CC Revolver for my wife

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Brent Strange

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Hi All,

i have read some of the posts on purchasing a gun for your wife and learned the following:

1. Take her with you.
2. Let her shoot different guns.
3. Buy her what she wants.

All that being said . . . my wife is not very familiar with firearms. She has shot my LCP once and enjoyed herself. I would have taken her more but financial circumstances changed and range time and ammo were not fitting into the budget.

Things are looking different and we would like to budget for a gun for her. I like Ruger weapons. Any suggestions for small Ruger revolver? My wife is not a big girl and has fairly small hands.

Thanks for the suggestions and tips. I appreciate it.
 
Brent Strange said:
Hi All,

i have read some of the posts on purchasing a gun for your wife and learned the following:

1. Take her with you.
2. Let her shoot different guns.
3. Buy her what she wants.

All that being said . . . my wife is not very familiar with firearms. She has shot my LCP once and enjoyed herself. I would have taken her more but financial circumstances changed and range time and ammo were not fitting into the budget.

Things are looking different and we would like to budget for a gun for her. I like Ruger weapons. Any suggestions for small Ruger revolver? My wife is not a big girl and has fairly small hands.

Thanks for the suggestions and tips. I appreciate it.
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Brent, previous advice is excellent. Because of differences in physical strength and dexterity, what a man finds easy will sometimes be too difficult for a woman. For example, my carry weapon is an M&P 9c, which I find very easy to manipulate: no problems with working the action, trigger, slide stop, magazine release. My wife, however, lacks the physical strength to pull the slide back and the trigger reach is a little long for her. Similarly, she can only fire my revolvers (any of 8, so take your pick) in single action mode; she has to use two fingers to pull the trigger in double action, and that's not a good choice. By contrast, she has absolutely no problems with my Glock 19. Will this become her carry weapon? Not likely! I will take her to the store/range and let her pick out one she's comfortable with. Never assume (and don't let the sales person do it either) that just because it looks cute or is classified as a "lady's gun" that a particular firearm would be right for your wife. Work with her, partner with her, teach her -- but let her make the choice. You'll both be happier!
 
Hugely important - don't listen to sales clerks if they try to sell her on a lightweight .38. If she's small and has small hands the recoil will be punishing. If you're dead set on getting her a revolver get a Ruger SR 22. She'll be able to fire that and the lack of recoil will let her put rounds on target. You will hear many arguments about a .22 being too small for self-defense, but any gun that she can't pull the trigger on or handle the recoil on will cause her to miss her target. 10 rounds of .22 on target trumps 5 rounds of .38 special that miss the target. Also, nearly every woman can learn to rack a semi-auto, some with more proficiency than others. It just takes practice and the right technique. At one point I had trouble racking a .45 but now the only thing I can't rack is the Desert Eagle 50 AE. I carry a Sig P238 all day every day and have sold many to women who have come into the store where I work complaining that someone at another store sold her a .38 revolver because that's what they thought she needed. The Sig may be a little too expensive for you but...the new Glock 42 (.380) is fantastic, recoil is very similar to the P238 and is about $440 retail. Plus both are very concealable. Both the P238 and Glock 42 are head and shoulders above the Ruger LCP and Bodyguard 380, the Diamondback, etc. Just don't "buy her" a gun. Let her pick one out, make sure it fits her hand, make sure she can pull the trigger if its a revolver and handle the recoil whatever model it is. Have her get some training with a quality instructor.
 
middleagedmama said:
Hugely important - don't listen to sales clerks if they try to sell her on a lightweight .38. If she's small and has small hands the recoil will be punishing. If you're dead set on getting her a revolver get a Ruger SR 22. She'll be able to fire that and the lack of recoil will let her put rounds on target. You will hear many arguments about a .22 being too small for self-defense, but any gun that she can't pull the trigger on or handle the recoil on will cause her to miss her target. 10 rounds of .22 on target trumps 5 rounds of .38 special that miss the target. Also, nearly every woman can learn to rack a semi-auto, some with more proficiency than others. It just takes practice and the right technique. At one point I had trouble racking a .45 but now the only thing I can't rack is the Desert Eagle 50 AE. I carry a Sig P238 all day every day and have sold many to women who have come into the store where I work complaining that someone at another store sold her a .38 revolver because that's what they thought she needed. The Sig may be a little too expensive for you but...the new Glock 42 (.380) is fantastic, recoil is very similar to the P238 and is about $440 retail. Plus both are very concealable. Both the P238 and Glock 42 are head and shoulders above the Ruger LCP and Bodyguard 380, the Diamondback, etc. Just don't "buy her" a gun. Let her pick one out, make sure it fits her hand, make sure she can pull the trigger if its a revolver and handle the recoil whatever model it is. Have her get some training with a quality instructor.
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I appreciate the advice. I did not want to just "buy her a gun". One of the works mistakes I could make. A friend in the area is a licensed firearms dealer and I wanted to ask for advice so I could ask him if he had any pistols, semi-auto and revolver, she could try. I agree she needs training with a quality instructor. I could use some more as well. I reckon you are never to old to learn something new and better and practice, practice, practice right?

As far as being "dead set" on getting her a revolver . . . not really. I want something she can use with confidence. Confidence will come with time and practice I imagine. I have heard that a revolver is better due to the lack of the potential to jam or misfeed. Your thoughts?
 
I bought the wife a s&w .38 special bodyguard with the laser. She has an aversion to semi-auto due to the slide scares her. She loves it.It replaced Ruger sp101 which was to heavy.

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Brent Strange said:
As far as being "dead set" on getting her a revolver . . . not really. I want something she can use with confidence. Confidence will come with time and practice I imagine. I have heard that a revolver is better due to the lack of the potential to jam or misfeed. Your thoughts?
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I have both a revolver and a semi auto for concealed carry, and I love them both. The revolver is wonderful because if you pull the trigger and there is no "bang," you just pull it again. It's a little bulky for me to carry, and the trigger is a bit stiff, but I love the thing. A Chiappa Rhino... I would HIGHLY recommend it if you can find one and don't mind spending nearly $1k (that's where my tax return went last year). It's built so it fires from the bottom cylinder, so felt recoil even on a .357 magnum is very small. Muzzle flip is next to nothing so you're back on target almost immediately.

My semi auto is the M&P Shield, and I love that one for it's ease of concealing and the fact that it feels like it was made specifically for my hand. Grip and trigger pull didn't need any practice for me to be spot-on. If you get a semi you definitely need to practice malfunction clearing, but often the lighter trigger pull makes it more fun to practice because your hand doesn't get so tired (unless you have something extremely snappy, and then your wrist gets tired). I don't get a lot more rounds when carrying this, but reloads are a lot quicker... so I have 15 9mm pretty quick, or 6 and then eventually another 6 (I can't conceal a speed loader, have to have speed strips or hunt through my purse) with the revolver, but they're .357 magnum.

Frankly, it ends up being what I wear that dictates what I'm carrying that day, and it's usually the Shield because it's so easy to hide, especially with warmer weather coming up. One isn't "better" than the other... it's all a matter of preference. I like both. :biggrin:

Also, I found confidence came with the "this is AWESOME" feeling. :wink:
 
middleagedmama said:
Hugely important - don't listen to sales clerks if they try to sell her on a lightweight .38. If she's small and has small hands the recoil will be punishing. If you're dead set on getting her a revolver get a Ruger SR 22. She'll be able to fire that and the lack of recoil will let her put rounds on target. You will hear many arguments about a .22 being too small for self-defense, but any gun that she can't pull the trigger on or handle the recoil on will cause her to miss her target. 10 rounds of .22 on target trumps 5 rounds of .38 special that miss the target. Also, nearly every woman can learn to rack a semi-auto, some with more proficiency than others. It just takes practice and the right technique. At one point I had trouble racking a .45 but now the only thing I can't rack is the Desert Eagle 50 AE. I carry a Sig P238 all day every day and have sold many to women who have come into the store where I work complaining that someone at another store sold her a .38 revolver because that's what they thought she needed. The Sig may be a little too expensive for you but...the new Glock 42 (.380) is fantastic, recoil is very similar to the P238 and is about $440 retail. Plus both are very concealable. Both the P238 and Glock 42 are head and shoulders above the Ruger LCP and Bodyguard 380, the Diamondback, etc. Just don't "buy her" a gun. Let her pick one out, make sure it fits her hand, make sure she can pull the trigger if its a revolver and handle the recoil whatever model it is. Have her get some training with a quality instructor.
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Ruger revolvers in double action would include: LCR (.22LR, .22 WMR, .38, .357 calibers available), SP101 (.22 LR, .38, .357 calibers available), GP100 (only in .357), Super Redhawk (.44, .454 Casull only)... these are double action revolvers from Ruger. If you want single action Ruger has these models: Bearcat (.22LR only), Single Six (.22 LR, .22 WMR, and .17 HMR available), Blackhawk (multiple larger calibers available), SuperBlackhawk (.44), and the Vaquero (.357, or .45).

That's your roundup of Ruger revolvers.
 
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