Recommendation Needed - 21yo Female - First Carry Firearm

[sjl127]

Recommendation Needed - 21yo Female - First Carry Firearm

Well, what do you suggest? Please narrow it down to a revolver for simplicity.

[PisnNapalm]

Ruger SP101

She can fire 38specials from it.

http://www.ruger.com/Firearms/FAProd...=5720&return=Y

[dgg9]

Originally Posted by PisnNapalm

Ruger SP101

Kind of heavy to carry, no?

[PisnNapalm]

Ok... how about a Taurus Ultra-lite

http://www.taurususa.com/products/pr...egory=Revolver

EDIT:: How much does she want to spend?

[dgg9]

Originally Posted by PisnNapalm

Ok... how about a Taurus Ultra-lite

Revolvers for new shooting females is always tough.

On the one hand, you want the SP-101 you advised, since that gives you an indestructible, comfortable workhorse to learn on. But it's wicked heavy for a small female to carry.

On the other hand, you want a light airweight to carry, also as you advised, but one has to wonder at their durability, since a new shooter wants to put a lot of rounds downrange in order to learn. Is an airweight built for that high round count? And you can be sure they're not fun to shoot.

One answer is "both," but then you run into budgetary questions.

One could argue that a plane-jane steel revolver in .38 would split the difference between the two.

[danp]

Not to sidetrack too much, but why a revolver? In my experience the girls I've taught to shoot did not like revolvers.

they all loved the Glock 26 though!

[Rule10b5]

I'm with dgg9 on this one. All steel is the way to go.

I'd go with a S&W 640. It's hammerless, double action only, weighs a few ounces less than an SP-101, and like the SP-101, it's .38/.357.

The airweight guns like the 340 or 642 or just fine for carry, but they recoil is way, way too much for a first gun. It won't be any fun to shoot for her, and if it's a first gun she's going to need a ton of practice.

[dgg9]

Originally Posted by danp

Not to sidetrack too much, but why a revolver? In my experience the girls I've taught to shoot did not like revolvers.

This has been my experience too, but just this one time I managed to take the OP's context as a given, then go from there.

[PisnNapalm]

Best advice I can give is to get her started shooting a .22 pistol. Then move up from there.

There's lots and lots of 9mm pistols that are easy to shoot, break down, clean and carry.

[ChamberedRound]

Kel-Tec P32 or P3-AT. Small, easily concealable, and not too hard to fire. If she likes that, then move her up to a 9mm of some kind.