9mm for small hands

[xjer]

My daughter @ 5.2" and 100 pounds loves shooting my Ruger Mark II. But my Glocks 17, 19 give her trouble. She gets lots of malfunctions. She has a hard time getting a good grip on the Glocks. I am going to keep working with her on the Glocks but looking for something else for her to try. Any suggestions?

 

[wawazat]

A single stack compact 9 should have a smaller grip circumference I would imagine. Ive never handled the Glock single stacks, but my EMP is pretty darn small hand friendly.

 

[Rez Exelon]

P30sk with the smallest backstrap?

 

[rockchalk06]

Shield EZ or the new Shield Plus come to mind. Small, but recoil is pretty low considering their size compared to the P365/Hellcat etc.

 

[druryj]

Take her to the range, let her handle a few and then rent a couple for her to try out. P365, Hellcat, and Glock 43/43X. I have both the Hellcat and the 43X and they are both considerably smaller in the grip as compared to a G19/17 pistol.

 

[PBramble]

The shield is good for small hands but is unforgiving of limp wristing. My wife gets FTEs when she does. Pretty much any single stack 9 should be good, but we found what my wife likes by trying different guns (rentals) until she was happy.

 

[gerhard1]

Maybe a compact 1911??

 

[okieshooter777]

kimber micro

 

[Mad Professor]

My daughter @ 5.2" and 100 pounds loves shooting my Ruger Mark II. But my Glocks 17, 19 give her trouble. She gets lots of malfunctions. She has a hard time getting a good grip on the Glocks. I am going to keep working with her on the Glocks but looking for something else for her to try. Any suggestions?

I helped a friend’s wife that was struggling with his Glock 17 and 19. She was just und 5’ and likely weighed less. He wanted to keep her in a full size or compact (good move in my opinion). A M&P 9 with the small backstrap worked wonders. I ended up taking the backstrap out and replacing it with skateboard tape and it was even better. A 4” 2.0 compact would also work well. 1.0 compact not so much.

I would not put her in anything smaller than a Glock 48, or maybe a 43X.

Shield, 365, 43, Kimber micro, sig 938 are all too small for inexperienced shooter. I see too many coming to the classes in the hands of women. It rarely works out.

 

[L.C.]

Glock 43X or or Glock 48. Both slim single stack 9mm.