Re: re: Caliber and handgun for my girlfriend
WDBradley said:
A Glock is a common choice but there are several others that are better.
Yeah, I guess that's why the FBI went with the . . . oh wait! All that testing and they
still with Glocks didn't they?!?!?! :mrgreen:
(However, I think they had the best gun when they had the S&W 13, 3" barrel, .357.)
I agree with both of you guys. Stance and technique are very important. Women have fewer things to "unlearn" than us guys. We grew up watching Jimmy Stewart ("Destry Rides Again"), Roy Rogers, and others
sling those bullets out of their guns when they fired. We picked up all kinds of bad habits before we ever picked up a gun! The ladies just don't have that problem. They will focus on what you tell them to. So just don't tell them about recoil. It's a guy thing anyway.
However . . . when my wife got bit by the bug, she was a shootin' demon. Had to go to the range every weekend. One time she put five boxes, 250 rounds, of .38+P and .357 through her SP101 in less than 20 minutes. "My gun is hot," she said. Son of a gun, the sucker sure was. She handed to me, and I couldn't believe how hot it was. Didn't want to load it. Today, I can't afford to let her (or me) shoot that much. Ammo is too expensive. Shooting .22s is up to $20 or more a brick if you're lucky. Cheap .38s ain't cheap no more. (Bought a box of Remington 148-gr Match Wadcutters last week -- $29.95!) And I like to shoot .45 ACP, .45 Colt, and my favorite, .44 Specials. Now we're talking $30 for a box of 50. More for the Colt loads. The lowly .22 is sounding better and better!