What did you pay for that. My wife wants one.
I see a bullet in my future!
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You can find the airweights in 3 to 400 range. I highly reccomend the concealed hammer version. I have the DAO model and the long stiff trigger pull takes a while to master. Add to that the 1-3/8" barrel with +P defense ammo and putting all 5 shots in the pie plate at 15' is harder than you might think.
I agree with Wardey, J frame Smith airweight with a shrouded hammer,,pretty much a goof proof weapon for a woman, not meaning to knock women, but with an automatic once it's cocked they won't know what to do if they don't have to fire and if it does jam they won't know how to clear it....But like anything else, their ARE exceptions to the woman thing. When I was married my wife at the time got a concealed weapons permit and when we went to the range and I let her try a couple of my automatics she wasn't comfortable with them(and I wasn't comfortable watching the way she handled an automatic) so she ended up with the J frame airweight Smith as pictured in Wardey's post(except without the pink grips,,,sheesh)
definitely a cool piece, but as you said- pretty hard to group with a small handgun and a double action only style shooting. Women are usually down a little hand strength on guys and the double action squeeze makes it even harder for them to shoot this way than us.
My babe decided rather than risk the % of a small hammer snagging in a handbag scene - she would gladly give up a few % chance of success in that arena - for much better acuracy in a single action draw down situation.
She settled on a Ruger sp-101 357Magnum with a trigger/spring kit loaded with +P glasers as the "carry piece".
Arent firearms just awesome!
Uncle Dave
I didn't buy my ex'es gun for her to target practice,I bought it for self defense(20ft or so) we spent enough time at the range to make sure she could hit a man sized target at the 20 to 25 ft mark,and I opted for her safety(and those innocent bystanders around her if she ever did have to pull it, hence no automatic)
My wife completed her CC class Sunday; first time ever shooting a hand gun; she shot 50 rounds with a 22 revolver and 50 with the Glock 19 9mm; then qualified with the Glock. Her accuracy with the Glock was significantly better. When qualifiying, not a single shot was outside the 8...the requirement for LE. all without a single limp wrist issue...I was impressed.
Congrats to her !!! Dave
Glock 26 with Glock 17 +2 Clip.
Congrats, I wish I could get my wife to go. She likes to shoot, but doesn't want to carry.
I usually don't ankle carry either, only if i'm in dress clothes and have a nice shirt tucked in, and the gun "prints" badly. I like the inside the wiasteband "super tuck" holsters from Crossbreed (http://crossbreedholsters.com/beltslide.html ) , and with that I either carry a Kahr CW.45 or a Springfield XD.40M. Dave
I like the Crossbreed hoslters alot but I found the Com-Tac to be more comfortable with the wide body of my XD .40.
http://www.comp-tac.com/product_info...304kpq7nd1g7u3
They are both very similar but the Comp-Tac you can change out the kydex piece depending on what gun you want to carry so you only have 1 holster with different bodies if you want.
In t-shirts I carry a Colt Mustang Pocketlite 380 in a Galco inside the waistband in the small of my back, and when wearing a jacket I carry a Kimber Ultra Ten II in a High Noon Closing Argument holster, and then carry a Freedom Arms 22lr pocket revolver(fits in the palm of your hand for those "just in case moments") all of the time.