I was leaning more towards the hammer less just because it will be in her purse. Don't want it to snag on anything. She works in retail, and people have shop lifted before (thank God not by gunpoint) I think with Hammond developing as much as it is, it's only a matter of time. She's not very experienced with any sort of firearm because her dad doesn't hunt, or own a gun for all I know. I've let her shoot a couple of mine, but still have work to do. I also want us to go through some additional training, such as high pressure situations. Any experience on this?

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Posted by chief420

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Posted on 1/10/13 at 8:06 am to DuckManiak

Ruger LCR .357

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Posted by EMP40 LSU

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Posted on 1/10/13 at 10:31 am to DuckManiak

My wife shoots a S&W 640 which is close to the same weight as that Ladysmith.

A lot of people grab an airweight or other light snubby and hand it to their wife, then they wonder why she doesn't like the recoil. Heavier guns aren't as nice for carrying around, but they're nicer on recoil. (Even some guy at the gun counter was trying to tell me that my wife wouldn't like it. Even though I explained to him that it was a heavier gun, and she'd already shot a detective special close to the same size.)

I started my wife with a .22lr revolver and showed her the basics of sight picture and trigger control. I showed her that to pull a double action, you need to have a quick, but steady trigger pull. Once she got the mechanics down, I moved her to the .38. Every now and then I'd switch it up with letting her dry fire to make sure she hadn't developed a flinch,jerk, etc.

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