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Rex B wrote:I think he's looking for pistols, not advice

That's why I added that it's worth exactly what it cost him. And I got no pistols to give, but I got LOTS of advice.

Also looking for a pistol for the (very petite) lady. Open to about anything in .380

Who's open to a .380? You, or the (very petite) lady? There are some petite ladies on this forum who can shoot a .45 caliber 1911 just fine, and love doing so. So can my petite wife, and her EDC is a Kahr 9mm. Don't short-change your wife just because you think she can't handle more. And a .380 isn't always the easiest pistol to shoot because they're often packaged in a very small and lightweight pistol, so perceived recoil is on a par with more powerful pistols.

If that really is all she can handle, then that's fine. But let her be the determiner of that, and give her opportunities to try other things before forcing a caliber on her that she may not like, and that she won't carry because she doesn't like it. But most of the female students of my Basic Pistol class end up preferring a 9mm or .45 to a .380 just because of the recoil characteristics of the various guns chambered in those calibers.

As in all things, the advice is worth exactly what it cost you.