wife wants a different carry gun!!!

My wife started with an SP101 but wanted a semi.
She chose and M&P9 because it had the least finger reach of any 9mm she tried. Even then her most recent class had her adjust her grip just a tad to make it easier for her to shoot accurately.
She decided the M&P was a touch too large for carrying comfortably in her purse so decided upon the Firestorm 380. This is made by Bursa and differs from the Bursa Thunder with (in my belief) slightly better sights and grips. It cost just a few dollars more.
 
If weight is the only issue, a LCR 357 with its steel vs aluminum frame weighs 2 or so Oz more. The gun is a bit more nose heavy compared to the 38. I've got both but have not shot the 357 back to back enough to feel a difference in recoil. I have no intentions of using 357 in the LCR, 38+P is just fine.
 
I bought my wife a 38 snubbie.......big mistake......

she hated it.......-$350.00 :mad:
Let them pick their own wepons,and dont be cheap
she may be protecting you one night....
 
thanks fella's, i have the sp101 and she has shot it often but thats too heavy to carry she said, i think a smaller semi pistol is in order and the advice about taking her to the range is very sound advice my local gunstore has one down stairs , a trip over there is in the books this weekend.
BTW she did shoot and pick the LCR after a visit to the very same store .
this type of shopping with my wife is all good in my book:D,any other kind is not:(
 
Wanted to get my wife a snubbie to throw in her purse when she's out and about, but she doesn't want one... no way. She inherited my retired Glock 22 40 S&W and she absolutely loves it. Doesn't carry it because she says it's too big, but she knows how to shoot it! She couldn't wait to get her carry license, but she can't find anything she'd want to carry regularly :confused:
 
This sounds like what my former lady friend went through. ( All 5 ft 2 in 97 LB of her.)

She fired a bunch of guns provided by a local trainer, settled on a Ruger SP101 357 filled with 38+P. Got tired of lugging a "heavy" gun around, then said trainer put her in a SW 340PD Airlight ( lighter than a LCR 38 ). She promptly hurt her hand and was unable to shoot for months.

About this time I arrived and got into shooting. After recovery she went back to the SP and later tried the 340 again with predictable results. We found a SW 314 ( 317? ) 8 shot 22 snub J frame so she could get at least some practice and a few months later did some blindfold testing. Yes, actual blindfold with me handing her different guns from behind and her firing one shot to judge recoil. The ammo used at first was very light powder 38 then another cylinder of mid power 38 ( the 314 ran 22 LR ) .

As it turned out, the 340 and LCR were pretty close ( ouch ) , the SP pretty good, the Ruger GP 100 and 314 22 were pretty close. At that point we decided the 340 had to go and " heavy " gun was the only way to get around the recoil issue.

With a scowl and good riddance, the 340 and $ 50 at the gun store netted a new in box steel J frame.( steel J's are actually more $ than the next lighter al framed J ) This was good as we wanted to keep with the same platform as the practice 314. Weight wise the steel J is a few oz lighter than the SP so the J is carry and SP house gun.
 
Giving a new shooter, man or woman, a .38 special snub-nose as their first gun is an incredibly bad idea. They're terrible for a beginner to shoot in every way - hard-to-master DA triggers, bad ergonomics, heavy recoil, lots of muzzle blast, marginal sights.

I'll go a step further and say that the whole idea of having a new shooter start on any lightweight weapon designed for concealed carry is wrong-headed. It's like taking advanced calculus before algebra. Think it through: what puts off new shooters? Blast and recoil. What do short-barreled, lightweight guns have lots of? Blast and recoil. They should learn on a .22, or maybe a fairly heavy 9x19/.38 Special. Hell, a steel .45 ACP 1911 is worlds nicer for a beginner to learn on than an aluminum .38. I've been shooting for 20+ years and want nothing to do with the little bastards - they're great for their intended purpose, but actually firing them just sucks.
 
most (ignored) perfect choice

S&W 3913 series; I find the LS version the best ("LS" stands for "Lady Smith").
Perfect.
 
As everyone suggested, I let my wife try out all the guns and pick out the one she liked (for concel carry). After trying the Glock 26, Ruger SR9c, Ruger LCR and a few others, she decided the one that felt best to her was the Bersa .380 Thunder, so I bought it for her. I bought me a Glock 23 at the same time.

She still likes the Thunder .380 but everytime I take the Glock 23 out of the case she has to handle it and tells me how nice it feels in her hand. Hmmm
 
Try a Walther PPS. The different size back-straps it comes with will allow her to pick the one that fits her hand the best.
 
adrians

wife wants a different carry gun!!!
hi,,, a few months age i bought my wife the ruger lcr in 38+p for her "purse gun" and now after shooting it a few times she is saying it,s too light for her she can't ge used to it .
now what in your opinion would be a good replacement for her ? .
she said she now wants a semi and not a full size frame so a 1911 is out ,darn it .
her sister has a glock 17 ,she don't like that much,,, (i know she's hard to please, bless her cotten socks).
any suggestions would be an awsome start point for me as i'm a revolver guy not up much on mid framed semi's.
thank for listerning.
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Your wife is looking for a semi auto which is not "too light" so that recoil is tolerable to her.
She does not want a full sized semi auto.
She does not want a Glock.

Maybe she would like an all metal semi auto like some in the link below. You might be surprised by the size and weight of some available 9mm semi autos. I mention 9mm since that is in the power range of .38 +P that she has now.

http://www.mouseguns.com/PocketAutoComparison.pdf

You have to keep in mind that you must decide what is an acceptable compromise between cartridge power and weapon weight which will determine felt recoil. Maybe a 27 ounce (loaded) Kahr MK9 would be tolerable as far as recoil and be light enough for her to tolerate for carrying.
 
I recommend this...

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Or this...

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different carry gun

I am a woman and carry the taurus .380 TCP. It is a great gun, not too light, like she doesn't want, not much of a recoil, slim and sleek looking. If she has small hands, this gun is perfect. My hands are small and fits rather nicely in my hands. It is a really reliable gun, I have been carrying mine for over a year and it fits in my small purse nicely, but it is not too light, I usually know that I am carrying it because it is heavier than the rest of the stuff I carry. It can hold 6 +1 rounds and it takes more than a slight touch to make the trigger go off, I think about 6 point something lbs for the trigger to be pulled to fire. I would take her and let her feel how it works in her hands, loaded and unloaded.
 
Get her a Ruger SP101 and load it full of 38 special plus P. Not too much recoil and with a 3'' barrel not too heavy either.
 
I have Never picked a Handgun for my Dear Wife. She always picks her own.
Over the last 15 years she has aquired four 9mm pistols.
Her favorite right now is a Keltec PF9, 9mm single stack.
It is the gun the Ruger LC9 was copied from, according to Gun Test Magazine.
It's just like the LC9, minus the safety. And, it's a hundred dollars cheaper.
I'm thinking about getting a PF9, for myself.
 
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