Best Ladies Pistol?

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I'd go for a 9mm ...

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My vote: The 3914 DAO simple to use, thin & (relitively) light.

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Big Dot sights are easy acquisition

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I just bought this one chambered in .32ACP for my young daughter. I wanted to give her my 432PD in .32 H&R Magnum, but she's tiny, and would have to carry it in a purse or bag and I am not a fan of off-body carry. She has an almost impossible time racking a slide, so the Bobcat it is. The one down side of the Tomcat is a lack of an extractor. If a round gets stuck in the chamber, well, times will sure get interesting.

Regards,

Dave
 

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There's no stock answer. Depends on the woman and the situation.

I used to know Jo Anne Hall when she was Ladies IPSC Champion...of the world.Very fast and accurate with Colt .45 autos and carried a Colt .380for lighter needs.

My favorite fiction heroine, Modesty Blaise, carried a Colt .32 (probably a Cobra or Courier), a Star PD .45, and S&W .41 Magnum as the need varied. Sometimes used a Luger taken from a foe. Also deadly with .303 and 5.56 mm rifles. And was always plausible.

My brother's stepdaughter is a street cop who carries two Glock 9 mm's. (One is a Model 26 for backup use.)

Those little Beretta .32's have a reputation for cracking the frames. The .22 and .25 versions don't do that, to my knowledge.

Let me ask a counter question. What's the best gun for a man?
 
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I have much older blue 3032 I bought used about 10 years ago. My dad's wife has a stainless 3032 for about 6 or 7 years. They were re-engineered about the time the stainless came out and are thicker and heavier than my older one. All the newer style I held seem to have a very gritty trigger, while my older model has a butter smooth trigger.

I have been beside 3 or 4 women shooting 3032's, they all were terrible shots at 5 yards couldn't keep 5 shots on 8.5 x 11 piece of paper (passing "score" for NRA basic handgun course, many use as part of CCW course in Ohio). These women often limp wristed the guns and cringed with every shot. There is very little recoil with ball or premium ammo, I believe it is noise that scares them!

I like to have non-shooters start with a few cylinders of target velocity 38's, then they have a reference on recoil. 22's and 32's are then very mild in their limited experience and will then hold on and not Flinch!

Ivan
 
Come to think about it - The Beretta 21a that I recently bought did orginally belong to the seller’s Ex-wife.
I hope it’s not carrying some bad Mojo!
 
That's a loaded question. I finally got my wife to the range to help her determine what type gun she would like to use, then get her CCW. I had pre determined that I thought she should have a J Frame 2" revolver, and specifically a 431PD (32 H&R Mag) she could shoot 32 Longs for practice and carry the 32 H&R Mag. All wrong, didn't like a revolver at all, and she finally decided on my 9mm Shield. She can rack the slide. My fear is I know she won't practice, and will forget the complexities of a semi-auto operation. I hope to get her out again and impress the simplicity of a revolver.
 
The women I know that carry .. 9mm is the smallest caliber carried one carries a 45, 2 ladies carry 40's and the other 6 carry 9mm ..

Something like the Bobcat might well suite someone with hand problems that were unable to rack a slide but an able bodied woman would be unlikely to pick such a pistol to carry due to the caliber size of them ..

I do find interesting at least from the ladies I know, the younger ones like the smaller size 9mm's and the older they are the bigger the size of pistol they carry .. going from a compact to full size .. the lady that carries the 1911/45 is a retired older woman and is probably the oldest woman I know that carries daily .. I'm 5'11 and she is at least 5 inches taller and she can shoot lights out with it !! The other thing I find from the women I know that contradicts many articles I've read saying many women were buying revolvers as their first gun due to not having to rack the slide .. non of the women I know carry revolvers or own one .. 5 usually carry on body and the other 4 in a purse or some other type of bag or I think what they call a clutch or evening bag ..
 
I just finished reading through the ongoing Boy Scouts thread. After reading through all the comments I'm thinking maybe there shouldn't be a "best lady's pistol" or a "best man's pistol", there should just be pistols.
 
Wife has a 21-A for pocket book, and M-65 for bedside. 21-a's were rated best pocket pistol a few years ago-we've had 2 of them=both very accurate. At the distance a pistol like this would be brought to bear, it would be very effective IMV.
 
I just got a Nemesis pocket holster for my Beretta 21a.
It’ll drop right into an empty jeans front pocket.
But in any case, you should be able to operate the piece you carry.
If you cannot Jack it, do no pack it!
 
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