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My wife currently has a S&W Bodyguard .38 as her purse gun.
I got it for her last Christmas. I didn't want to just bring a pistol home and hand it to her. I feel that a handgun is just to personal a thing and that she should pick out what she was comfortable with.
With that in mind, I took her to an Austin gun shop that had a range and rentals so she could not only look, but alos try various handguns. When she had decided that a hammerless revolver would be the best configuration, I went to the rental counter and picked out a Ruger SP101. The one they had was not hammerless, but I figured it would giver her a good idea of how they handled.
Plus, I was trying to nudger in the direction of the Ruger.
We fired a full box of 38's through it and went home for her to do some internet research and think it over. Well she did and decided on the Bodyguard. Her choice right?
Now a year later, she has come to the realization that this little beast is so unpleasant to shoot, that mastering it is very unlikely. She had to buy some gel palmed bicycle gloves just to keep from bruising her palms.
We are going to the shop where we bought it to see if it has any trade in value, and to get something that she is comfortable enough that she will want to practice with it.
She has gotten quite good with my Glock19, and if it were going to be holstered, I would probably just let her have it, but its going to be a purse gun and I would much rather see a weapon with athumb safety for that.
She is leaning towards a SR9c, but doesn't want to rule out the LC9 either. So, any thoughts or recomendations?
Thanks
I got it for her last Christmas. I didn't want to just bring a pistol home and hand it to her. I feel that a handgun is just to personal a thing and that she should pick out what she was comfortable with.
With that in mind, I took her to an Austin gun shop that had a range and rentals so she could not only look, but alos try various handguns. When she had decided that a hammerless revolver would be the best configuration, I went to the rental counter and picked out a Ruger SP101. The one they had was not hammerless, but I figured it would giver her a good idea of how they handled.
Plus, I was trying to nudger in the direction of the Ruger.
We fired a full box of 38's through it and went home for her to do some internet research and think it over. Well she did and decided on the Bodyguard. Her choice right?
Now a year later, she has come to the realization that this little beast is so unpleasant to shoot, that mastering it is very unlikely. She had to buy some gel palmed bicycle gloves just to keep from bruising her palms.
We are going to the shop where we bought it to see if it has any trade in value, and to get something that she is comfortable enough that she will want to practice with it.
She has gotten quite good with my Glock19, and if it were going to be holstered, I would probably just let her have it, but its going to be a purse gun and I would much rather see a weapon with athumb safety for that.
She is leaning towards a SR9c, but doesn't want to rule out the LC9 either. So, any thoughts or recomendations?
Thanks