I`m in the market for 2 new handguns for my wife.
A little background:
I am currently shooting competitions and targets on my time off, and she decided to join me in my hobby so we could spend more time together.
I`m away most of the time, and she needs her own guns as shes getting quite serious when it comes to competitions.
For the "plinking" comps, shes getting a Walther SSP or GSP, but for other comps she needs some "real" weaponry.
I want her to train with and know intimately her own weapons as it makes me feel better for her when shes home alone, knowing she has her own weapons set up for her, not just using mine.
I want something for her that WILL go bang every time she pulls the trigger, no bells or whistles, plain functionality and decent precision.
Over here, self defense/personal protection involving firearms is a BIG NO-NO and thus not discuss-able on local forums.
My 1911s fits her hands pretty well, but my S&W 686 6" is too large for her.
We have been looking online a lot, and as shes very interested in design, art and such shes VERY picky when it comes to apperance and esthetics.
Another problem is that local gunshops are very limited in their on-shelf stock so for her to actually handle the different weapons we have to rely mainly on my buddies bringing their guns over.
What I would like for her is one 4" or 6" SS revolver capable of handling both .38+P and .357 magnum, and one 9mm pistol.
Reason for choice of calibers; cost and availability of ammo, as primary use will be range and competition use, other calibers are not optional this time around.
She does not like my 686 due to the fact its too heavy and the grips are too big.
She likes the model 620 better from the looks of it, as the barrel contour is different and appeals to her unlike that of the 686, that she finds too bulky.
Took the stock grips off and from what I could see from her holding it by the bare frame, a smaller grip could work on that frame-size.
She would like it in pink! Any ideas here? Could not find that S&W sell their pink grips separately (the "dark" pink ones)
Showed her the Ruger GP100s and Taurus online as well, but size etc is hard to tell by pics, and she still wants the dark pink grips...
As for the pistol (judged by looks only); she really likes this one http://www.taurususa.com/product-details...eadcrumbseries=
Mostly due to the fact that its narrower at the top of the grip, as her hand hurts a bit at her thumb after shooting my 1911s, and she feels that the "notch" at the back top of the grip would fit her hand nicely.
I will try to take her shooting Glock, SIG, CZ and H&K next week, but from pics she does not like any of those much...
Does anyone have any info/experience with the Taurus in question? One issue is that our local Taurus importer is about to close for good and does not have anything on shelf she can play with, I will have to import this one for her myself.
Input especially from the ladies or guys with armed girls appreciated
John - out
A little background:
I am currently shooting competitions and targets on my time off, and she decided to join me in my hobby so we could spend more time together.
I`m away most of the time, and she needs her own guns as shes getting quite serious when it comes to competitions.
For the "plinking" comps, shes getting a Walther SSP or GSP, but for other comps she needs some "real" weaponry.
I want her to train with and know intimately her own weapons as it makes me feel better for her when shes home alone, knowing she has her own weapons set up for her, not just using mine.
I want something for her that WILL go bang every time she pulls the trigger, no bells or whistles, plain functionality and decent precision.
Over here, self defense/personal protection involving firearms is a BIG NO-NO and thus not discuss-able on local forums.
My 1911s fits her hands pretty well, but my S&W 686 6" is too large for her.
We have been looking online a lot, and as shes very interested in design, art and such shes VERY picky when it comes to apperance and esthetics.
Another problem is that local gunshops are very limited in their on-shelf stock so for her to actually handle the different weapons we have to rely mainly on my buddies bringing their guns over.
What I would like for her is one 4" or 6" SS revolver capable of handling both .38+P and .357 magnum, and one 9mm pistol.
Reason for choice of calibers; cost and availability of ammo, as primary use will be range and competition use, other calibers are not optional this time around.
She does not like my 686 due to the fact its too heavy and the grips are too big.
She likes the model 620 better from the looks of it, as the barrel contour is different and appeals to her unlike that of the 686, that she finds too bulky.
Took the stock grips off and from what I could see from her holding it by the bare frame, a smaller grip could work on that frame-size.
She would like it in pink! Any ideas here? Could not find that S&W sell their pink grips separately (the "dark" pink ones)
Showed her the Ruger GP100s and Taurus online as well, but size etc is hard to tell by pics, and she still wants the dark pink grips...
As for the pistol (judged by looks only); she really likes this one http://www.taurususa.com/product-details...eadcrumbseries=
Mostly due to the fact that its narrower at the top of the grip, as her hand hurts a bit at her thumb after shooting my 1911s, and she feels that the "notch" at the back top of the grip would fit her hand nicely.
I will try to take her shooting Glock, SIG, CZ and H&K next week, but from pics she does not like any of those much...
Does anyone have any info/experience with the Taurus in question? One issue is that our local Taurus importer is about to close for good and does not have anything on shelf she can play with, I will have to import this one for her myself.
Input especially from the ladies or guys with armed girls appreciated
John - out
