In my e perience old, small women with arthritis can’t pull a DA revolver trigger very well. My wife certainly can’t and that’s why the Berreta Tom Cat in 32 ACP made sense for her. The barrel tips up for loading and no slide racking required.
The tip-up Berettas are the shizz for that particular set of problems. I still see a few Model 86 380's around but they somehow achieved 'collector' status and are stupid expensive. Still, if that's what works, you pay the toll and drive on.
