Hi all,
After months a consideration and a few trips to the guns hop and range, my wife finally picked out a pistol for concealed carry purposes. Originally, we had been considering the 9mm Shield, the XDs in 9mm, the Ruger LCP and the Nano. We were pretty sure it would be one of those four. She'd handled all of them and shot them as well. She liked the XDs the most and we were almost ready to buy. Then we were shown a Sig P938 and she fell in love with it immediately... The look, the feel, the function all felt right to her (she likes the way my 1911 works which is where this comes from I think). And after she bought it she ran a box of cheap range ammo reloads through it and was very happy. No problems at all.
So. We'd I'd been approaching this very deliberately. Researching each model, reading reviews, analyzing the features etc.... And what needed up happening was that we did what I hate doing... Buying blind. After the fact I have read some reviews and am aware of some of the problems they had shortly after release. Seems like they have resolved all that and as I said, we had no problems and will likely run some more ammo through it this week.
All that said, what compromises did we make with respect to carry. SAO trigger versus DA on the models we'd been looking at? How does that effect the carry ability of it? This is is her first pistol and we are novices to carrying (see my other thread from a few weeks back). We have small kids. She plans to carry IWB and will be ordering a cross breed shortly. She liked the grip safety on the XDs and sadly the Sig doesn't have one despite it being a 1911 style pistol. Should that concern us? I am of the mind that carrying a 1911 cocked and locked is the right method... But mine has that grip safety that hers lacks.
I don't really want to debate size, caliber, cost, or even reputation of that model.
Anyway, not really sure what I am looking for with this thread. Honestly, if this pistol doesn't work out and we have to go through a couple to find the one that is perfect for her need then we are fine with that. This is only the start of our journey I know. I guess I am looking for a bit of affirmation. My gut says that since she loves it, she'll train with it, carry it and be proud of it. And that is worth more intrinsically than having the perfect feature set.
Thanks in advance for your insight.
After months a consideration and a few trips to the guns hop and range, my wife finally picked out a pistol for concealed carry purposes. Originally, we had been considering the 9mm Shield, the XDs in 9mm, the Ruger LCP and the Nano. We were pretty sure it would be one of those four. She'd handled all of them and shot them as well. She liked the XDs the most and we were almost ready to buy. Then we were shown a Sig P938 and she fell in love with it immediately... The look, the feel, the function all felt right to her (she likes the way my 1911 works which is where this comes from I think). And after she bought it she ran a box of cheap range ammo reloads through it and was very happy. No problems at all.
So. We'd I'd been approaching this very deliberately. Researching each model, reading reviews, analyzing the features etc.... And what needed up happening was that we did what I hate doing... Buying blind. After the fact I have read some reviews and am aware of some of the problems they had shortly after release. Seems like they have resolved all that and as I said, we had no problems and will likely run some more ammo through it this week.
All that said, what compromises did we make with respect to carry. SAO trigger versus DA on the models we'd been looking at? How does that effect the carry ability of it? This is is her first pistol and we are novices to carrying (see my other thread from a few weeks back). We have small kids. She plans to carry IWB and will be ordering a cross breed shortly. She liked the grip safety on the XDs and sadly the Sig doesn't have one despite it being a 1911 style pistol. Should that concern us? I am of the mind that carrying a 1911 cocked and locked is the right method... But mine has that grip safety that hers lacks.
I don't really want to debate size, caliber, cost, or even reputation of that model.
Anyway, not really sure what I am looking for with this thread. Honestly, if this pistol doesn't work out and we have to go through a couple to find the one that is perfect for her need then we are fine with that. This is only the start of our journey I know. I guess I am looking for a bit of affirmation. My gut says that since she loves it, she'll train with it, carry it and be proud of it. And that is worth more intrinsically than having the perfect feature set.
Thanks in advance for your insight.
