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What To Buy The Wifey

laurel

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My $0.02 as a woman: go with a Springfield XD-40 Sub-Compact. I just sung its praises over on this thread:
http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum5/450.html
I love mine and open carry it in one of these holsters:
http://www.blade-tech.com/Tactical-Light-Holster-w-Tek-Lok-pr-953.html
I find mine to be just big enough to feel like a real gun, but still small enough for me to be really comfortable handling it and not look like I'm headed for a gunfight at the OK when I carry it. :lol: I'm a fairly small gal and don't have any problem with the weight or recoil. The balance is awesome and ... I just really don't have anything bad to say about it! It definitely has my 100% approval and recommendation.

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Erus

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When we went looking we compared the .38 Smith to the .380 Bersa (larger calibers were just too much for her small hands and CTS) and after all the right considerations for HER, the wife chose the Bersa .380 Thunder. She can OC or CC comfortably, it has decent stopping power IMHO, and she can almost always out group me at the range with the thing. I have even considered it for CC over my 1911, or at least as a HO backing up the .45.

Can't say enough good things about this Bersa if a Semi Automatic is the ladies' choice over a wheelgun.



Erus
 

ScubaSteve

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Give these a solid look... CZ-75 P01. I bought mine in OD Green, not my favorite color.. but the price was right.

Wife looked at it, tried it at the range and then claimed it as her own. I replaced it with a black one... No chance on getting these two mixed up!

http://www.cz-usa.com/product_detail.php?id=28

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MarinesWife

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I was thinking of a .380, but then I just don't think it has the necessary "stopping power" that it should. It has to be "pretty" and un-obtrusive, but powerful.
Maybe a Semi-auto Lady Smith or a Semi-Compact 9mm Baby Desert Eagle. They are both pretty good guns for women
 
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