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<blockquote data-quote="djsmithinvesting" data-source="post: 882749" data-attributes="member: 9207"><p>I used to teach a womens pistol self defense class, so I have a little expertise on this subject.</p><p></p><p>Everyone who said start with a .22 is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. That is if she hasnt shot much before. If she has a shooting background you can skip this step.</p><p></p><p>Lots of people tend to buy their inexperienced wives 380s and .22s and such to carry. I think that is a mistake. Although either would make an effective carry gun in the hands of an experienced user, they would not be so good with someone who is not because they are both underpowered and because of the precision needed to make a kill shot with either. </p><p></p><p>I would stay away from wheel guns of all sorts, although they are very reliable generally speaking, and most are chambered in effective rounds, they tend to have a much lower capacity than semi autos. Secondarily to effectively conceal one you end up with a small snub nose which is generally very light, which increases recoil. Also in a wheel gun all of the energy of the shot is used to propel the bullet forward and the gun backward, whereas in an autoloader some of that energy is taken up by cycling the action, so naturally auto loaders have lower recoil if in a similar caliber. I have learned that with women recoil is your biggest concern, second one is noise, buy earmuffs.</p><p></p><p>When I was teaching I always reccomended a Kahr cw-9. The reasons being that it is very light and easy to conceal, affordable, has a full length grip unlike glock 26, has an 8 round capacity, 9mm is a very effective round, especially in a +p with a high quality hollow point, and it is fairly inexpensive to shoot at the range for practice. I also like the Kahr because of its lack of a traditional safety. People who are not terribly used to guns will tend to fiddle with finding a safety and turning it on or off, but the Kahr has a similar safety to a glock, well kinda, it is just a long DA trigger, but you cant accidentally pull it. My wife is 5'2 and about 105 pounds, she carries the cw-9 and can effectively conceal it (and shoot it for that matter)</p><p></p><p>Just my opinion</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djsmithinvesting, post: 882749, member: 9207"] I used to teach a womens pistol self defense class, so I have a little expertise on this subject. Everyone who said start with a .22 is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. That is if she hasnt shot much before. If she has a shooting background you can skip this step. Lots of people tend to buy their inexperienced wives 380s and .22s and such to carry. I think that is a mistake. Although either would make an effective carry gun in the hands of an experienced user, they would not be so good with someone who is not because they are both underpowered and because of the precision needed to make a kill shot with either. I would stay away from wheel guns of all sorts, although they are very reliable generally speaking, and most are chambered in effective rounds, they tend to have a much lower capacity than semi autos. Secondarily to effectively conceal one you end up with a small snub nose which is generally very light, which increases recoil. Also in a wheel gun all of the energy of the shot is used to propel the bullet forward and the gun backward, whereas in an autoloader some of that energy is taken up by cycling the action, so naturally auto loaders have lower recoil if in a similar caliber. I have learned that with women recoil is your biggest concern, second one is noise, buy earmuffs. When I was teaching I always reccomended a Kahr cw-9. The reasons being that it is very light and easy to conceal, affordable, has a full length grip unlike glock 26, has an 8 round capacity, 9mm is a very effective round, especially in a +p with a high quality hollow point, and it is fairly inexpensive to shoot at the range for practice. I also like the Kahr because of its lack of a traditional safety. People who are not terribly used to guns will tend to fiddle with finding a safety and turning it on or off, but the Kahr has a similar safety to a glock, well kinda, it is just a long DA trigger, but you cant accidentally pull it. My wife is 5'2 and about 105 pounds, she carries the cw-9 and can effectively conceal it (and shoot it for that matter) Just my opinion [/QUOTE]
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