hornadylnl
Shooter
- Nov 19, 2008
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My mother-in-law just applied for her permit and is looking for a carry gun. She's very inexperienced and has a lot of trouble with slides on autos. I tried teaching her the technique that's been posted here and that didn't really help her. She was looking at a Ruger LCP with laser and she didn't do too well with the slide on my Keltech. Being such a small slide didn't help either. I let her shoot my Keltech and she didn't think it was very comfortable. I let her shoot my Glock 22 to try to get her in a bigger frame to see what she thought of that. That was too much.
A local dealer recommended a snub nose 38 and let her borrow it to shoot a few rounds to see what she thought. It was a Smith Airweight and she did pretty decent with it. She struggled pulling the trigger with the hammer down so I had her pull the hammer back and shoot it in single action. She handled it pretty well and kept a decent group at about 15' for her first time shooting it.
If she goes with a revolver, I'd recommend a hammerless for safety reasons. I've owned very few revolvers so I don't know if new ones have built in hammer safeties if she were to snag the hammer getting it in and out of her purse. I told her she would need to buy some snap caps and practice pulling the trigger in double action so she can get the feel of shooting it.
So far, she's looked at a Charter Arms Pink Lady at Gander Mountain and the local dealer recommended a Charter Arms Off Duty that is hammerless. Is Charter Arms comparable to Smith and others? What other snubbies would you guys recommend in the $400 range?
Thanks in advance.
A local dealer recommended a snub nose 38 and let her borrow it to shoot a few rounds to see what she thought. It was a Smith Airweight and she did pretty decent with it. She struggled pulling the trigger with the hammer down so I had her pull the hammer back and shoot it in single action. She handled it pretty well and kept a decent group at about 15' for her first time shooting it.
If she goes with a revolver, I'd recommend a hammerless for safety reasons. I've owned very few revolvers so I don't know if new ones have built in hammer safeties if she were to snag the hammer getting it in and out of her purse. I told her she would need to buy some snap caps and practice pulling the trigger in double action so she can get the feel of shooting it.
So far, she's looked at a Charter Arms Pink Lady at Gander Mountain and the local dealer recommended a Charter Arms Off Duty that is hammerless. Is Charter Arms comparable to Smith and others? What other snubbies would you guys recommend in the $400 range?
Thanks in advance.