Go rent the gun before you buy it. That way you are only out a few bucks, rather than spend several hundred and be stuck with it.
This! I've bought a few handguns that I was sure I'd like based on my research, only to find they were not at all my cup of tea. The worst was a Glock G36; the reports I read indicated that the recoil was stout, but not too serious. Well, after one magazine through that pistol, my hand felt like someone had smacked my open palm with a length of 2x4. I sold it soon afterward.