[jfruser]

To sum it up, 1911s are easy to shoot well by just about anyone. My pint-sized wife can shoot any 1911 in the house and so can a big moose like myself. Her hand is tiny, I wear a 2XL sized men's glove. By some black magic known only to John Moses Browning and lost since his passing, the same grip is comfy for both and makes us look like we might know what we are about at the range.

Freaky. That JMB knew what he was doing.

After working with my wife, kids, and other smallish-sized humans, I have been won over to the 1911 as a fine starting centerfire pistol...if you chamber it in 9mm. .45ACP is not nasty recoil, but 9mm in an all-steel GM 1911 is a quite mild.