My wife carried a glock in the past and now carries a Taurus PT111. She likes it more because of the size. My mom just got a Ruger LCR. My wife wants one now. I picked the LCR up for $375 new. You need to let her play with a few and see what she likes. My mom does not have as much time with guns. That is why we went with the LCR. In a panic she can just point and shoot. With an auto, she needs to know what to do if she gets a jam or bad ammo. Thats just my 2 cents.
I have a "Firearms for Women" class 12/5/10. Women who are new to shooting shoot about 10 diff handguns of diff caliber, size, weight. Students really learn a lot by shooting these diff handguns. We go over the basics of shooting: grip, stance, sight picture, sight alignment, trigger squeeze, follow thru and much more including teaching a student gun safety. Women shoot from diff distances and learn how diff guns work.
THAT's a good investment. That's the best money spent in this whole thread.
If she's familar and accomplished at operating an auto pistol, the little LCP's are great little guns. If not a revolver might be the best solution. Take it out, pull the trigger, and it goes bang every time until empty.
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nobody a fan of the kel-tec p32's?
If she really needs the protection that's a strange thing to say.
Indeed one wonders if cost is the most important factor which would be more expensive - the Kahr PM9 or a funeral?
To answer the main question: Pistol. Easier to use and learn than a revolver.
My wife thought she wanted a Ruger LCP .380ACP, so I bought one and took it out for a 200 rd break in. Noted that the felt recoil was stiff for a novice pistolero and this one failed to feed on rd. number 78. Maybe 4-5 more failure-to-feeds by rd number 212. Noticed the slide/frame rail area got dry and powder residue dirty after 50-60 rds fired. First failure-to-feed possibly caused by a loose left handed grip. I was getting bored firing three rd strings into the chest then head of a IPSC target at nine feet, so I started switching hands quickly after firing half the mag with one side-last three rds with the other side. After I related my story about the fairly stiff felt recoil, my wife never carried the LCP. Came home with a SAUR AUTO .25 stainless pocket pistol some guy brought into her store. Whatever.
