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timtheteacher wrote:Thanks for the input so far. She had to really overcome her fears to use the 642 so I thought a smaller caliber would be better to start with. I belong to the Frisco Gun Range so renting a firearm is feasible. I don't know if they have a .22 but I will ask tomorrow. She is a wonderful wife and is she very brave to try something so foreign to her. I will let you guys know how it evolves.

My wife's first gun was a 642 I gave her for valentines some years ago. She struggled to master it because the trigger pull weight was so stiff and stacks up so hard toward the end of the stroke. But then she got onto a Glock 19 and 17 at a basic handgun class she took from Crossfire Training and she loved them. She rented a G19 to qualify with during her CHL class, and she liked it so much she went out and got one for herself the very next day. But she found the G19 a little big for her carry arrangement, and so she ended up getting a Kahr CW9, which has been her EDC for about 3 years now. The main thing she likes about it, besides its light weight and compact size, is the nice smooth trigger pull, which is long, but fairly light.