Grandma wants a gun

[Coach]

Don't take her to the gun store to see what she likes take her to the range and try some things live fire. Try a variety of calibers and a variety of gun.

 

[MinuteMan47]

Kahr 9mm

 

[MinuteMan47]

...or .380

 

[Rickshaw]

Show her the Charter Arms Pink Lady. My wife loves her's. Double-single action 38 special.

 

[NWIeng]

I'm going to go 100% against an Airweight. I'm a 20 something year old guy and I even hate the recoil compared to a light 9mm. I can't imagine an arthritic 70 something year old woman liking it. Plus, I'd equate pulling the trigger on an airweight as just as difficult with a single finger than racking the slide on a full size glock with a single hand.

If it's just for home, maybe a 4" revolver or a service size auto with a bunch of grip tape on the side?

 

[mk2ja]

Ruger GP100 with a 4" barrel.

People who advise getting small lightweight guns for new shooters, or shooters with weak hands and arms, are doing a HUGE disservice to the new shooter.

That's what I was thinking. The weight of a heavier gun helps absorb the recoil instead of making the shooter absorb it in his or her hands.

I'm not real sure about what a good alternative model would be, but I'd steer clear of the various lightweight handguns.

 

[Fireman85]

i think its awesome she wants to shoot and i think more grandmas should.

 

[tackleberry65]

If cycling the slide is hard for grandma's arthritic hands, an auto with a tip-up barrel like the Beretta Tomcat is an option.