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Lisa Farrell, a competition shooter in the San Luis Obispo area, spent a couple of days some years ago teaching my wife to shoot. Lisa used a .22 Buckmark with a Tac-Sol barrel (IIRC), a muzzle brake, and a red dot sight. My wife thought it was like cheating, but did very well. OTOH your daughter seems more eager to shoot, so probably doesn’t need that super-soft-shooting .22. It was very accurate and looked very cool, though. _________________________ “ What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.”— Lord Melbourne | |||
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If you really want a Sig and you want to start with a 9, then I say 225a1. It’s not a lot thinner than a 228 but enough that my little girl hands notice. I would start her with a 22 however. Specifically a Beretta 87. Looks like a “real” gun, shots like one, operates like one, takes down like one. Great gun. | |||
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I too am leaning towards recommending a .22LR semi auto. There are some with pink grips and such and that can be her first gun. I would have her hold them and let her pick which one feels best to her. She can always shoot your centerfire guns when she is ready and comfortable and at that time, might want a black or stainless one of her own. I find that .22 is best for practicing trigger control and precision shooting for newbie shooters. | |||
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My 14yo daughter likes my HK VP9. I told her it’s hers when she turns 21. | |||
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M&P EZ .380 ...if you get a good one its quite fun to shoot. My 12 year old son loves it. 0:01 | |||
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Glock 48 is a great choice. If your staying with Sig, the 225A is a great 9mm also. If you are good with .380 ill put in another vote for the Shield EZ Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day | |||
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Sure -- BLUF: Decocking is a pain. Longer version: Shooting is something like 100 discrete actions put together. Kinesthetically speaking, it's actually a really hard activity and it's a lot for the brain to handle all at once. Rub your tummy and pat your head ain't got nothing on grip, front sight, trigger pull, and follow through. DA/SA is one more variable I can eliminate. Trying to explain, "Well there are two trigger pulls, one for the first shot, the follow up ones are lighter, but yes, you can start with the light one but you really shouldn't because some German/Swiss guy said that's not the proper way." New shooters always forget to decock. And trying to teach two trigger pulls in one gun is downright overwhelming. There's a reason DA/SA is dying and training is that reason. It takes less effort to train someone to shoot proficiently with a Glock, M&P, or P320. I learned on a single action or striker .22. So did most of the members on here. Mark IIs, Buckmarks, and the like are really popular for a reason. They work well, they're easy to explain, and inexpensive. Once a shooter is comfortable, I like to get them shooting heavy 9mm guns. My current range gun is a Glock 34 MOS with a Surefire X300U on the front. Recoil is negligible and almost anyone can shoot it well -- even half-blind, uncoordinated people like myself  __________________________________ An operator is someone who picks up the phone when I dial 0. | |||
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A G48 is a nice choice for smaller hands. Cerakote it pink. Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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How are the Charter Arms revolvers holding up? Maybe a 22lr or 38 spl. (53840 Charter Arms Lavender Lady 38 spl 5 shot). | |||
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Have you looked at the new hammer fired XDe. Easy slide to manage and great controls and features make it excellent gun for new shooters. XD quality is excellent. | |||
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Those would be my recommendations as well. | |||
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When I am teaching someone new I always start with a revolver and at first we load one round at a time with 5 empty chambers and they shoot all six. Autos did not come until they had done a lot of dry fire and talked safety and many other aspects of shooting. | |||
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Since this is the Sig forum, wait for the X-Compact. Rent the .22 for to teach the fundamentals with, but buy the 9mm. As she matures, she can take the X-Compact and grow it up to the X-Carry size or even X-Five size. | |||
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To all of you who are serving or have served our country, Thank You |
How about a Ruger MARK IV 22/45 LITE with a pink top. https://ruger.com/products/mar...pecSheets/43915.html | |||
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whatever she might pick, Hogue offers Pink grips, model specific. Rubber to G10 If you see anything that may fit the bill, let me know. _____________________________________________________ Looking for accessories for your next AR build. Check our what Hogue has to offer Here Need technical help with Hogue products and your firearm? Try the Hogue Knowledge Base for answers! Hogue Gear Holsters and more... www.hogueinc.com www.hogueknives.com www.heatedtoiletseat.com www.zombiegrips.com Ken@hogueinc.com View or Download your Catalog today; 2023 Catalog 2023 Knife Catalog Hogue AR-15/ Catalog Request a Catalog | |||
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Ken, those full size G10 1911 grips look great. Have you all ever considered doing a thin version? __________________________________ An operator is someone who picks up the phone when I dial 0. | |||
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I like Rogue's advice. Very sound. I mean no disrespect, but there's no way I would get her a 2" snubbie J-Frame. Poor sights, low capacity, heavy trigger, and even heavier recoil. Over the years, I've had dozens of women come through my CCW courses with J-Frames, only to dump them as fast as humanly possible after shooting more user-friendly semi-autos (better sights, less recoil, higher capacity). My daughter is 19 and specifically wants a revolver because she likes my wife's 66-1. I told her that a smaller revolver would in no way mirror the pleasant experience of shooting the 66. She's insistent, so I'll be getting her an SP-101 with 3" barrel, not a J-Frame snubbie. I may try to talk to her about the S&W 390 EZ after reading Rogue's post. | |||
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Considered it and we are offering. Though not in all colors/materials Check out Thin G10 1911's here _____________________________________________________ Looking for accessories for your next AR build. Check our what Hogue has to offer Here Need technical help with Hogue products and your firearm? Try the Hogue Knowledge Base for answers! Hogue Gear Holsters and more... www.hogueinc.com www.hogueknives.com www.heatedtoiletseat.com www.zombiegrips.com Ken@hogueinc.com View or Download your Catalog today; 2023 Catalog 2023 Knife Catalog Hogue AR-15/ Catalog Request a Catalog | |||
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Ruger SR-22. It has the same form as any other defensive gun (no bulky target .22) with very little recoil so she can learn good habits from the get go. It's cheap to shoot and comes in pink. | |||
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