My wife is very recoil sensitive. She likes shooting the Sig 238. She has trouble with a full sized 9mm and controlling the recoil. She hasn't dropped it but she can't keep her weak side hand on it either.
Tell her to try shooting a Hi-Power. Full size plus mass of a steel gun = lighter recoil. That's what I've always started new shooters off with if it wasn't a 22 and it's allowed them to move to more recoil weapons since they've learned to shoot without being worried about the recoil (just watch the slide bite if the grip gets too high).
The Hi-power is not an option for her. My very soft shooting STI 9mm Trojon doesn't either. She has strength issues left over from a car wreck back in 1996.
My wife loves her 238 and practices with it for her LTC test. Puts all the rounds into the paper plate at 15 yards. I praise her for it (because pass would be pass and that's definitely a pass), she gets all frustrated because they're all over the plate as opposed to bullseye....
Tell her what combat accuracy is. Sounds like she's there. And that's really all you need.
I like that a package of printing paper is relatively cheap and that you can print a lot of black and white targets off the internet with one cartridge.Agreed. Just have her shoot from different positions and at different speeds to give her the practice.
Also glad to read about another individual is just uses paper plates as targets. That and a staple gun sure is cheaper than the other options.
I like that a package of printing paper is relatively cheap and that you can print a lot of black and white targets off the internet with one cartridge.
That's the best description of the recoil of a PF9 I have ever heard...thanks for the laugh.I carry a Kel-Tec PF9 on a regular basis. It's got the basic dimensions of an LCP, but in 9mm. Recoil is like catching a fastball with no glove, but if you can find one it's a good way to put decent firepower in a tiny package.
Kel-Tec .32
Lightweight.
Not expensive.
Reliable.
Thin/flat. Carries well.
Lower recoil than the .380 version.
Many good brands of SD quality ammo to use.
Don't believe the InterWebz bullshite that the .32 will not work.