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Mikeyboy · January 31, 2006, 10:24 AM

My wife is real recoil sensitive, she does well with a heavy 4" .38 revolvers,(She is better overall with revolvers) and semi autos that are .380 or less. She hates shooting my .38 airlight snubby, and would probably do better with an all steel snubby with Federal 115g hp low recoil ammo. I'm currently looking into a full size or heavy .380 semi for her too. .32 H&R magnum revolvers are good but the ammo is real hard to find. She does well shooting .32 S&W longs out of an old H&R .32 revolver I bought.

My sister on the other hand (who by the way is maybe 2 or 3 inches taller than my wife and just as thin) can shoot anything from a .22 to a 30/06 rifle. Her handgun caliber of choice is .40S&W.

January 31, 2006, 10:24 AM	#16
Mikeyboy Senior Member Join Date: October 31, 2005 Posts: 1,231	My wife is real recoil sensitive, she does well with a heavy 4" .38 revolvers,(She is better overall with revolvers) and semi autos that are .380 or less. She hates shooting my .38 airlight snubby, and would probably do better with an all steel snubby with Federal 115g hp low recoil ammo. I'm currently looking into a full size or heavy .380 semi for her too. .32 H&R magnum revolvers are good but the ammo is real hard to find. She does well shooting .32 S&W longs out of an old H&R .32 revolver I bought. My sister on the other hand (who by the way is maybe 2 or 3 inches taller than my wife and just as thin) can shoot anything from a .22 to a 30/06 rifle. Her handgun caliber of choice is .40S&W.