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Sounds like she made a good choice. You had her try everything you could lay your hands on and then she picked something else

RHENRIKSEN wrote:If you're in Houston, she's welcome to test drive my PPS 9mm.

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A Colt Lightweight Commander was her first choice but it was used and jammed too often. With some tuning I'm sure it would have worked but we decided to look for something that was more reliable. We were going to order a new 1911 but she decided to try out the ugly polimer guns and found one she liked.

I never even considered an HK because I thought of them as BIG guns. The new HK 45C has an interchangable backstrap and the small on fit her well even with a doublestack .45ACP The one she picked out has a single leaver that is a manual safety/decocker. She can carry decocked with or without the safety on when carrying in a purse. When she is carrying it on her hip, it is cocked and locked just like a 1911. The mag release is a goofy lever under the trigger guard but she really likes it and uses her trigger finger to drop the mag. The Walther PPS has a similar mag release but no manual safety. I guess it is a German thing.

The compact grip length fit her perfectly and she had no need for the full length grip of the HK 45. HK also offers a P30 9mm with an interchangable backstrap and side grip panels.

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Not my cup of tea but she having a blast with it.

My wife has the same problem reaching the trigger on some guns. She liked 1911's with a short trigger or thin grips but ended up with a HK 45C. She tried Glocks, Sigs, XD's, XDm's, S&W M&P's, Taurus, ... She hated the triggers on revolvers. All the black guns looked alike (ugly) but when she picked up the HK she knew instantly it was "the one". She had the clerk run through the controls, field stripping. She tried the trigger, locking the slide back, mag release and started filling out the paperwork on the spot.

The HK claims to reduce recoil by 30% and it seems to work well. Now she wants a Walther PPS 9mm for something smaller but with similar controls. I never would have considered these for her but it was her choice and now she is always looking forward to shooting "her" gun.

I suggest letting her pick up and if possible shoot as many different types as possible and let her choose. Try starting at a well stocked gun shop or a gun show.