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Originally Posted by cshoff
But on the other end of the spectrum, we shouldn't necessarily be steering these folks towards the tiny, diminutive micro-mouse-guns either. Guns the size of an LCP or P3AT, for example, are specialty guns made for a specialized purpose. Their physical size, extremely short sight radius, and high power to weight ratio not only make them hard to train adequately with, but also makes them difficult to fight with, which is what we MUST be able to do with any defensive gun.
For the vast majority of people, the ideal EDC is going to fall somewhere between "hog leg" and "mouse gun".
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We don't live in a perfect world! These days, I am recommending the
Ruger .357 LCR for the average Joe. Supreb recoil absorbing grips (when oh when will S&W learn this lesson???), excellent trigger pull, and 17 oz for at least some recoil absorption. Light, compact, and packable. Load Glasers in the house, and Hornaday Critical Defense elsewhere (.38 or .38+P). Hope they will go to the range at least once, and sight it in.
This is all we can hope for....