|
Sponsored Links
|
Advertisement
|
|
 |
|
02-21-2010, 12:02
|
#1
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Ga
Posts: 186
|
Handgun for Girlfriend?
Hey guys,
My girlfriend recently told me that she would like to have a handgun. Her concerns were that it be easy to use and reload. With these details in mind, I'm thinking small frame double action revolver would be the way to go. Probably hammerless, 5 shot chambered in 38 special. She has shot my kimber .45 and glock20 10 mm, so recoil is not an issue. Does anbody have any advice on good affordable, reliable, handguns for women. Thanks
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 12:08
|
#2
|
|
Drop those nuts
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 3,739
|
Of course there are going to be a million recommendations for the Smith & Wesson J frame - that goes without saying - but I also like the Ruger LCR. Nicer trigger, rated for +P ammo, and I couldn't care less what anyone says about the plastic in the frame. Not the entire frame is plastic - (or should I say Glock polymer ?).
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 12:09
|
#3
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Metro Detroit, MI
Posts: 425
|
J frame 442 or 642.
Glock 26 or 27, or 29 if she liked the 10mm
Ruger LCR OR LCP
__________________
"Therefore, he who wishes peace, should prepare war; he who desires victory, should carefully train his soldiers; he who wants favorable results, should fight relying on skill, not on chance.
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 12:13
|
#4
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Concord, NH
Posts: 699
|
Handgun for Girlfriend??? Good trade! 
JK, I can't even get MY GF to carry pepper spray!
I vote for a J frame
__________________
mmmmmm Colt
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 14:10
|
#5
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: CLARKSVILLE TN
Posts: 864
|
Take her around to gun shops and have her handle some handguns. Find a place that rents guns for on site shooting and have her try them.
Let her make the choice and be supportive. I would suggest this for anyone not just girlfriends/wifes.
__________________
I Love the 40 S&W.
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 14:45
|
#6
|
|
Directiv 10-289
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: KCMO
Posts: 3,126
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by glock20_doubletapper
Hey guys,
My girlfriend recently told me that she would like to have a handgun.
|
Don't do it. You WILL be sorry.
Don't do it. You WILL be sorry.
Don't do it. You WILL be sorry.
Don't do it. You WILL be sorry.
Don't do it. You WILL be sorry.
Don't do it. You WILL be sorry.
Don't do it. You WILL be sorry.
__________________
Shoot softly, and carry a big clip.
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 15:06
|
#7
|
|
CLM Number 120
Mr. CISSP, CISA
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 17,918
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Danimal3805
Handgun for Girlfriend??? Good trade! |
I love that old joke.
Quote:
Originally Posted by DWARREN123
Take her around to gun shops and have her handle some handguns. Find a place that rents guns for on site shooting and have her try them.
Let her make the choice and be supportive. I would suggest this for anyone not just girlfriends/wifes.
|
+ 100
Unless she want to CCW this gun, I recommend full sized guns for the first gun.
G17, full sized 1911, S&W 686 with 4+ inch barrel....
__________________
Long ago when the tiger smoked and the rabbit talked to the dragon.......
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 15:16
|
#8
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Oh, USA
Posts: 6,775
|
Rent and try as many as she can. You never know what will strike her fancy.
__________________
"Despair is a sin. It is also bad tactics." Dr. Jerry Pournelle
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 15:20
|
#9
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Oregon
Posts: 2,469
|
Just make sure she goes to a self defence course.
__________________
W.D.W.S.T.D.F.I.F.
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 15:22
|
#10
|
|
MWAG
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,371
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DWARREN123
Take her around to gun shops and have her handle some handguns. Find a place that rents guns for on site shooting and have her try them.
Let her make the choice and be supportive. I would suggest this for anyone not just girlfriends/wifes.
|
This. Can't. Be. Said. Enough. Times.
__________________
Pat: "I'll bet it sucks to be a tomato instead of lettuce."
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 15:26
|
#11
|
|
NRA Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 1,097
|
Unless she is looking to conceal it I would steer her towards a 4" K Frame.
But why does everyone associate women with revolvers? A good 9mm would be equally as good. Since this is GlockTalk why not a G19?
__________________
At Thermopylae 1,000,000 Persians lost 20,000 yet failed to disarm just 300 Spartans. 80,000,000 lawful Americans would resist even harder. That we promise.
MOLON LABE Come and get them!
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 15:34
|
#12
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: SW Missouri
Posts: 2,150
|
I think girls with guns are sexy.
__________________
John 3:16
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 18:04
|
#13
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Posts: 142
|
My girl shoots an XD 9mm Subcompact.
Like many people have already stated, let her shoot many options before deciding. She had her heart set on a S&W M&P but ended up with the XD because it felt better in her hands.
__________________
"From 3-point range with a Glock I shoot better than Kobe" - 50 Cent
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 18:09
|
#14
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 1,130
|
Hands down Smith and Wesson 3913/14 ladysmith.
__________________
niners club #187
moto club #600
Bull dawgs club #55
Those who live by the sword...
Are likely to get shot by those who live by the gun!"
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 18:22
|
#15
|
|
Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 46
|
A Taurus Ultralite is not a bad choice.
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 18:27
|
#16
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 2,111
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DWARREN123
Take her around to gun shops and have her handle some handguns. Find a place that rents guns for on site shooting and have her try them.
Let her make the choice and be supportive. I would suggest this for anyone not just girlfriends/wifes.
|
+1, the important part is what she feels most comfortable with.
My fiancee likes the G19 better than she likes j frames for instance.
__________________
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 18:34
|
#17
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Texas
Posts: 22,347
|
The last five females I taught to shoot I had them go from the Ruger 22/45 to the 2-3 inch S&W J Frame. All the the ladies quickly mastered the gun SA and DA. I only use full load 158 grain rounds but the ladies handle this fine to.
How the person feels about the gun has a lot to do with how it is presented.
I'm a big fan of the S&W (pre lock) steel J Frames but the new shooter has to be aware of the limitations of the gun.
As has been said the best thing is for the girl to shoot different guns and choose their own.
Whatever the gun, if the person likes it they have a better chance of doing well with it.
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 18:34
|
#18
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Alabama
Posts: 285
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DWARREN123
Take her around to gun shops and have her handle some handguns. Find a place that rents guns for on site shooting and have her try them.
Let her make the choice and be supportive. I would suggest this for anyone not just girlfriends/wifes.
|
This. Best advice there could be on this subject. Trust me, I went down the wrong path and just brought something home for my wife a couple years back. Guess what, she hated it. She liked one of mine and carried it for awhile but wanted her own so I just got her a new carry piece, key being she picked it out. It took a couple weekends going to the range and hunting around for what she liked, but she now has what SHE wants and the results are good. Good luck!
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 18:42
|
#19
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Texas
Posts: 22,347
|
Quote:
|
But why does everyone associate women with revolvers? A good 9mm would be equally as good. Since this is GlockTalk why not a G19?
|
Personally I don't like Glocks but I borrow a G17, G19 and G26 and let the shooters make up their own mind.
How's this for a cool G19 picture. 
This lady ended up with a G19 and 38 J Frame.
.
Last edited by M2 Carbine; 02-21-2010 at 18:45..
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 18:44
|
#20
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: WPB, FL
Posts: 3,791
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by HollowPoint .45
Unless she is looking to conceal it I would steer her towards a 4" K Frame.
But why does everyone associate women with revolvers? A good 9mm would be equally as good. Since this is GlockTalk why not a G19?
|
Because some women do not have the upper body strength to reliably rack the slide of a semi-auto. There are techniques that women can use to make it easier for them (such as the two hand push) but you have to determine that the particular woman is capable.
__________________
Richard,
Glocks: 17, 26, 30. Kel-Tec P-11, P3AT & Sub 2K. Springfield GI Mil-Spec., Colt Det. Spec.,Uberti Peacemaker, Ruger MK I, Daly Hi-Power, HK P7 PSP
Robarm XCR
#3014 in the Big Dawg , Kel-Tec , Sub, HK & Black Rifle Clubs. .
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 18:49
|
#21
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Texas
Posts: 22,347
|
Quote:
|
Don't do it. You WILL be sorry.
|
You never know.
Fellow at work was shot by his wife with a 22.
Some time later he bought her a 9mm and she killed him with it.
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 18:55
|
#22
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Santa Barbara County, California
Posts: 4,246
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Danimal3805
Handgun for Girlfriend??? Good trade!
JK, I can't even get MY GF to carry pepper spray!
I vote for a J frame |
 There are times I would take that deal!
OP- Really a J frame S&W would be best. Its just simple, and goes bang when its needed.
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 19:57
|
#23
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Northern Capital Region
Posts: 1,599
|
Glock 19 9mm
Glock 23 40 S&W
__________________
Hit the pickle!
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 20:09
|
#24
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: TN
Posts: 1,964
|
My wife's current pistol. It also happens to be my Mom's CCW... yeah, I know. But hey, it's really a nice S&W. With the right ammunition, it's not nearly as painful to shoot as others I've tried. And I don't mind carrying it either
__________________
Small. Yellow. Different
|
|
|
|
|
02-21-2010, 20:16
|
#25
|
|
Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 49
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by M2 Carbine
|
And she even has on a nice shirt
|
|
|
|
|
Sponsored Links
|
Advertisement
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On
|
|
|
|
Sponsored Links
|
Advertisement
|
|
|
|
