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My wife has very, very small hands. She simply cannot properly hold the grip on any double action revolver, or even single stack autoloader, and still reach the trigger. Even the little "Lady Smith" series from S&W are too big for her hands. She can, however, hold a standard single action (Colt or Ruger) properly and reach the trigger. Not ideal - definitely not ideal - but it's all she's got.
She doesn't carry (sometimes I wish she would, but hell, I don't carry often either), so it's really just down to a "nightstand gun" kind of a deal for her. And, if I'm not home, her plan is to simply lock herself and Ed in the bedroom in a defensive position and call 911. She won't "patrol" the house looking for intruders. Nothing we own is worth that.
So, for her, it's one answer. I suppose I could leave the Mini-14 in the closet with a 20 round magazine as a possibly "better" answer. That might be too much for her to remember under that kind of stress, though. She knows how to thumb a hammer and pull a trigger...
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Jeff
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"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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