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Hopefully she'll gain some confidence, may just take some time and the right circumstances/environment. My best friend went to the range a few times with me but declined to shoot (noise, recoil, fear of the unknown, etc). I didn't push her but did go out and purchase a .22 for her to try at the range. She agreed to try it out and really started to enjoy our outings.

One day she was watching me shoot a couple of Colt Special Combats (.45ACP and .38 Super) and actually asked to try the .45ACP. After familiarizing herself with the gun she loaded it and proceeded to drill out the bullseye!!! She turned to me and said "I really love this one". And the rest is history....she purchased a Colt Special Combat of her own and got her TX CHL.

She has a fondness for the .45ACP round because of it's "slow push". She can also rack the slide easily whereas she has issues with any blowback design and some of the smaller 9mms. As far as 9mms go.....she does love her Glock 34 (3rd gen).

Years later she confessed that she only wanted to shoot the Colt because it was "pretty".......it is all hard chrome and is indeed beautiful....ha ha.