Need help with ANOTHER wife gun

[steelfingers]

Had a conversation with the wife, last night, about maybe going out to shoot tomorrow. She has no idea about me sneaking out a few times.....Ha.
She was kinda of okay (roll eyes and all) and I asked her to go and be a chance for her to shoot some. She hasn't gone in a long time.
Then she tells me that she hates the bursa thunder (she picked out) 380. This is the 380 that I bought to replace the sig 238 that was bought to replace the lcp9. She shot them all lights out. She hates the slide and semi autos. She has problems with her hands and she struggles with racking them. All of them. I didn't know it hurt her so much. She does have recoil issues too and the thunder was a bit snappy.
So I need some help without trolling.
Revolver is the way I going. Need small and light. If I can get it in custom colors or have it customized to pink....etc, I'm good with that. If it's pretty, she will me more inclined to carry it with her. Didn't know she wasn't carrying the bursa (I'm not happy). Want grip laser.
No macho stuff. If it's a 22, I'd rather have that than zero.
HELP?

 

[D. Hargrove]

Ruger LCR .22 Mag, I know, I know it is a .22...BUT at least it is a Mag and there are decent Bullets out there for it. Rather have her with a piece she digs than nada.
Here is some IMO decent SD ammo for the .22 Mag:
https://www.brownells.com/ammunitio...wmr-40gr-jacketed-hollow-point-prod55487.aspx

Good luck my friend.

 

[RKM]

My wife has a pair of 38's and carries a 45.........wakka wakka.

Seriously, she carries a Colt Cobra with light loads that a friend loaded for me. Soft recoil with still a little punch. Charter Arms offers a 38 snub with a pink frame along with other colors.

 

[Cowcatcher]

Kimber k6s perhaps

 

[MacFromOK]

Revolvers are generally heavier than polymer semi-autos and should have less felt recoil, so a 9mm or .38 might still work.

Can she try out a few at the range?

 

[swampratt]

Reduce that spring pressure to rack the gun and then load some decent ammo for it that does not punish her.
I am surprised how extremely hard 90% of the auto pistols are to rack back.
Some are very hard to just load ammo into the magazine.

I really like my hi-points easy to rack and easy to load and none of this hard recoil stuff.. but I shoot a 45acp.. it is a low pressure round anyway.
And if you are out of ammo you can use it as a club.

Not saying get a Hipoint just saying you could make the current gun easier for her to play with.

My friend got a 38 special light weight short barrel and that thing punishes him and his wife, the grip must be wrong or the gun too light.
I fired it and it wants to break your wrist and punishes the palm.
I made some powder puff loads for it.
My 170gr bullets at 1300fps from 357 mag with 6" barrel kicks 1/2 as much as that small 38 special.

 

[steelfingers]

My wife has a pair of 38's and carries a 45.........wakka wakka.

Seriously, she carries a Colt Cobra with light loads that a friend loaded for me. Soft recoil with still a little punch. Charter Arms offers a 38 snub with a pink frame along with other colors.

I've seen that one.
thanks

 

[aarondhgraham]

Revolver is the way I going. Need small and light.

if you go that way you will experience the exact same problem,,,
Small and light always equals out to snappy recoil.

Do you know anyone who owns a K-frame S&W revolver,,,
The grips aren't too big and the recoil is minimal.

Just sayin'

Aarond

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[Glocktogo]

Ruger LCR in .327 Federal. Lightest out of the box DA trigger in the compact revolver market and .327 is lighter recoil than .38. They come in a version with hot pink grips. You can also get CTC laser grips and Cerakote them (or the gun) pretty pretty if she winds up liking the gun.

 

[CorpsVet]

Ruger LCR in .327 Mag. She can practice with .32 short (almost no recoil), .32 long, .32 H&R, and .327 mag. Hornady makes a Critical Defense round in H&R and .327 Mag. Just like a .357 can use .38's for practice. Shoot mostly .32 longs for practice and end each session with a cylinder of your chosen self defense load so she can get used to the recoil and be ready for it if it becomes necessary.