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True. Best tiny 9mm for recoil and small hands. Mine is easier for me to handle recoil than a small .380.P365. Nuff said.
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True. Best tiny 9mm for recoil and small hands. Mine is easier for me to handle recoil than a small .380.P365. Nuff said.
I think that is gonna be a best seller for S&WJust saw on another forum that Smith and Wesson has a new M&P Shield 9EZ 2.0 for those folks that want the easy racking hammer-fired pistol in 9mm rather than .380. https://www.smith-wesson.com/9ez
The 9mm is substantially more powerful, but what I find interesting are the studies that compile data on hundreds of actual shootings. They seem to indicate that in real-world practicality, the .380 is nearly on par with the 9mm in terms of stopping an attack.
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Im in total agreement. Having had to just go through this with my mom. She hated the snappiness of her LC9 and could barely pull back the slide. She basically told me she hated it and we needed to find her another pistol. After looking we found a cute little walther ppk380. My mom loves that thing. She can easily rack the slide and its a puzzy cat to shoot, as compared to the little 9mm. Actually one of the main reasons i suggested the 380ACP to my mom was because i had recently shot one of my friends glocks. She uses that as her primary cary piece. The 380's are easy to shoot and that will promote practice. No one is going to practice if they dont enjoy it, or it is painful. Thats just human nature. Last i heard from my mom, she was buying a few more mags on ebay for her ppk and looking forward to the next time she gets to go out and practice with it. That right there was proof enough that atleast 1 woman i know prefers the 380 over the 9.I know that felt recoil and snappiness is subjective to the individual but I do not consider my wife's S&W .380 EZ snappy at all and of course has much less felt recoil than my Beretta 92FS 9mm.
I enjoy shooting the .380 when I'm shooting my other guns, even as well, although my wife is a better shot than I am with both the .380 and 9mm. She also likes how easy the S&W .380 EZ is to rack as compared to other .380's she shot as well as my Beretta (she can rack it but has to put some effort into it) and the XD 9mm I had (she couldn't rack that one at all) for awhile.
I agree that it's better to let them figure out what they want though. I bought the S&W .380 EZ for her and the one thing she does not like is the grip safety, which I got so she wouldn't have t deal with a thumb safety. I think a .380 with a hammer and decocker and no other safety may work better for her but next time I'll let her try it first.
Mike
For a first gun, I highly recommend a S&W 380 EZ . My daughter was intimidated by my full size 9 and Sheild( power and recoil). Bought the 380 EZ for her after reading reviews and talking to owners. It made a world of difference. Even the 9 EZ is easier to fire with less recoil (hammer Fired). Will upgrade her later down the road. The only problem now is 380 ammo 9mm is easier to findMy sister is looking for her first pistol and gal friend of her's has the Glock 42 380. And has told her it's a good SD gun. But I've told her go with the 9. She's shot my M&P FS 9 and she shoots it well. She's never shot a 380 nor have l. Any advice or thoughts y'all can share that I can give my sis. And she does really like my 9.