Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Thinking about getting my wife involved. All ya all ladies out there, what kind of pistolas would be most appropriate? RNVs in 38 (357) .4.5 - 5.5 barrels? Single six 32 hr mag? I already have RV 44mag 7.5 and RNV .45 Colt 7.5 and think they may be a little heavy and stout. Generally shoot 700 - 750 fps loads with either 205 or 245 grainers. Not sure I know how to get down to the 400 FPS mouse killer loads I have seen a bunch of ya out there with 45s so 5.5 inchers would prolly not be outside consideration. She is 5'6" with smallish kind of hands, not tiny but smallish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacknife Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Might help if ya would speak English,not all of us unnerstand meskin talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Slim SASS #24733 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 My wife is 5'4" tall, about 120 lbs, and she shoots 5.5" Model P's in 45 colt. She does have the larger type birdshead grip on them, though. Weight is your friend up to a point, heavier guns recoil less, all else being equal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655 Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Lots of that spoken out here in Arizona Territory some of them what speaks it is even here legally - heck lots of them have grand parents what was born here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Pop" Dawson Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 The Duchess shoots Uberti .44 specials with 4 5/8 barrels. I load up .44 Russians for her. She tried the birdheads but said they didn't feel right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Gregg Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Calamity JoAnne shoots the early model K-Vaqueros that are 7.5" .44 mag. They ain't full Warthog loads, but are over 900 FPS 205 gr. She is about 5'6" and under 140#. Does that help? MG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anvil Al #59168 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Wife loves her Ruger Blackhawks. .357 Gunfighter grips. Super Blackhawk hammers. Shoots a 110gr bullet. She tried just about everything out there before she picked. And before we bought. Let her try many. Let her pick. Gun and caliber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anvil Al #59168 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Lots of that spoken out here in Arizona Territory some of them what speaks it is even here legally - heck lots of them have grand parents what was born here as well. Don't mean we need to promote it. Getting as bad as press one for english. Started not to answer your question because of it. But it was for your wife. So I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 My 18 year old daughter shoots 5 1/2" Model P Jr's and loves 'em. She was shooting 3 1/2" P Jr's before these and had a bit of a time with the short barrels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Graham, # 26112 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Why treat your wife with less consideration that what we give to a new (potential) shooter we don't know? The standard advice is to "try our guns" before they make any purchases. We never say "We'll pick out some guns for you and you're stuck with them." Let her try some of the various calibers and grip shapes and make up her own mind about what she wants. Do the same for the rifle and shotgun while yur at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655 Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Spoken kinda like a woman there Lou. If I get her something I like, I will still have em, when she get what she really wants!!!!! Which is not not say your answer is not the right one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy Emily SASS #73673 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Why treat your wife with less consideration that what we give to a new (potential) shooter we don't know? The standard advice is to "try our guns" before they make any purchases. We never say "We'll pick out some guns for you and you're stuck with them." Let her try some of the various calibers and grip shapes and make up her own mind about what she wants. Do the same for the rifle and shotgun while yur at it I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 My wife shoots Ruger New Vaquero's, 4 5/8" barrels, .357 Mag, SBH hammers. My 15 yo daughter shoots Colt clones, 5 1/2" barrels, .357 Mag. Wife has been shooting for about a year, daughter about six months, and neither would trade with the other at this stage of the game. Who knows what the future holds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anvil Al #59168 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Spoken kinda like a woman there Lou. If I get her something I like, I will still have em, when she get what she really wants!!!!! Which is not not say your answer is not the right one. Get her something you like. She does not like so much. Then you will still have them. And you sure may have a wife that don't go shoot with you either. Got my wife what she wanted right from the start. She is still going with me to shoots most the time. And still shooting the same guns. Worth every penny to have her with me. Heck. I even get to go to more big matches because she want to go also. I call that a WIN WIN. P.S. She will let you know real quick. Those are HER guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Get her something you like. She does not like so much. Then you will still have them. And you sure may have a wife that don't go shoot with you either. Got my wife what she wanted right from the start. She is still going with me to shoots most the time. And still shooting the same guns. Worth every penny to have her with me. Heck. I even get to go to more big matches because she want to go also. I call that a WIN WIN. P.S. She will let you know real quick. Those are HER guns. Darn had not thought of that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el Gato Gordo - SASS #15162 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Don't mean we need to promote it. Getting as bad as press one for english. Started not to answer your question because of it. But it was for your wife. So I did. Si! Look what happen in Texas when we let the IMMIGRANTS not speak Spanish! Caramba! Salud, amigo ~ eGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rance - SASS # 54090 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I started with MY Ruger Vaquero's.. Stainless 357's (we shoot 38's) 5 1/2" barrels.. plow handle grips.. Lacey (wife) started to shoot with me.. so that's what she started with My SS Vaquero's... I got to get a new pair.. got blued ones Once she was into shootin' (with me of course) the girls told her she needed a set of Vaquero birds head 32's... Hey... keepem' happy.. Got her a pair... she shotem' maybe one season... She.. on her own... went back to the 38's and is still shootin' HER SS Vaquero's... I kinda lost out on that one Kinda the same thing with shotgun.. I shoot SxS.. she started with SxS... Girls said ya need a 97.. got her one.. had it slicked up.. She tried with it fer one season and almost quit... wouldn't manhandle it.. I offered her my SxS.. yeah I got to get a new one and break it in agin'.. She's still shootin' it today.. well it was yesterday at the match.. Rance Thinkin' Lacey took my SS Vaquero's and my SxS but I ain't complainin' none.. She goes to matches and shoots with me She made her own choices... out of my guns Edit: She has small hands also.. but she still took my guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 I started with MY Ruger Vaquero's.. Stainless 357's (we shoot 38's) 5 1/2" barrels.. plow handle grips.. Lacey (wife) started to shoot with me.. so that's what she started with My SS Vaquero's... I got to get a new pair.. got blued ones Once she was into shootin' (with me of course) the girls told her she needed a set of Vaquero birds head 32's... Hey... keepem' happy.. Got her a pair... she shotem' maybe one season... She.. on her own... went back to the 38's and is still shootin' HER SS Vaquero's... I kinda lost out on that one Kinda the same thing with shotgun.. I shoot SxS.. she started with SxS... Girls said ya need a 97.. got her one.. had it slicked up.. She tried with it fer one season and almost quit... wouldn't manhandle it.. I offered her my SxS.. yeah I got to get a new one and break it in agin'.. She's still shootin' it today.. well it was yesterday at the match.. Rance Thinkin' Lacey took my SS Vaquero's and my SxS but I ain't complainin' none.. She goes to matches and shoots with me She made her own choices... out of my guns Edit: She has small hands also.. but she still took my guns You could always borrow the birds head 32s and the slicked up 97. Shoot with the proper gamer loads ya might event beat the wife - who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EL NEGRO GATO #8178 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Maybe get her a green card first. Then a pistol ENG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Chaser, SASS #79316 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I highly recommend the New SASS Vaqueros in 38/357. That lower, wider hammer helps. Love mine. Love the fact they are stainless steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickamauga Charlie, SASS #47963 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 polly is 5'3" with small hands. she had the model Ps in 4 5/8 and wore them out. she has been shooting the .357 4 5/8 GWIIs with the gun fighter grips for the last few years and likes them very much. best of luck. CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655 Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 Maybe get her a green card first. Then a pistol ENG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655 Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 She carried a greenish one for 20.25 years now it is kinda blueish and says LTC USA RET or maybe just 05 USA RET, not sure. Trust me her spanish is worse than mine. Several years in AZ and then all over the place in the army for 20 + years has got her talking real merican and not her native Minnesotan aboot time dont ja know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anvil Al #59168 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Darn had not thought of that!!! Yep. Many times I have just mentioned a shoot somewhere. And she says "We should go" Last year as we was packing to leave Comin At'Cha. She said. Think I would go more if we had a bigger camper. (we had a small Lance camper that goes on the bed of the truck) That was on a Sunday. Monday we was signing the papers on a bigger travel trailer with a couple of slide outs. Nothing beats having her go with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rance - SASS # 54090 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Yep. Many times I have just mentioned a shoot somewhere. And she says "We should go" Last year as we was packing to leave Comin At'Cha. She said. Think I would go more if we had a bigger camper. (we had a small Lance camper that goes on the bed of the truck) That was on a Sunday. Monday we was signing the papers on a bigger travel trailer with a couple of slide outs. Nothing beats having her go with me. DITTO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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