Rule no. 1. Never pick out a gun for your wife or GF.Let them shoot as many as they can get their hands on. A Lady Smith is pretty snappy wit +P loads and even std loads. Most compacts and sub compacts are the same in a 9MM. Two reasons the gun isn't carried is it is too heavy or too much recoil.
A lot of the striker fired guns are getting very popular. Beretta, Sig, and Glock all have them Good triggers, easy slide operation and not uch recoil.
Cute should not be in the equation for selection IMHO.

Last edited by saddlesore; 11/16/19.

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