SovereignAxe
Regular Member
I've been trying to figure out a gun to get for my fiancee to put in her purse. She's still not comfortable with the idea of me open carrying, so that's out of the question. I highly doubt I could get her to CC on her hip, but hey, a gun in her purse is better than no gun at all.
Which leads me to our criterea. She wants a gun that's light, small, and easy to shoot. She's not particular about caliber, as long as it's not more powerful than 9mm. She'd even go for a .22, and really likes the Walther P22, but I would much rather her have at least a .380. I showed her the Ruger LCP, and she liked it, but liked the P22 better. This week we ran across a Ruger LC9 at Mahoney's, and we were both really impressed with it. It is extremely comfortable, has a manual safety (which I think will make her more comfortable with it), and shoots 9mm, which is cheap and powerful (compared to .380, .32 and .22).
So so far we're both really impressed with the LC9, we just need to find someone that owns one to see if she likes the way that it shoots...that may take a while, as I don't know that many gun owners. BUT, at this time we have neither the funds for a new gun, nor does she have her permit yet. So this isn't a pressing issue, we're just shopping around.
As far as budget goes, I wouldn't say the sky is the limit, but with pocket pistols, price isn't really an issue. But I want her to get something that she'll actually want to go to the range and practice with. So if that means spending $400 instead of $200, that's not really a big deal. But the same thing goes with ammo. I realize that most pistols this size are built for the .380 round, which is comparitively expensive to 9mm, so whatever gets her to the range more often the better. So if I could find a pocket size 9mm that she would enjoy, that would be perfect, but I don't want to discount .380 just yet.
I want to end this post with one more question. So far I've only been looking at new, polymer framed pistols. But is there anything I should consider from days of yore made of steel? I work with a woman that carries a .380 Walther PPK, and she loves it. My only concern with the PPK is that I've heard they're pretty picky about ammo.
Others that I'm aware of, but am not considering: Walther PPS (uncomfortable), anything by Kel-Tec, Ruger SR9c (too big)
Others that I want to see/don't know much about: S&W Bodyguard, SIG P238/P230
Winners so far: Ruger LCP, LC9, Walther PK380
Which leads me to our criterea. She wants a gun that's light, small, and easy to shoot. She's not particular about caliber, as long as it's not more powerful than 9mm. She'd even go for a .22, and really likes the Walther P22, but I would much rather her have at least a .380. I showed her the Ruger LCP, and she liked it, but liked the P22 better. This week we ran across a Ruger LC9 at Mahoney's, and we were both really impressed with it. It is extremely comfortable, has a manual safety (which I think will make her more comfortable with it), and shoots 9mm, which is cheap and powerful (compared to .380, .32 and .22).
So so far we're both really impressed with the LC9, we just need to find someone that owns one to see if she likes the way that it shoots...that may take a while, as I don't know that many gun owners. BUT, at this time we have neither the funds for a new gun, nor does she have her permit yet. So this isn't a pressing issue, we're just shopping around.
As far as budget goes, I wouldn't say the sky is the limit, but with pocket pistols, price isn't really an issue. But I want her to get something that she'll actually want to go to the range and practice with. So if that means spending $400 instead of $200, that's not really a big deal. But the same thing goes with ammo. I realize that most pistols this size are built for the .380 round, which is comparitively expensive to 9mm, so whatever gets her to the range more often the better. So if I could find a pocket size 9mm that she would enjoy, that would be perfect, but I don't want to discount .380 just yet.
I want to end this post with one more question. So far I've only been looking at new, polymer framed pistols. But is there anything I should consider from days of yore made of steel? I work with a woman that carries a .380 Walther PPK, and she loves it. My only concern with the PPK is that I've heard they're pretty picky about ammo.
Others that I'm aware of, but am not considering: Walther PPS (uncomfortable), anything by Kel-Tec, Ruger SR9c (too big)
Others that I want to see/don't know much about: S&W Bodyguard, SIG P238/P230
Winners so far: Ruger LCP, LC9, Walther PK380