What Kind of Gun Should I Get My Wife

[bhunter]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Well because of the design - recoil spring around the barrel and not below - it does seem to offer less upward push when fired and the 380 ACP has less kick back than a 9mm. Nice part is that there is a dealer just up the road offering a better price than the big online shops. Add to that the FFL charge if I bought online and it all looks like a good deal.

Be sure that she can work the slide. Sometimes they are quite stiff when new. My mom had a difficult time with a Sig .380.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by bhunter

Be sure that she can work the slide. Sometimes they are quite stiff when new. My mom had a difficult time with a Sig .380.

My wife can't pull the slide on my Buckmark whenever the hammer isn't cocked.

And while Jeff Cooper was a big fan of CZ's since they could be carried cocked and locked, I think most people would be better served by a decocker. It really sucks if your thumb slips off of the hammer while you're trying to place your sidearm in condition 2.

Chas

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Charles

My wife can't pull the slide on my Buckmark whenever the hammer isn't cocked.

And while Jeff Cooper was a big fan of CZ's since they could be carried cocked and locked, I think most people would be better served by a decocker. It really sucks if your thumb slips off of the hammer while you're trying to place your sidearm in condition 2.

Chas

We won't be "carrying" as getting a CC license here in Maryland requires real proof that your life is endangered. That feature never quite thrilled me in anycase.

I would really prefer to go gas powered but the best airpistol I have found in that category is a 6mm@500+FPS muzzle velocity and while that will draw blood it won't take them down. Although if your aim is good a shot the face, especially the eye or earhole, could be fatal.

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by merrylander

I would really prefer to go gas powered but the best airpistol I have found in that category is a 6mm@500+FPS muzzle velocity and while that will draw blood it won't take them down. Although if your aim is good a shot the face, especially the eye or earhole, could be fatal.

Under the stress of a home invasion I wouldn't count on hitting an eye or an ear.
There are a couple of revolvers made that will handle .410 shotgun rounds that make hitting the target even easier and hitting someone in another room through the wall less likely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIL_Thunder_5

http://www.taurususa.com/video-theJudge.cfm

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by JJIII

Under the stress of a home invasion I wouldn't count on hitting an eye or an ear.
There are a couple of revolvers made that will handle .410 shotgun rounds that make hitting the target even easier and hitting someone in another room through the wall less likely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIL_Thunder_5

http://www.taurususa.com/video-theJudge.cfm

That is the one they call the Judge or summat like that, has one hell of a kick I believe.

Since we are alone there will be no one in the next room, easier to patch the wall from a .38 or .9mm than a shotgun blast. Of course the bugger will probably bleed all over the broadloom.

Whatever we get there will certainly be time spent at the nearest range.

Taking a brief rest from cabinet work. I have several left over Yamaha cases that rather than use for firewood I will strip the vinyl and veneer them, then put them over in barter town.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by bhunter

Be sure that she can work the slide. Sometimes they are quite stiff when new. My mom had a difficult time with a Sig .380.

This is the part that concerns me more than the recoil. Saw some good advice on how women can do this on a neat website

www.corneredcat.com

Interesting lady.

But there is always the fallback position to a revolver. The county police here carry Sig Sauers, not sure which model. An interesting thing is that some local dealers carry reconditioned former police pistols. The whole topic can get confusing, I was always taught that weapons like the famous 1911 were pistols, the others were revolvers, shotguns and rifles. Guns were only to be found on big ships.