Semi Automatic with least amount of Recoil

BCRider said:
The ladies I've been around that were sensitive to recoil also found that the heavier guns needed to absorb that recoil were too heavy to hold out at arms length easily. So you will likely fix one problem but end up with another instead.

One option I've seen is that where they found a 9mm to be too snappy and didn't like dodging the hot brass they all quite enjoyed .38Spl from a revolver. And a S&W K frame gun is quite slim and light which worked for holding it out at arms length as well.



Hmmm.... I think Can-Down might be onto something here :d
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Ganderite said:
My lightest recoiling 9mm is a 1911, but is heavy.

Can you make mild handholds? That is what I give my wife and daughter to shoot in light 9mms..

And I agree a 38 Revolver (excellent trigger) with wadcutters might be the most satisfying for the lady.
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3rded on the revolver. If you reload, you can go as soft as you want with a revolver without worrying about having to cycle a slide. Best way to go if you reload and want to work your way up gradually. When I take people new to shooting, my progression is typically .22, .38 hollowbase wadcutters (mouse-fart .38 loads), .38 special, and then onwards to bigger things. Seems to work well.
 
As others have mentioned above a CZ or 1911 would work really well, but if you can find one and don't mind paying more I've found that the H&K P7 is very light recoiling. The combination of all steel construction, a small, lightweight slide (less reciprocating mass) and a super-low bore axis go together to make a pistol that's very easy to shoot.

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Girsan 9mm my GF shoots mine (when I let her, but don't tell her I said that). She's 110 tops and pops it off like nothing. Super easy to shoot.

Wartak reload ammo is light too
 
Just to throw it out there, what about .380 ACP? You can get them as cheap as $17 for 50. You can get 1911s chambered for this.
 
I don't think a .380 is the way to do it. As others suggests, 9mm and use a 145 or 147 gr factory or reload. Soft shooting, low recoil. And get a FLDC pistol like a Jericho 941, CZ 75/85 series, STI's and the likes. The weight of the frame will compensate for the recoil. A DPMS recoil reducer will also help to which most STIs are OEM equipped.

Goodluck with your search and Safe Shooting.

nugunner said:
Just to throw it out there, what about .380 ACP? You can get them as cheap as $17 for 50. You can get 1911s chambered for this.
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nugunner said:
Just to throw it out there, what about .380 ACP? You can get them as cheap as $17 for 50. You can get 1911s chambered for this.
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If you could buy a .380 pistol that weighed around 43 oz. you might be on to something but most .380 autos I have shot are far more snappy to shoot then the 9MM. Using 147 gr bullets and light loads the 9MM is very soft shooting. Load them in a small gun and the caliber can be snappy. Just physics.

Bob
 
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Smcx said:
M&p or glock. Both shoot softer than a cz.
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No, they don't. I've owned multiple models of all three and while the polymer handguns can exhibit less muzzle rise due to a lower bore axis they have a "snappy" recoil that can be off-putting to a shooter that's recoil sensitive. There's no way a pistol that weighs half-pound lighter can recoil less.
 
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