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Charles L. Cotton wrote:[

JustMe wrote:See if there is a chapter of A Girl & A Gun anywhere near you. The facilitators are all NRA instructors and we are accustomed to working with women who have never even picked up a gun before! And she will get a chance to practice & learn in a supportive, encouraging environment without any pressure.

But then you throw in this.

Chas.

Hey--couldn't help it!! Trying to hook her up with Tracey and pushing A Girl & A Gun!! It's the Facilitator in me!! And sometimes it IS fun to shoot with no guys around--then we don't have to watch what we say to each other (that guys just WOULDN:T understand!!)

The best instructor/TC I've had is a man--and the worse ones I've had have been men also! Guess which one I go to!!

Get her with an instructor who is adaptive & receptive to working with a "newbie" woman (notice I DIDN'T say it HAS to be a female instructor!!) Sometimes taking the husband/wife factor out of the equation helps--I don't train with my husband!

See if there is a chapter of A Girl & A Gun anywhere near you. The facilitators are all NRA instructors and we are accustomed to working with women who have never even picked up a gun before! And she will get a chance to practice & learn in a supportive, encouraging environment without any pressure.

There are also some tricks that we girls can use to do things that make things(like racking the slide) easier. I taught an 85 y/o woman with arthritis how to rack the slide on my glock!

OK--here's the deal----does she WANT a revolver??? I will be the first to admit that I'm not a revolver girl!! To me, it is more complicated than my semi-automatics. I have a couple of them for training purposes--but they are NOT in my carry arsenal.

In order for her to be consistent with practicing-and eventually carrying, it needs to be something that she is comfortable with. Some of the revolvers & the smaller semis litterally hurt (for me) to shoot. I shoot them often enough to stay proficient--but they are always the last in the line up--when I finish shooting them-I'm done!

So many people think a woman needs a revolver because it is "easier" to learn. but, my Kitchenaide mixer has more moving parts than my semi automatics!

My saying is that guns are like shoes & underwear--if they don't fit right, they will make you miserable! And by "fit", I'm talking about more than just size

I know you didn't want a lecture--so I tried to stay nice!!