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My wife's first gun was the Walther PK380 and she loved it, it fits her hand great and we got it cheap at academy. Ammo was an issue in the beginning mostly on the price compared to 9mm. These are the things we experienced.

1. Wear a hat when shooting it. The shell ejection is suppose to be over your head or right shoulder but that usually means on your head or in your face.
2. Don't wear low cut shirt while shooting. As stated in number 1, the shell might find its HOT way into your cleavage and that's no fun for anyone, because the first time it happened lets just say my wife's muzzle control was lost..
3. Since we are talking Ammo, the PK380 is picky about its ammo, I had to buy 5 different brands just to find one that worked 100% of the time, one brand was so bad it was 50% failure to eject ratio, and even stove piping the round more than once. We stopped using that ammo (Federal American Eagle). We did find the Remington Yellow box UMC, yeah it does just fine in her PK380. We gave the Federal to my father in law and shot it in his Versa 380 no issues. Also i think Sellior and Bellot (Spelling?) didnt shoot well in the PK380 either.
4. Good things about the PK380, Light weight, and short it is also VERY closely designed like the Walther P22, and I suggest getting both. The P22 is a fun plinker and first time gun. My 11 year old has one. but for target practice you can get your basics down on the p22 and picking up the PK380 is just a matter a little more recoil.
5. PK380 easy to clean, great safety features and priced well oh and it fits in her Vera Bradley purse.. (she made me write that)

Now, all that said, my wife upgraded to a Ruger SR9c, she likes it a lot and fits her hand well. once we put a little locktight on the front sight all was good. ( it fell off )