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An anniversary gift idea of a revolver has popped up and I'm wondering on a (preferably) 22lr revolver. But something that is lighter and easier to handle than a couple of the beasts that I've had the privilege to try.

She has an interest in revolvers, but my Shadow's weight is a real negative to her.

Is there a revolver option out there I can consider?
 
Ruger single 10. Nice, quality, cheap, light, looks great, accurate. As well, 10 rounds without reloading unlike just about everything else.

or one of the "convertible" revolvers. both .22lr and .22mag
 
When my wife wanted her first handgun, she ultimately chose a Smith and Wesson Model 10. It's not .22, but you wife might want to step up to centrefire and if you handload you can give .38 specials incredibly low recoil. Otherwise, the Model 17 is the same frame as the Model 10, only in .22LR. I have one and love it, but my wife can't comfortably fire it in DA at all. Be sure to see how her finger strength is before you get her a DA .22 revolver.

The suggested Single Ten is an excellent gun everyone can love.
 
I recommend the Ruger SP101 .22lr

Lots of vid on youtube...check it out.

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If she's a serious shooter and will be owning this revolver for a long period of time, I would strongly suggest a new Smith&Wesson 686 .357 Magnum with 6" barrel and Hogue soft rubber grips.

She could shoot mostly, soft, lighter loads such as target .38 Special. .38 recoil is quiet laughable, less than a 9mm, and is like a gentle push. Might look big and mean...but puuurrrrrs like a pussy cat. Just like an AR-15 ....looks big and mean, but the recoil is like shooting a .22 rim fire

.38 Special is an excellent cartridge for a beginner....and when she's ready...and wants a little more Oomph, she can fire some Hot .357 Magnum loads. Don't get a .22 ...she's become bored very fast. It's more of a Childs toy, then a serious revolver.

Smith&Wesson 686 Classic Stainless steel chambered in .357 Magnum / .38 Special. With Hogue soft rubber grips for comfort.
 
I would just get a 357 mag and shoot low recoil 38 specials out of it feels just like a 22lr when shooting and allot more fun. When she wants a bigger boom she can do that as well.

That's how I get new shooters into the sport start will the low recoil then regular 38 then 357 mag at the end and they grin from ear to ear.

Ruger GP100 or a SW 686 or a J frame if you want something thinner I would go with 5 inch or 6 inch barrel as well as shorter ones aren't as plesant to shoot 4.2 isn't that bad though 2 inch not fun.
 
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If you want a Revolver for your wife that she will like in .22 the one you want is a Smith & Wesson Model 63. It is often refered to as the Lady Smith. It is a J frame which makes it smaller and lighter for ladies. It holds 8 shots and they are double action so she won't have trouble ejecting the spent shells or loading new ones unlike the single action guns that are a bit of a pain to load and unload.

Graydog
 
Pietro Beretta said:
If she's a serious shooter and will be owning this revolver for a long period of time, I would strongly suggest a new Smith&Wesson 686 .357 Magnum with 6" barrel and Hogue soft rubber grips.

She could shoot mostly, soft, lighter loads such as target .38 Special. .38 recoil is quiet laughable, less than a 9mm, and is like a gentle push. Might look big and mean...but puuurrrrrs like a pussy cat. Just like an AR-15 ....looks big and mean, but the recoil is like shooting a .22 rim fire

.38 Special is an excellent cartridge for a beginner....and when she's ready...and wants a little more Oomph, she can fire some Hot .357 Magnum loads. Don't get a .22 ...she's become bored very fast. It's more of a Childs toy, then a serious revolver.

Smith&Wesson 686 Classic Stainless steel chambered in .357 Magnum / .38 Special. With Hogue soft rubber grips for comfort.
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I agree with your suggestion of light .38 loads...it's soft and manageable for females but a 686 6" L frame S&W is too heavy for most.

And while the poster said "preferably" .22lr with lighter weight and a Shadow was too heavy for her...the L frame is definately a no.

As for serious shooters, I think most on this forum will agree that some of the most serious shooters are .22lr.

At my local range, I don't see any children in our weekend competition revolver .22lr shoot.
 
sunray said:
You need to take her shopping and let her pick. A handgun absolutely must fit the shooter's hand.
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This was something I was thinking of today. She is particular about things.
We saw a Browning 1911-22 that she held and loved. It was easy to surprise here with it months later. This would be a harder sell to go in and see and buy. She's seen that routine, and she is very hard to surprise to begin with.
 
graydog said:
Hi
If you want a Revolver for your wife that she will like in .22 the one you want is a Smith & Wesson Model 63. It is often refered to as the Lady Smith. It is a J frame which makes it smaller and lighter for ladies. It holds 8 shots and they are double action so she won't have trouble ejecting the spent shells or loading new ones unlike the single action guns that are a bit of a pain to load and unload.

Graydog
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+1 This would be a great way to go - and if she felt ready to step up to a 38, they make the same gun in 38, so there's a progression available. It comes with a 5 inch barrel, so no worries about 12.6 either.
 
I taught my daughter to shoot revolver on my 6" 686 with .38 target loads, she had no problem with the weight of the gun (she's small) and light .38 loads are pretty easy to handle.
 
One drawback of the 357 is ammo cost, box of 38 special is ~15 bucks vs. less than 3 for 22LR.

I reload my own for less than 8 bucks a box so didn't bother with a 22LR revolver. The factory the 357/38 148WC gets real expensive as you can shoots LOTS with 22LR like recoil. Brick of 22LR is 25 bucks vs. $150 for 38.
 
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With the backlog on Ruger products good luck finding one of their new SP101-22's.

A K framed 17 or 617 set up with a Wolff spring kit will reduce the DA trigger pull to a pretty nice sort of effort. And of course there's that lovely S&W SA trigger break. Simply nothing like it other than perhaps a Colt Officer's Match.... which are rare as hen's teeth.

Cost wise a Ruger Single Six or Single Ten would be a lot less than a new 617. And there's enough of them in country already that you can find a new or nice used one.

There's a lot to be said for a S&W K frame revolver of some form. They are a little smaller and somewhat lighter than the L framed 686. And a pencil style barrelled Model 10 is even that much more light. The worst that'll happen is that it encourages you to get into reloading that much sooner.
 
cableguy said:
I recommend the Ruger SP101 .22lr

Lots of vid on youtube...check it out.

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I'll give you $100 if you can find me one in stock in Canada right now!

You might as well be recommending a prohib to the guy. There is waiting lists for these at every shop in the country, and a ridiculous backorder from Ruger. I can't even find one stateside to import, or I would have already!

FFS.....
 
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