BrewerGeorge
Sharpshooter
My mother is 64 and lives alone. Twenty years ago I helped her buy and learn to use an SP101 in .357, which she still has. She always shot .38's in it, but now she doesn't have the hand strength to control .38's anymore. She can still pull trigger, but I think the pistol would actually leave her hand if she shot it. She still wants to keep a pistol in the house, and I like her having one, but I need to find something she can shoot. This isn't one of those situations where the typical advice we give about wives and girlfriends is going to fit. She's not going to pick it out herself.
I'm thinking of .22 WMR ideally, or .22LR. We're limited to revolvers because that's all she's ever owned. She's fired my automatics (years ago) but never enough to operate them confidently. Hand strength to cycle the slide might also be an issue. So I'm looking for ideas. I'm thinking of the Taurus 941 - for the price mostly. SP101 would be nice, but that's a couple hundred dollars more.
What other pistols should I be looking at?
I'm thinking of .22 WMR ideally, or .22LR. We're limited to revolvers because that's all she's ever owned. She's fired my automatics (years ago) but never enough to operate them confidently. Hand strength to cycle the slide might also be an issue. So I'm looking for ideas. I'm thinking of the Taurus 941 - for the price mostly. SP101 would be nice, but that's a couple hundred dollars more.
What other pistols should I be looking at?