OverEasy wrote:Be very careful choosing a wife, they are real hard to trade or get rid of!
Seriously, welcome aboard! Take her to a range that rents guns and let her shoot them. They may be having some ladies events at PSC or Thunder. Other people would let her try out their guns. Shooting a gun is the best way to tell if you like it.
I took my wife all the way to Austin, because Red's was the only place I could find that had a Kahr for rent. She shot it, she didn't like it, I saved $500!
My wife didn't like A LOT of guns. I thought a SIG P239 was too heavy to carry. That's the one SHE loves(P239/40s&w). She carries it.
Good Luck, Have Fun, OE
That is the one thing Red's has going for it. Every Monday is ladies' day, where range fees are half price and all rentals are free (for ladies, of course). You have to pay for ammo (their guns, their ammo), but this will let you try out anything they have available without having to pay rental fees. If you're only looking at .40/.45, you could probably do OK with buying 2 boxes of ammo to try out everything they have in those calibers.