OP,
Pretty sure that what we have here is "a failure to communicate" - your wife is 72 has arthritis and is not small statured, you are trying to buy her what you think will work for her but that is not working out so well.
Let her try a 22 revolver - it is pull the trigger simple, keep pulling the trigger until it doesn't go bang anymore and then pull it a couple of more times. No recoil, intuitive and simple to operate - I don't know how this can be so hard.
drover
Actually my wife is of small statue. I think you’re confused - I never thought my LC9s 9mm nor my .380 LCP would work - and I was right. She didn’t like the recoil so convincing her a different model .380 still isn’t going to work. I do know my wife - she didn’t like my .32 Arminius revolver she shot years ago but loved my .22 Ruger MKII auto. I sold that one a few years otherwise she’d be keeping that one in the drawer.
My direction is still the Glock G44 .22 or the Walther PPQ .22 with CCI Stingers. Thanks for all the help.
