BlaineG wrote:I'm not so sure she wants a semi-auto anymore....I 'splained about a 7 shot .357 revolver and how you could practice with cheap .38s....I'll see if I can get her to a range so she can rent a full size .357...
Seven-shot 357's are impressive. I still like a bit less ear-damage potential in the event you do have to pull the trigger without hearing protection, so I decided to 'settle' for a mere five shots of 44 Special.
She might like a Charter Arms Bulldog in 44 Special (with Crimson Trace grips
).
My daughter is similarly petite (I accuse her of skipping her de-worming medicine) and of course wants something 'discrete' that has to fit outfits only having a few cubic centimeters of skin-to-clothing gap between earlobes and toes.
She decided on a tiny and flat Ruger LCP for CCW, but the times she has to go someplace that spooks her, like out to the woods to a rural remote home to dog-sit, at the end of a 1/4 mile driveway, she tends to want to take a revolver in 44 or 45 caliber, and suddenly doesn't seem to care about 'concealability'. . . Last time she took her little CCW-gun, but toted along a Redhawk in 44 Mag and a 16" Rossi to match, "in case she had to walk the dogs".
So... Encourage her to get TWO handguns for serious use - a compact 'CCW' one she will
not leave home because it might be spotted printing under her clothing,
and a larger, 'who cares if anyone sees it' one for use in the home or automobile or if camping, etc...
Of course at some point a matching LEVERGUN is mandatory....
