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My wife is a tiny little Asian woman.. 5'3, 110 lbs. She actually hated all the "smaller guns" she has tried thus far, save for one..i'll get to that in a minute. You know what she loved though? My Gen 4 Glock 17. Yeah, it's double stack and sits a little fat in her hands, but she shoots it like a champ...... For HD, i'd recommend you let her try shooting it some time. I'm in the metroplex frequently, and would love to let her try it out anytime I'm here. Also, G17 is a pretty common gun, so I'm sure there are plenty of ranges around here that could rent you one.

That said, for CC she settled on a Kahr CW9. It's single stack, 9mm, and about as small as you can get without getting into the micro 9mm's. She shoots it almost as well as the G17, it doesn't intimidate her at all. The recoil is manageable with almost everything we have tried. She runs Gold Dot 147 gr. in hers. Kahr also makes an all steel model... the K9 and P9 I think, that are probably much more comfortable to shoot due to the added weight, but are still small single stack 9mm's.

Anyway. Those are the two I recommend.

Edited to substitute CW9 for CM9. Sorry for the confustion.