guess 8 is ok
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I'd love to see the police report statistics of actual home-defense uses where the homeowner actually had to use more than 6 shots (and I'm talking actually needing more than 6 and not just firing more than 6 because he had them available). I'm not saying there haven't been any - just that this is one of those cases where people tend to overthink the need.
 
The issue here is not me. I can place 6 shots and be done; but the wifey, not so much. Having said that, maybe having an extra 8 in the clip is also not such a hot idea.

I know there really is not right answer here, but as I think it over, an 8 round wheel gun is sounding better and better. I gotta do some research tonight on who makes one that won't cost a fortune.
 
SP 101

Bought a Ruger SP101 for mine, hand/wrist strenght was problem. Shooting my 229/40 was scary, wrist snapping. The SP101 works very well for her.
 
There is NO down-side to higher ammo capacity...

... at least, not with the weapon.

If the user fires rounds he didn't need to fire, simply because they were there, that is not the fault of the weapon. It's the fault of the user.

Seriously, for a HD weapon, where concealability is not a factor; and assuming the user's hand fits the grip - what is the downside to having more ammo in the magazine?

Anybody? Buehler?
 
Well for one, the whole "spray and pray" method is also not going to do anyone any good other than possibly endanger someone in the home. There should be enough to get the job done (this requires training), but not so few that if you miss a few times due to high-pressure or whatever that you run out of ammo too soon.
 
I guess it's technically for her since I can pretty much use anything. But she's not a shooter so if I bring her to the store to pick one, she won't care since they all "look the same" and won't provide any useful input. So I wanted to get one that works and just teach her to use it.
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Then you take her to a place that gives lessons and YOU leave for the hour or so. Let the third party instructor teach her and let her pick one. If she really isn't interested in guns at all, forcing a square peg into a round hole is a lose-lose scenario - she'd be better off with pepper spray or similar. IMO, you are way off base thinking you NEED a magazine holding a bazillion rounds. All the reports we seem to see and read about show these things over after 1 or 2 shots fired, so a single stack or 5-6 revolver would be just fine. I would not even look at a J-frame, but a K or larger in a revolver, but only after SHE decided what will be best for HER
 
For her birthday last year...

... I bought my mother a range session with an instructor at a range near her home. She was very much in favor of the idea.

It's not that I can't teach my mother. To a large extent, I have. It's just that there are some things that get reinforced when a professional says them, especially one who isn't part of the student's social circle.

When I called the range to set it up, the only thing I really specified was that I wanted them to run a lot of stoppage clearing drills with the P239 my mother has for CCW, with emphasis on that over rounds down-range.

So they did that, but she also got to shoot the P239 and her Mosquito.

Note: my parents are very cost-conscious. I loaned them the P239, but they don't like to shoot too much 9mm due to price. So, they bought the Mosquito, as they are much more willing to buy a fair amount of .22LR. They do shoot the P239 enough to maintain comfort and some proficiency, but they shoot the .22 a whole lot more.

If your significant other is cost-conscious, getting a similar platform in .22LR (or a conversion kit) might be a way to get her more willing to practice. (It isn't always about the recoil.)

Cheers,

M
 
vpr80.....

... please re-read the post you responded to.

You are talking about an OPERATOR problem. Maybe if you have a high capacity magazine, you revert to spray and pray. Personally, I shoot quite well with high-caps, but believe in putting rounds down range with as much precision as I can manage.

So, please tell me what WEAPON problem results from higher capacity.

BTW, if you use the "spray and pray" argument to put down semi-auto rifles in The Hunt, you get derided as a "Fudd." Assumption there is the hunter should not take shots with the semi that he would not take with a bolt, so the faster action should not be a liability.

Same assumption should apply here, unless we are discussing operators with lowest common denominator training and attitudes.

Once again, what is the downside, from the perspective of the WEAPON, to a higher ammo capacity?
 
You are loosing me in what exact point you are trying to make. There is no technical problem with having lots of ammo in the clip so your argument is to get a semi-auto over the revolver for HD purposes?
 
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