Home defense weapon for the wife.

Mastrogiacomo

Just a thought, but if the OP's wife doesn't handle stress well, maybe she should pass on the gun and take a martial arts class instead. Perhaps a better, and safer, option for her than carrying?

Laura
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I say one would be better off learning both disciplines (irrespective of gender). Always the chance one may lose one capability or the other in a fight...

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I think people have been going way off the field with recommendations for this man's wife. The only thing she should be doing is enrolling in a gun safety class, and renting a few different models at a public range before making her own decision about what she wants to carry, assuming she even does at all.....
 
I think people have been going way off the field with recommendations for this man's wife. The only thing she should be doing is enrolling in a gun safety class, and renting a few different models at a public range before making her own decision about what she wants to carry, assuming she even does at all.....
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Bingo...:),,,, and keep a 38spl with 2.3.or 4inch barrel handy...;)
 
Having her pick or picking it for her may still be a losing proposition either way.

I had my wife fire different revolvers and pistols before having her pick her own. My wife’s pick was the S&W 642. I warned her due to its light weight, the felt recoil would be more than the Ruger GP100 she fired prior.

After taking her to the range several times (using both 125gr and 158gr bullets), she feels the recoil is too strong:mad:. She has now chosen the Ruger LCR in 22lr and is happy with it:rolleyes:.
 
My Wife owns a Glock 19 2nd gen that she bought new around 1990...She loves that gun, and is proficient with it...

That said...

For home defence 'Point & Click' interface, she absconded with my 4", fixed sight, half-lug GP100 loaded with .38spcl SWC...
 
If I had $20 for every time I've heard "my wife can't rack the slide on a X because ...", and then had the woman racking the slide like a champ 5 minutes later ...

Jeez, it gets tired hearing that nonsense.

My wife has Multiple-Sclerosis, and as such - figuratively - almost zero upper-body strength to speak of. She was definitely in the "I can't do it" camp until she was taught how to do it correctly.Her current favorite handguns are the Ruger SR9c and LCP ... both of which have some of the stiffer slide actions.

It does not require strength. If you are using strength to rack your slide, you are doing it wrong.

The process of deciding which handgun to use is the same for a woman as it is for man.
 
Zombietactics wrote: (Regarding a woman racking a slide)....
It does not require strength. If you are using strength to rack your slide, you are doing it wrong.
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That is both scientifically and mechanically incorrect. There are three basic ways to "rack" a slide and no matter how you slice it, they all require the strength of the human to overcome the tension of the recoil spring.

Without counting esoteric unusual ways to rack a slide such as by working a lever on some old Spanish semi-auto's, or having a special holster that allows you to push the pistol down into the holster to rack the slide, or some such unusual way to rack a slide,....there are only three usual basic ways to rack a slide and all of them require the use of human strength by the operator.

The three basic different "techniques" for racking slides are: 1. holding the frame stationary and simply pulling back on the slide. 2. Holding the slide stationary and pushing forward on the frame. 3. Or the best way to maximize force using both those techniques wherein one pulls the slide back as one also pushes the frame forward at the same time.

But no matter which of those three techniques a person uses, they require the strength of a human to compress and overcome the tension of the main recoil spring, in order to "rack" the slide and chamber a cartridge.

Depending on the pistol, and depending on that pistol's main recoil spring's tension, the human strength required will vary. Some people may be able to rack a slide on one semi-auto that doesn't have as strong a spring as another semi-auto, but find that they can't (or can't as easily) rack the slide on another semi-auto that has a main recoil spring that is much stronger in tension.

But no matter what, human strength is required to rack a slide, and the strength required to rack a slide and thus compress the recoil spring on anything much larger than a .22LR, is usually more strength than is required to just pull/function the trigger on say,....a double action Smith and Wesson .38 special revolver. That is a scientific factual measurable difference in strength required that is inescapable,.....and functioning the trigger on a double action revolver, only requires one hand instead of two hands to rack a slide.


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Bill, why are you asking for opinions, then saying she enjoys her .38, and arguing with people that suggest an auto? From your posts it looks like she already uses a .38 and that is all you want her to use. You don't want our opinions. You want us to confirm yours.

I say, if you have decided she must have a revolver get something like the Wiley Clapp GP100. It has a good amount of weight and cushioned grips to help with recoil management. (If she is as weak as you claim she needs it.) Plus the 3" barrel with a fiber optic sight will make it easier to shoot accurately in medium light and stressful conditions. Plus the extra barrel length ensures better performance from most self defense rounds.
 
MikeNice81 wrote:
Bill, why are you asking for opinions, then saying she enjoys her .38, and arguing with people that suggest an auto? From your posts it looks like she already uses a .38 and that is all you want her to use. You don't want our opinions. You want us to confirm yours.
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I'm not arguing with anyone. I'm just stating my opinion as is everyone in this thread.

I never asked for opinions. You have me confused with the original poster (ATN082268) who was asking for opinions. Why do you have the idea that I was asking for opinions or was the original poster? Whatever made you think that?



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I never asked for opinions. You have me confused with the original poster (ATN082268) who was asking for opinions. Why do you have the idea that I was asking for opinions or was the original poster? Whatever made you think that?
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A lack of coffee. :D Sorry for the mix up.

For anybody that can handle a slide, Glock 19. All guns should be Glocks and all Glocks should be 9mm. :p
 
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If she can drive a car, she's mechanically savvy enough to operate an M&P 9 full size or a Glock 17 Gen 4, either of which have grips that fit just about everybody pretty well, and both are flat shooting and very soft shooting-- certainly less jarring to run than a small revolver. A PPQ 9mm, Sig P226 in 9, or other full size, small-grip circumference, no-safety option would also make for great grab-and-go options. She shouldn't have to do anything but point and click, just like a revolver.
 
Which ever one she handles, and she likes. You cant pick for her. What fits you wont fit her the same way. Only she can pick it out. She needs to shoot a few and take some class's. Send her to Our very own Specialist in training Ladies PAX.

I just don't understand why so many husbands/significant others continue to think they can pick out there ladies guns. When it is the ladies that need to do it.
 
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