Carolyn and I have been married for 50 years. Over these 50 years I always hoped that she would pick up a rifle or hand gun and come out and shoot with me. She has shot my .222 Remington a couple times and I have watched her pick off horse flies and small moths off the 200 yard target backer with the .222 but never wanted to shoot a rifle or hand gun. I cant remember her ever holding one.
A couple days ago she asked me out of the clear blue sky; do you have a pistol I can shoot??????????? WOW.
I went down to the safe and brought up a arm full
to see what will fit her small short fingered hand. All of the revolvers have the N frame. No go with those . cant reach the trigger right. The Match pistols like the 52 S&W Master has a big grip also the .22 THE VICTOR has large target stocks. The Judge and the 1911 gold cup sort of will work but she just gets the tip of the finger on the trigger.
The Judge was the best fit but I said the .45 Colt it shoots will give you a good push, but she said well lets see. So out the door we went and I had a target up so I had her shoot it. Well the recoil made her step back one step. I said ok that it lets go to the gun shop and see what they have that fits your hand in the morning.
Got to the shop and thay had a bunch of hand guns, belly guns to the long .450 Alaskan
I must say the man behind the counter was very patient with Carol. I stayed out of it mostly. I wanted her to get what is a comfortable fit for her and caliber. After more then a hour of handling them she settled on the Ruger SR-9-C I even like the little shooter. Well it's a 72 hour wait to take it home but it was OK. The morning we picked it up it was raining but Carol said we are stopping at the range and shoot! OK? I said yup. I picked up 200 rounds of 9MM before we left the shop. Carol said do we need that many? I said yes, it's a automatic.
Well I worked with her for some time on hold and answering questions. I put up a target close about 10 yards or so and I stressed again, don't lock your the thumb of the off hand over your hand so the slide don't cut your thumb. I said this when I was working with her on holds. Well she pushed the mag in and re least the slide and I turned to look at the target to see the hit BANG....YELL...But she didn't drop it
sure enough the slide hit her thumb where I told her not to put it. No band aids so I found a napkin and masking tape and fixed the blood leak
Well she shot 60 rounds and when she shot the last 10 they where in a very tight group.
I'm proud of her.
I shot a few from a post support to see what that little short stubby barrel can do. I must say that I'm impressed with the accuracy that little belly gun has. I moved the target out farther and I put 3 shots in a small hole I could nut stick my finger through with out making it bigger. That little 9MM is a fine shooter. But it sure eats the ammo
Kurt
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