Good luck with your new M&P22. My daughter and I love it. She was having issues with the SP101 327 recoil (even with 32 longs) and we went to the LGS to find a lighter recoiling gun for her While I was fondling the M&P9 fs and compact trying to make up my mind which I wanted she checked the M&P out and said it felt really good in her small hands. Enter the M&P22. I might have to trim the grip down a bit for her hands. I use the small backstrap on the 9 fs w/thumb safety I got for me so my hands aren't that big either. That is the only thing I would change on the 22, to have interchangable backstraps. It shoots really well and she has put around 1200 rounds through it. Even the wife likes to shoot the 22 (not really a handgun person). When I can shoot it, it's great to practice with inexpensive 22 ammo and have it feel the same feel as the bigger cal. guns. Uses the same holster for drawing practice too.