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There are a lot of answers but I agree with this 100% in this situation.You will get a lot of opinions, including mine. For someone who has no experience with handguns I would recommend a revolver in .38/.357, or just .38 Special. S&W, Ruger, or Colt, all three make fine revolvers.
Don't want to sound like a SA But why don''t you set up a good CCW class for you and her that has a good hands on course. Safely, use of force , and provides , different, types of hand gun you can handle and shoot, from small to Med Rev. and small to Med Auto in diff.Types. This would be a all day class. And would be about 100. per This would be less then paying for range time and gun renter . Just my 5 cents
Has she shot Hornady lite 38spl 90 gr xtp with a milder powder , moves faster less jump and kick .My wife loves the Glock 48 with s-15 mags. It just fits well.
she has not shot the p365 or p365xl yet.
she also likes revolvers, but her 38 kicks too much for her to shoot often.
Nope. I will have to pick some up.Has she shot Hornady lite 38spl 90 gr xtp with a milder powder , moves faster less jump and kick .
My wife has very tiny hands and feet. She still shops for shoes in the kids section. She swears by her old steel frame DA/SA S&W J Frame 38 Special that she's owned for like 25 years and her CZ82. The CZ is in 9x18 caliber, but the same gun with a different barrel is available in 380 as the CZ83. I have CZ's in both calibers currently and have had several other CZ82's in the past, as I come across package deals and buy them for the mags, holsters and accessories. They are a rock solid product, military and police issue in the Czech Republic. I've tried everything else with her, and she won't have any of it.Had not thought about the revolver. You have me thinking...
The Bersa 380 is a South American clone of a 9x18 Makarov. I've owned a Bersa and carried it for years. Liked it a lot, but went back to double stack magazines. The same Bersa/Makarov fixed barrel operating system is on the double stack 12 and 13 round mag capacity CZ82 and 83 Makarov clones I just mentioned in another post above this one. The Russian Makarov design is a tried and true military and police small gun that was mass produced by the millions all across Russia and every country that signed on with Russia for like 50 or 60 years straight. They don't last long in stores and it's hard to find a store to stock them because of the low price and low profit margin. They'd rather sell you a new Sig or new Glock at double or triple the cost of the new Bersa or surplus Makarov. Grey Man Armory in Milton just this past year sold a used "like new" trade-in Bersa 380 for LESS than $200 out the door after tax. CZ82's are not available new and never have been, although some have been available in a "like new" unissued condition. The CZ82 prices ranged from $150 when first imported to about $450 now, depending on condition. The CZ83 was sold new retail in America for about $600.Consider the Bersa .380 Thundersomething. Easy to cook and less recoil is what sold my ex on her first pistol. But yes, let her hold, feel, shoot, and pick her gun...
My Bersa 380 was nickel plated and I tried to rust it up and knock off the nickel and I didn't cut it any slack at all... and it just kept running, looking all shiny and new. Never flaked or rusted or anything. Sweated all over it. Wouldn't clean it until it started clogging up from carbon on like 300 round range sessions. Just kept working. Stellar performanceI too carried the bersa for about 10 years. So long In fact it went from black to purple colored. (frame) Good shooter.
Consider the Bersa .380 Thunderer. Easy to cock and less recoil is what sold my ex on her first pistol. But yes, let her hold, feel, shoot, and pick her gun...