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So I had gotten my wife a very nice 6" S&W 686 for Christmas, and she was tickled pink. It's part of a long term plan to get her to see the value in being able to defend herself, with the eventual goal of her carrying. It's working, but it's a slow process and I have to work within her "fickle" boundries. I sort of boxed myself in to some degree, getting a beautiful stainless S&W revolver, when in the end I hope she'll carry something suited for self defense, where function is more important than beauty.
We had been having some discussion recently about getting her something that's more portable than the monster that stays in the safe except when we go to the range. She likes guns with the "spinny thing" and I knew there would be small issues when I began this little plan, and one thing I've begun to consider is the snag problem that the hammer presents. She likes to be able to shoot single action as well, so her next revolver needs to be SA/DA, but there's not much in the way of choices for revolvers that have a shrouded hammer. They're just friggin ugly, and I don't see her feeling any different when I go to pick something out that meets her "requirements."
I know better than to try and override the whims of a woman that I've spent well over 20 years of my life with, so if I don't make much sense when I defend the choices, keep in mind they're not necesarily my own reasons. This isn't going to be the last gun I get for her, but it's one more step along the way. I hope to avoid having to make a lot of expensive purchases in my "training plan," so each purchase needs to accomodate as much of my own ulterior motives (she knows what I'm trying to do, just not all the details) as well as her wishes.
Any suggestions for a revolver? Being a S&W will be a plus, in her eyes anyway (just not my wallet.)
We had been having some discussion recently about getting her something that's more portable than the monster that stays in the safe except when we go to the range. She likes guns with the "spinny thing" and I knew there would be small issues when I began this little plan, and one thing I've begun to consider is the snag problem that the hammer presents. She likes to be able to shoot single action as well, so her next revolver needs to be SA/DA, but there's not much in the way of choices for revolvers that have a shrouded hammer. They're just friggin ugly, and I don't see her feeling any different when I go to pick something out that meets her "requirements."
I know better than to try and override the whims of a woman that I've spent well over 20 years of my life with, so if I don't make much sense when I defend the choices, keep in mind they're not necesarily my own reasons. This isn't going to be the last gun I get for her, but it's one more step along the way. I hope to avoid having to make a lot of expensive purchases in my "training plan," so each purchase needs to accomodate as much of my own ulterior motives (she knows what I'm trying to do, just not all the details) as well as her wishes.
Any suggestions for a revolver? Being a S&W will be a plus, in her eyes anyway (just not my wallet.)