Female wants a .22

[gregorius]

I have seen boyfriends, husbands and fathers give their females .38's, 9mm and 45's that just scared the crap out of them. Why would anyone want to do that? I started my wife out with a .22 and worked her way up to larger calibers....

This.

Part of the reason I am getting back into guns is so that I can get the wife comfortable enough with guns to defend herself at home when I am not there. I sure as hell am not going to get her to fire a .44 magnum on her first time out, so starting with a .22 makes sense. Generally women aren't drawn to guns the way men are, so we should all stop assuming that bigger is better for them. I understand all the arguments about "man stopper" ammo, but if the female in question is scared to used the gun, what good is it?

So in the battle between a .22 and a box o' rocks...well. I think the .22 wins.

 

[O4L]

I would rather have my wife hit someone several times with a .22, than to miss them several times with a .45!

I would not recommend the Sig Mosquito. Not reliable enough.

A good revolver in .22 Magnum would be my choice. There are new self defense loads that I would be comfortable using.

That would be much better than a box o' rocks!

 

[ssgrock3]

ruger mk 2 would be an optimal .22 auto.

 

[ldp4570]

ruger mk 2 would be an optimal .22 auto.

The MKIII 22/45 pistols are good too!! 10rd magazines, fairly rapid reloads!

 

[RKM]

+1 on the Ruger.........but if she doesn't want automatic, Taurus makes a nice 9 shot 22 cal snub nose.

http://www.taurususa.com/product-details.cfm?id=383&category=Revolver

 

[ssgrock3]

The MKIII 22/45 pistols are good too!! 10rd magazines, fairly rapid reloads!

Same gun I got, not fond of the mag to gun function. But it runs flawless.

 

[triggerhappy2012]

I think a.22 is way better thin a rock she should start out with it and let her warm up to shooting a 22 because befor to long she will get board just shooting a 22 and move to the next step

 

[flatwins]

There's always the .32 acp offerings like a Tomcat or a Keltec. I'd see if she could handle a .380. But I'm biased since I really like my P238.

 

[Jckellison]

44mag is too small. I carry one o' dem hakked off 375H&H bolt jawbbers in case one of teh buffawomenalo over at teh wall-martzz rawbs meh.

Say what y'all will... This writing is brilliant. +1

 

[Coache27]

A revolver in .22 magnum would be a decent self defense option.