Go ahead and laugh if you want guys. My wife finally decided to get her CCL and got her first gun. She read all the threads on here about bigger is better. We discussed the thought line of the .22 in the purse/pocket is much better than the .45 left at home bcause it was too big to carry. So she was talking to the saleslady at the LGS and was shown a Beretta 21a. Yep, the liked it, it was small, comfortable in her hand and is now in the safe. after a good cleanig and oil we will be taking her (my wife and the new gun) out to get aquainted. Here's a question, does anybody have any experience/knowledge of this particular model?
Don't have experience with them personally but many will say it's not a great choice for CCW. I found this on YT that you may want to look at. Basically reliability comes down to the choice of ammo. It needs to go 'bang' each and everytime.
While having a gun is a good thing, the fact that its a .22LR means you and your wife hopefully will never have to shoot it in self defense. Theres a reason CCI high-velocity JHP .22LR ammo is labeled 'Varmint Load'.
Keep the baby gun for training, and get a service caliber weapon.There are quite a few 9mm and up handguns that are decently small.
I will concure that having .22LR is NOT a great idea as a self defense weapon at all! Most of that .22LR ammo does in fact misfire or hang up in .22-auto's.
There are several very good 9mm Luger auto pistols on the market today that will in fact fire 100% of the time. Glock, H&K, Ruger, Browning etc.
I already knew that a .22 was not a good choice. I myself was looking at an LCP for a BUG and was hoping my wife would like it. I already knew the issue with ammo for 22's and bought the stingers for the range trip. She knows that it will be another six months or more if she decides she wants something else. I now plan on getting an LCP for a bug, in the hopes that she will like it and want it. We would then have an inexpensive to shoot range gun.
She knows that it will be another six months or more if she decides she wants something else. I now plan on getting an LCP for a bug, in the hopes that she will like it and want it.
1st Let her shoot the 22LR as long as she takes to get comfortable with it. If she is comfortable with it, she will shoot it. The more she shoots it, the more likely she is to want to move on to something larger. If it isn't enjoyable she will never move forward. Don't rush her, it's got to be her decision.
2nd When she does want to move on to another gun, LET HER DECIDE. She doesn't pick your guns out for you does she?
My wife spent a year with her Ruger 22/45 while I tried gun after gun for her. She eventually settled on something, but it was not what I "thought" she would like. I bet your wife won't like an LCP. They are snappy little guns and not fun to shoot.
When she is ready to shoot something else, take her to a range and rent guns, or borrow some from friends. After a year my wife finally decided she likes a Sig 2022 in 9mm. A female co-worker I taught this winter moved from 22LR to a 1911 .45 in about 2 months.
Everyone moves at their own pace to their own tastes. Make it a fun sport for her. You'll both enjoy it more.
Daniek.....My wife went through 6 different pistols before she settled down withn the one she has now. She fired close to 5000 rounds before she applied for her CCW and shot high score of the 26 person group that day. She started out with a .357 cal revolver, only she shot .38-spls in that pistol. Now later down the road, she went to shooting a semi-auto in 9mm Luger caliber. Now she shoots a sub-compact Glock in a .40 caliber. This all took arouind 9 months of shooting and purchasing new pistols.
Although my wife's EDC is a Ruger SR9C, she keeps a Beretta 21a in the small center console of her Jeep. Excellent gun. No issues if you use better quality hich velocity ammo and keep it clean.
.22 ammo tends to gunk it up after about 100 or so rounds. Very nice grip. She likes the fact that it is DA and has a manual safety too.
Owned one and they are decent guns-but you gotta keep it clean! Use only high quality ammo and buy at least 5 different brands to test for function(.22 is cheap enough to do this anyway). You're going to have to really teach her how to transition from DA to SA shooting and the use of the safety etc. Do not let her shoot without hearing & eye protection! I never experienced any malfunctions with mine and kinda miss it.
I do have in my safe, a Glock 9mm Luger that has had over 3,000 rounds put down the barrel and NEVER been clean and it has NEVER had a Jam or Misfire either. Glocks are known for dependability under all circumstances!!!
JimB120 hit it, in my opinion. Let her decide. If she is to become proficient with a firearm, she is much more likely to do so with one she has chosen, not one she was given and is making the best of it. My wife was exposed to alot of firearms and the choice was a S&W bodyguard. After she shoots an LCR that may or may not change. Point being, she shoots what she is comfortable with. Whoever is on the other end will have to deal with well placed shots from a capable marks..er..woman. It's also probably why we don't have many cross words....lol.
I was helping my mother choose a gun for a CCW and self defense when she goes camping and I noticed I was pushing guns on her that I indeed liked and wanted to shoot. Guns I didn't like, I was trying to talk her out of. I cought myself and then turned her loose on google to look up guns.. Make sure your not doing what I was doing.
She finally said she wanted a .22 revolver. Now, a .22 may not have a lot of stopping power. But I do think if she pulled it out and fired a round, most guns are a good deterent. They may panic and find a easier victim. And if they didn't, I do believe two or three well placed rounds would make a bad guy retreat regardless of caliber size
+1 on the LCR. My 5'1", 105lb blue eyed babe of a wife has an LCR .357 that she shoots with .38s. She is a novice when it comes to guns but shoots this very well. She just needs to get better at finding a comfortable grip more quickly.
I have to agree with JimB. SP 2022 is bad a@@ for the money, but it's going to be what she is comfortable handling. JMHO.
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