Best Gun for Beginner/Female

[Ruger_Fan]

Originally Posted by ozo

Heck......ALL of my SP's needed trigger work....
right out of the box.
Of all my Rugers, for all these decades,
I have never seen such bad triggers....
especially from Ruger.
And only the SP's.

You are correct about that. Many guns need springs of some fashion. manufacturers are scared of lawsuits. In turn, they install springs that aren't the best for the shooter.

When I buy a new gun I shoot it enough to see if I want to keep it. Once I decide it's a keeper I take it to my gunsmith to see if there is anything he can do cheap and easy - almost always he knows of a spring kit that makes the gun smoother than silk.

[aa1911]

holy smokes, both my SP101 and GP100 came with phenomenal triggers. I did a little stoning and polishing and they are beyond a dream to shoot now. Stock weight springs (on the 3rd set, replaement spring pack from Brownells) too. Both were purchased about 10 or so years ago also if that makes any difference. I've started to hear of this lawsuit nonsense and the spring weights. Easy fix, springs are cheap.

check out this video, used this to attack the DA pull and smooth them out, might help anyone's who's got bad triggers on theirs. both the SP and the GP have the same guts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuqticFg9q8

[Ruger_Fan]

Originally Posted by aa1911

holy smokes, both my SP101 and GP100 came with phenomenal triggers. I did a little stoning and polishing and they are beyond a dream to shoot now. Stock weight springs (on the 3rd set, replaement spring pack from Brownells) too. Both were purchased about 10 or so years ago also if that makes any difference. I've started to hear of this lawsuit nonsense and the spring weights. Easy fix, springs are cheap.

check out this video, used this to attack the DA pull and smooth them out, might help anyone's who's got bad triggers on theirs. both the SP and the GP have the same guts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuqticFg9q8

You are correct, springs are cheap. Some people aren't mechanically inclined or in my case I would rather pay my gunsmith to get the best parts the first time. I don't own a dremel tool and have no desire to own one. It's easier and cheaper in the long run to pay my gunsmith $60 to $80 to make my gun perfect the first time.

Since the OP doesn't have a lot of experience with guns it's safe to say she doesn't know how to select the proper parts or polish the right surfaces. If she was so inclined she would be posting in the gunsmith section.

I must be right about amateur gunsmiths since you are on your third set of springs in 10 years. I have a Super Blackhawk that is over 30 years old. It still has the same springs a gunsmith put in it the day it was delivered. It has fired thousands of rounds and is still just as smooth as the day I got it. Maybe leaving gunsmith work to the pros would be your best option.

[Recon 173]

As an instructor, the best results I have had with women shooters involve them using a .357 magnum revolver with a 4 or 6 inch barrel loaded with .38 special ammo. The longer barrels contain recoil better for them and allow for more precise shooting too.

I had one lady show up at a class with a 6 inch revolver in .32 caliber and she did some impressive work with her pistol!

With women who shoot semi-automatic pistols, a good Bersa in .32 or .380 caliber is hard to beat. Some of the lady shooters, with practice, can make a Bersa pistol really work well for them when needed. And if you get them shooting the Mozambique scenario of 2 bullets to the chest and 1 bullet to the head, those women can become a quite deadly or effective shooter. Nothing that you would want to mess with at all.