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by BigGuy
Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:26 pm
Forum: Ladies
Topic: Ladies, need advice for revolver purchase
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Re: Ladies, need advice for revolver purchase

My wife has the same problem. We finally found the gun we were looking for. It's a Walther PK380.
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It's an "interesting" gun. There were a lot of negative comments on it in the stores where we were checking them out. Mostly about things like where the safety and magazine ejector is located. If fact, some of the most uncharitable remarks came from guys who obviously knew guns, as they tried unsuccessfully to eject the magazine.
I understand why a lot of shooters wouldn't like the pistol because of the way it feels in your hand. Also, there is a definitely hard spot as you pull the trigger in DA. Those are known issues we can live with. I don't really see how you're going to get much accuracy on that first shot if you go DA, rather than cocking it. But it's fairly easy to cock, and the subsequent trigger pulls are very light.
Reviews I read say it doesn't kick very hard and doesn't climb, making target reacquisition easier. I'll know this weekend.
The issue for my wife was a semi-auto she could operate with her severe arthritis. This has a light single action trigger, and the slide racks very easily. It can be fired double action with the hammer down, or single action with the hammer cocked. It has an ambidextrous safety and magazine ejector. It's slightly larger than my LCP, but the grip is small enough that she can comfortably get her finger on the trigger.
We'll start burning rounds with it until she feel comfortable that she can qualify for a CHL. Maybe in a month or two.

Note - This from a poster on the pistol forum:
Mostly negative comments about durability and reliability, the general feeling seeming to be that the gun's design, like the P22, owes more to Walther's parent company, Umarex, than it does to Walther proper, and that it seems built to a price point. Like I said, though, I have no extensive hands-on experience with the gun, although these opinions come from people whose opinions on them I trust and match my casual impressions gleaned from handling display pieces.
In my wife's case, this is about her only choice. We've looked at a lot of gun over the last 6 months. This is simply the only one she had a chance of using. I'll let you know my impression of the durability and reliability as we use it more.

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