Best Handgun for Women

When you choose a firearm, choose the biggest one you can comfortably shoot and carry. Video and Production: Kelly-Charles Pidgeon, Lori Blackwell We are working on our online store. It should be up within a few days. Hats, jackets, pullovers, t-shirts, waterbottles and rangebags! ******************* Warning: This is a firearms video. Please treat all firearms as if they are loaded and always keep them pointed in a safe direction. Give us a Like on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/armedandfeminine2/?fref=ts All music is from my husband's band, Boats Against the Current, available on iTunes.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AB35AL0/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp

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1. I like stainless steel over plastic. Heavier and less recoil. I like my 38 special but need two fingers on trigger. lol. Smaller one like a sig p238 is steel. Small but not bad with extended grips. I won't get plastic if I want a small conceal. I do want to find a heavier revolver with a lighter trigger pull.
2. Thank you for this video! I'm taking handgun shooting lessons with 22 revolvers before I take my CPL and I'm currently renting guns before I buy. This was so helpful! I had been looking at the snubbies only for my first purchase and whenever I watch videos of "handguns for women," they are always men with snub revolvers. After seeing this video (and considering I'm a tall women at 5'10" lol) I'm convinced I need to try and experience a bigger gun. :)
   
   Also - what a great channel! I think someone above commented about how they love this isn't just bikinis and bullets. Very practical, factual and fun for women that are serious about learning about guns and their own safety. Keep up the great work!
3. With my wife, the issue isn't always the rack, but the slide release.  Try as she might, she can't flip down that release on my Sig P320
4. no revolvers?
5. I love this video and agree with about everything you said. My wife became interested in owning her own gun after an incident not far from us, that involve an intruder entering a home while a mother was at home with her small children. Fortunately, the woman was armed and knew what to do. I had a .22 revolver and a Glock 17 that my wife liked to shoot and that was her only experience. She got her carry permit and we set out looking for a gun for her. I helped with the research and we visited a number of gun shops and tried different guns. Our search came down to two guns. As it turned out, she bought one and I ended up with the other. Funny, we were only looking for one gun just for her. The decision was all hers. I was just along for moral support and the food. She's since added a few more guns, including full-size 1911s in .45 Auto and she handles my 10mm 1911s like a boss. I've said many times to men wanting to buy a gun for the "little woman", "Let her choose. If you can't trust her to choose, how can you trust her to use it should the time come?". My wife and I train together and we shoot together and sometimes she embarrasses me. It's like a date for us. Trip to the range and coffee or lunch. Now...one big thing that I noticed in the video, was in all cases, the slide was already locked back when the magazine is inserted. That's fine for the video, but for many hammer fired handguns, like the LCP, LC9 or the 1911, once the hammer is down, the effort to rack the slide is significantly reduced. Even with striker fired guns like the LC9S and Glocks, she has a huge head start. In addition, some guns are much more difficult to rack, especially new guns with new stiff springs, when you insert a full magazine. It's obvious that she has experience...nice shooting, by the way. I'm sure she'd do just fine with about anything you hand her, but this video isn't aimed at IDPA competitors or NRA instructors. A beginner will have different results, at least until she's accustomed to the gun and has a chance to work on her technique. Of course, the same would apply to a lot of men as well. Great job and thank you.
6. While you showed and talked about a snubbie, I wish you had included it in the actual shooting, if only to prove your point.
7. buying my wife a gun is just an excuse for me to buy a cute gun lol but my wife prefers full size.
8. Great video. Have seen several female specific here on YouTube. From A-Z yours are the most clear, comprehensive, informative and complete. You could easily do a Ted Talks.
   
   It's too bad Beretta doesn't make the Tomcat in .380. The combo of tip-up barrel, DA/SA with no initial slide rack is a great option for those with less strength in their hands. Just one DA pull of 7-8 lbs. They've addressed the frame crack issue in beefing up the slide a little, but the .32 is still a little light. Beats a sharp stick, though. Extra round, too. Wouldn't volunteer to take any center mass, that's for sure.
   
   Have tried the RM380 and found it to be SO much less snappy than ANY of the polymers. The trigger pull was WAY less than my former CCW a KT P11(speaking of snappy...geez. lol) Were I still living stateside the RM380 would be my EDC. I'm a 'utility/errand' cyclist so printing is a serious issue.
   
   Thanks for the generous sharing of your knowledge.
9. 5:30 mark II VW Golf ;-)
10. Haven't seen a rack of the slide, all I have seen is a release of a slide !!!!!!
11. sig p320 compact 9mm for my wife. She likes it and shoots it well.
12. Too many guys underestimate women and guns. As a former range officer at a gun club I was always amused how the "man" would tell "the little lady" all sorts of BS , then watch the lady outshoot their " little man" .... LOL! Great vid Kelly , keep them coming.
13. For a newbie female shooter, would you recommend 22cal to practice grip and trigger pull etc etc ?
14. Another interesting model with wonderful ergonomics is the Cz-75.
15. Frankly I typically recommend a J frame in 38 spl as a concealed carry for any beginner regardless of sex. Easy to carry, conceal and operate. Adequate for 95% of all likely use scenarios. Does that mean women cant handle bigger guns? Heck no, bigger guns tend to be easier to shoot.
16. thank you
17. What is your training distance? 7 to 10 yds?
18. why did you not show her racking the slide i mean i see her close them but not pulling them back dry and letting them go
19. Glad I found your channel, through Hickok45, as my daughter recently expressed an interest in getting her first gun. Great info in the several videos I've watched and I'll be passing this on to her.
    Thanks!
20. Bigger guns are easier to shoot and have less recoil. It's less peasant to shoot a small gun.