Usual suspects: g42, g43, g19, p238, p938, p250 sub/comp, g19, XDs, xd mod 2, smith 642/442, shield, mp 9c, fxc 9c.

First and foremost please take her somewhere she can play with a lot of different things. Don't just buy her a gun. I can't tell you how many times I see females come out to a shooting course with a gun daddy/boyfriend picked out and 10 min into class the pistol is on the bench and she's shooting something else (usually the size of a g19)

Make a list of important features. Here's just an example:
-is this strictly for CCW or will it be a shooter also. (Typically a small frame lightweight pistol is not fun to shoot. Hopefully she would shoot it often enough to become proficient with the handgun so that if the need arises she and get the job done)
-manual safety no manual saftey
-are factory night sights important, if not can they be installed down the road
-can you add a light source to the pistol
-loaded chamber indicator

I see plenty of ladies 100lbs soaking wet that shoot g19s. Don't be afraid to let her play with larger frame guns

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Posted by Ace Midnight

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Posted on 12/1/15 at 2:57 pm to igchris

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I see plenty of ladies 100lbs soaking wet that shoot g19s.

Although I'm a Sig guy - few persons would be underserved, in any capacity a pistol may serve, by a Glock 19.

It isn't pretty or glamorous. It's the basic hammer or screwdriver of pistols. It will seem more like a full sized pistol to small framed folks and there's nothing wrong with that. It is "concealable" with proper holster and clothing. Young women have unique challenges in carrying concealed, but they can be overcome.

At the end of the day, you need to start with a single pistol and shoot the daylights out of that. That muscle memory can be translated to other platforms - the closer to that base skill set the better.

If you just don't like Glock for whatever reason, try the M&P or the Sig 320. If you don't like polymer? Try Sig classic pistols (ow, my wallet) or maybe even Beretta (

- different strokes, though).

But, the knee jerk reaction to putting a novice, small, female shooter into a .380 pocket gun or J-frame equivalent revolver is just terrible, terrible advice, generally. Those are specialty weapons for special situations. The .380 is largely obsolete (as are most revolvers for non-hunting purposes) - while obsolete doesn't mean ineffective, it certainly suggests we should go somewhere else. Outside of a rare case like a Walther PPK (which is a heavy, all metal example of the type), the .380s and 5-shot .38 Specials, regardless of alloy/weight, etc. are unpleasant to shoot and difficult to shoot well - a double whammy because relying on the weapon for your defense demands competency with it. No person is going to voluntarily put thousands of rounds through most .380 pocket autos or 5-shot .38s (Again, the Walther PPK and Ruger SP101 might be exceptions, but those are large for type, heavier for type guns from a better, vanished time.)

So what will work? In today's market roughly a Glock 19/Sig P229 (or equivalent) and adjusting from there, based on preferences with ergonomics, fire control system, etc.

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