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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aryfrosty" data-source="post: 1517689" data-attributes="member: 16877">We encountered a similar experience when my wife decided to carry. She finally settled in on a Ruger 3" SP-101 with the factory bobbed hammer. She likes it because of the weight and the way it soaks up recoil. From over 40 years of carrying and shooting I believe what worked for my wife was allowing her to settle on a caliber/ gun she feels comfortable with in both carrying and shooting. I have taught for many years and I think it is extremely counterproductive to insist a new shooter keep after a particular caliber or gun once they have gotten shy of it. Start with easy calibers and work up until your shooter finds what they need.As for renting guns. I am fortunate to have a small handgun collection to try...but with my wife and my sons renting has let them have exposure to many more guns when they made their choice. My sons are both Marines. When the eldest went into the Corps he had a lot of exposure to different weapons, including the M-16. When the youngest went in I took him to the range and we spent two days with him learning the M-9 and the M-16 and the 1911. He would shoot a while and then field strip them and clean them and shoot some more. On Parris Island he found that the exposure helped him in firearms qual. Regards; Al</blockquote>