[TheCollector]

Mrs. C. Started with a S&W 642 Airweight. That lasted one range trip. She gave it to our youngest.
Next was Sig P232 .380 She liked it for quite awhile.
I built her a steel Bobtail & steel CCO. She saw the weight as a stabilizing factor.

 

[Happi7]

I would also recommend a Nighthawk T4 if you can afford it. It’s one of my best shooting pistols I own.

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she just recently got to hold one and loved it, we looked into it. but she ultimately ended up buying a canik Mete, and is waiting for the 3.6HD to come out.

 

[Happi7]

Staccato CS perhaps

The Browning 380 may not be robust enough to be considered a SD firearm.

Thats actually what she chose, she ended up wanting the new hd3.6 thats coming out so in the meantime she bought a Canik Mete compact.

 

[Happi7]

THANK YOU EVERYONE!
We took everyones recommendations and went shooting at quite a few ranges testing alot of them out. Ultimately she loved the CS but wants the newer HD version coming out. So she put a hold on one for when they start shipping. In the meantime she bought a Canik Mete mc9 compact. She likes it well enough due to size and trigger. I guess she tried the Prime but wasnt a fan of the size nor the stippling.
Regardless thank you all. I travel out of town alot so its a burden lifted knowing she has something she can carry comfortably when im gone.

 

[1911Apostle]

Mrs. C. Started with a S&W 642 Airweight. That lasted one range trip. She gave it to our youngest.
Next was Sig P232 .380 She liked it for quite awhile.
I built her a steel Bobtail & steel CCO. She saw the weight as a stabilizing factor.

Even better the S&W 632 UC in .32 H&R magnum. The recoil is pretty much closer to a .22 LR than a .38 SPC but the power and performance is closer to 9mm.

I have one and love it!

 

[Financeguy88]

I'm getting a Fowler Vanta 9K for my wife with a periwinkle grip. I'll probably get her a rose 365XL as well just since a 2011 even in a K/Commander is still not a "nothing" to carry

 

[Greenleader]

Another vote for P238

Edit: haha too late

But congrats

 

[cgff]

Ruger LW 9mm Commander.
missed it,
congrats

 

[bosarge22]

I just shot a friends Kahr PM9, Very small 9mm. Reliable and cheap.

 

[redrumslim710]

Lol she can, however it might not be safe to eat lol. She can clean tho! 😆

Cook and clean?? Sounds like she’s a keeper

 

[jcc7x7]

Wife's trail of EDC guns
Colt officer's 45
S&W 642 busted her knuckle, different grips not to her liking
Sig 365 happy as a clam and she shoots it well

 

[Grim Patriot]

My wife’s range/training gun is a Wilson SFX9 4-inch, 15-round double stack, which she shoots quite well. I purchased her the same gun with the smaller frame, 3.25-inch, 10-round, gun for CCW. In the end she wanted something even lighter for everyday carry, so we went with a S&W Scandium J-Frame with its five 38-specials and a spare speed loader. Not much fun as a range gun, but probably do just fine delivering 3 to 5 shots, inside 3-yards, in 3-seconds or so.

 

[JCinPA]

I'm a big fan of the S&W Shield EZ in 9mm. People often automatically assume a women needs a .380 ACP to be able to rack it and lean toward the body guard, but I've found if you get them to the range and teach them to "rewire" their brain for racking a slide, almost all can do the 9mm.

Assuming right hander here. They usually hold the gun in their right hand, and pinch the slide and try to pull it back with their left, and often have trouble. If they do an over the top grip with the left hand and think in their mind "push the frame with the right hand" it almost always works easily for them. I have no idea why it works, but it does.

 

[Robbob45]

Mrs. C. Started with a S&W 642 Airweight. That lasted one range trip. She gave it to our youngest.
Next was Sig P232 .380 She liked it for quite awhile.
I built her a steel Bobtail & steel CCO. She saw the weight as a stabilizing factor.

My 442 sits in the safe. I do not like the feel of it with warm loads. I do carry a 36 with a 2"bbl. Had trigger tuned and set up to shoot Speer 135gr short barrel loads. Works out well for me.

 

[Uncle Bob]

Somewhat blasphemous but, my wife loves her bodyguard 2.0 in 380. We didn't have any issues with the browning 380 or the emp 9mm she tried. They were still a bit big for her "lifestyle".

I do however have to keep her away from my staccato C. The original C, singlestack 9mm. We both love it! They show up occasionally here, one just sold actually. May want to look around for one of those. Its 4" bull barrel, officer grip single stack. All 1911 mechanics and a great carry gun. If she wanted to stay with a 1911/2011 style, thats what id reccomend most.

Dan Wesson Guardian. Light relatively small and handy. 9mm is better than 380. Duty treat finish stands up to a lot

 

[Happi7]

Well gents disregard, my wife held the new staccato 3.6 and loved it so we are heading to scheels to get it today.
she sent this pic and said that's the one last night lol
Staccato C HDX 3.6, I'll let yall know how it is. I held it and honestly feels so much smaller than even the cs (I know same size and all) in my hands.

 

[1911Apostle]

Well gents disregard, my wife held the new staccato 3.6 and loved it so we are heading to scheels to get it today.
she sent this pic and said that's the one last night lol
Staccato C HDX 3.6, I'll let yall know how it is. I held it and honestly feels so much smaller than even the cs (I know same size and all) in my hands.
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Tell your wife I love her…


Errrr ummmm I mean her taste in guns!

 

[Bonty]

Consider a 938 with a Kimber 9 rd extended mag. Surprisingly, my daughters preferred handling and shooting the 938 even when there was a Wilson CQB Elite commander and an EDC X9 on the range table.

 

[Lightingale908]

Let her pick her gun out.

Buy her a ton of practice ammo.
If she decides that she wants another pistol, then buy that one too.

Most guys want to buy a pistol for their wife and be one and done.
I'll bet that most of us have switched EDC pistols over time.

My wife buys her own pistols because she has a bigger stake in the purchase. She's doing it for her, not to please me.

 

[BgBdBob]

Congratulations on having a wife who takes her security personally! Let her choose from holding and shooting them for comparison purposes