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Salty1 graciously let me borrow his Sig 250 yesterday while I was helping a sweet yung thang prepare to make a more informed buying decision. She's about 5'2/125 and in great physical shape. She liked the Sig 250 OK, but out of 5 semis test fired, she wanted to take her CHL test with Springfield XD Compact in .45 - and will likely buy one of her own.

Not to initiate OT drift, but when I cleaned the XD (another borrowed gun) today, I admired it's captured (dual) recoil spring assembly and figure it has a lot to do with "softening" .45ACP recoil. Same gal shot my .45 Colt Gold Cup, and, due to "bite" in web of her hand, was ready to dismiss it after just 15 rounds.

She was a rather meticulous note-taker and in the course of firing well over 200 rounds in about a 2 hour period, put the Kahr K-9 in second place and the Sig 250 with the Glock 19 in a tie for 3'rd.

Quote: "she needs a smooth, not too heavy trigger (not going to learn about that at Academy), no complicated safeties, and enough weight to absorb some recoil."

In light of the above - and loaning it to lots of other ladies over the past 10 years: Y'all might also check out the Kahr K-9. Minimal bells and whistles, a fairly narrow grip, long smooth trigger pull, and loaded with max 8 round capacity, the thing weighs a full 32 ounces. Mine has been very reliable as a training gun and, for it's size, uncanny accuracy.