I have small hands and I have a hard time holding 9mms. I like the feel of the Polish Radom VIS 35, it is smaller at the top and is wide at the bottom easy to hang on to. I have a problem with revolvers and I stick to the S&W model 10, K Frame grip size. I replace the grips with Pachmayr Professional Grippers. They have an exposed back strap and flair out at the bottom, this moves the hand a bit closer to the trigger and gives better control. The S&W 586 and 686 have the K frame grip making it easier for the user to control.
9mm for wife, with very small hands
- Thread starter curtmg
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Try the Star BM. Good grip shape and a good size for small hands. Or find a S&W K frame round butt 9mm revolver, very small grips on that one. - dan
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I bought a SR9 for my wife as I use a P99 Walther. My wife now uses my Walther and I use the SR9.
Whichevere feels the best.
Whichevere feels the best.
Why not an STI Spartan in 9mm - see Armco at top. 1911 full steel frame, adjustable sights and replaceable grips - should be a pussy cat to shoot, and you can always get Gunnar to put in a short trigger, if necessary. Also you can size it up for fit with any 1911.
I'm thinking revolver. If she's just learning to shoot, the old school mechanics of a wheel gun might be a good learning tool. It might get her closer to the essence of shooting, so to speak. Sort of the same way a single shot Cooey got some of us old timers started.
I don't think revolvers are that good for ladies. They generally have a bit more noise and flash (barrel and cylinder gap), and a bit more recoil (no action to soak up recoil) and they can turn a lady off shooting pretty fast.
I'd say for small hands, lower recoil and such, the Steyr M9, a 1911 with a steel frame in 9mm with thin grips or a sig 220. Those sigs should be pretty cheap, as everyone jumped on the double stack sigs, but the 220s are single stack and good firearms. They should fit nicely, both in her hands and to the budget. CZ is also a good option.
Also, even if it's a bit more to explain, the missus isn't stupid so getting her a gun she might like less 'cause it's "less complicated" isn't much of a trade off. Hell some autoloaders have a trigger, an action release and a magazine release. That's it. Not complicated; any monkey could figure it out, and ladies aren't monkeys.
Dave_Shotgun
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I recently bought a NZ75 which is the norinco copy of the CZ75 and I'll let you know how it feels when it finally arrives. 
heavenIsAlie
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i have small hands and the sig 229 fits my hands great, that or a 1911 in 9mm
I have small hands myself and most .45s feel like boat-anchors to me.
Try these automatics, see what she likes.
VIS-35 RADOM (full-sized gun, 9mm, thin, single-stack, weight absorbs lotsa kick)
Tokarev (problem here is length of the butt. but they are fun to shoot. Also easy to rack if you know how to #### the hammer.)
Luger (just balances so beautifully in the hand, points instinctively and it's pure history)
Helwan Brigadier (Egyptian-built copy of Beretta brigadier, single-stack, steel frame so it's nice and heavy, soaks up the recoil)
When my Mom still was living, often I would have to go away for economics and banking seminars. I have small hands but hers were much smaller than mine, as makes sense. I would leave her my Smith & Wesson Canadian-contract Model 10 in .38-200, loaded with .38S&W rounds with Hornady XTPs. She never had to use it, which was nice, but she liked having one around. Her hands were crippled with arthritis, so she couldn't use her own gun, which was a .455 copy of a top-break S&W.
And then there's the one that most folks forget and it just happens to be brick-reliable, fairly accurate and has very little recoil: Webley Mark IV in .38-200.
You will note that none of what I have suggested are top-dollar pieces and, in fact, you can find most of them fairly reasonably, with the possible exception of the Radom.
Hope you can find something that she likes. The more women we can get into shooting, the better-off we will be. Once enough of them start shooting and discover that it's a lot of fun, I wouldn't want to be the bureaucrat who tries to take away their toys! Be almost as suicidal as trying to take away their kids.
Wish her fun shooting with whatever she decides on. Take her to a range and let her try out a bunch of different ones, then buy her the one she likes. You can offer, you can suggest, but this has to be HER decision alone.
She just might surprise you. (My ex shot my BUNS off in a match once, and we were using the same gun! Try explaining THAT to the guys over coffee!)
Try these automatics, see what she likes.
VIS-35 RADOM (full-sized gun, 9mm, thin, single-stack, weight absorbs lotsa kick)
Tokarev (problem here is length of the butt. but they are fun to shoot. Also easy to rack if you know how to #### the hammer.)
Luger (just balances so beautifully in the hand, points instinctively and it's pure history)
Helwan Brigadier (Egyptian-built copy of Beretta brigadier, single-stack, steel frame so it's nice and heavy, soaks up the recoil)
When my Mom still was living, often I would have to go away for economics and banking seminars. I have small hands but hers were much smaller than mine, as makes sense. I would leave her my Smith & Wesson Canadian-contract Model 10 in .38-200, loaded with .38S&W rounds with Hornady XTPs. She never had to use it, which was nice, but she liked having one around. Her hands were crippled with arthritis, so she couldn't use her own gun, which was a .455 copy of a top-break S&W.
And then there's the one that most folks forget and it just happens to be brick-reliable, fairly accurate and has very little recoil: Webley Mark IV in .38-200.
You will note that none of what I have suggested are top-dollar pieces and, in fact, you can find most of them fairly reasonably, with the possible exception of the Radom.
Hope you can find something that she likes. The more women we can get into shooting, the better-off we will be. Once enough of them start shooting and discover that it's a lot of fun, I wouldn't want to be the bureaucrat who tries to take away their toys! Be almost as suicidal as trying to take away their kids.
Wish her fun shooting with whatever she decides on. Take her to a range and let her try out a bunch of different ones, then buy her the one she likes. You can offer, you can suggest, but this has to be HER decision alone.
She just might surprise you. (My ex shot my BUNS off in a match once, and we were using the same gun! Try explaining THAT to the guys over coffee!)
Ha ha, I read - 9mm for LIFE
Whatever she likes, that fits her hand and she's comphy with, looks may play a role too. Buy it for her - you need her as a supporter - yours and the sport's. If she likes the gun and comes to shoot often and enjoys it - that's good for everyone!!! Even your relationship with her.
Whatever she likes, that fits her hand and she's comphy with, looks may play a role too. Buy it for her - you need her as a supporter - yours and the sport's. If she likes the gun and comes to shoot often and enjoys it - that's good for everyone!!! Even your relationship with her.
