Thinking of buying my wife a pistol...

[DaFadda]

Originally Posted by Sunderbrew

Thanks everyone for the input!! She is fairly familiar with firearms ( mostly rifles and shot guns for hunting), and she shoots my beretta 96 pretty comfortably and she shoots my ruger mk3 hunter ok to. I was leaning towards 1911 since that's what I carry. I think the most important thing is just to have her handle a bunch of different pistols and make decision from there.

Yes yes yes!! I was on a tablet yesterday when I posted my reponse Sunderbrew. Please encourage her to try different firearms, maybe even stand behind her and tell the ninjamallguncounterclerk to lighten up when he wants to show her a "woman's gun"... encourage her to shoot, shoot and shoot different firearms until she finds "THE" one for her. It's got to be her decision though... If she choose a pink Charter Arms revolver that she WILL carry... it's better than that nifty .45 1911 that you would carry... cuz she'llhave it on her when its needed.

I have a couple of Bersa's that I thought my wife would like. 380 and 22 LR. I bought them without her knowledge... then said "what would you think if I bought you a new pistol for your birthday?" Her response? "If and when I want a pistol, I'll choose it myself. You taught me to shoot, and you told me to buy what I'll carry" (hate it when she quotes me!!!!) "when I find the right one, I'll buy it."

I gulped...and was proud... at what I created. She will NOT be intimidated by some salesman at the gun counter. She'll kick his.... as the English say.... "Arse."

Still my 2 Cents.
Da