looking to buy a pistol for my girfriend

[Quickdraw22]

SR9 has a really tough grip pattern. No go for "soft" hands.

The ruger polymers absolutely kill my hands too. Shot an LC9 last week, and it felt as if someone took a file to my hands. Never again.

 

[tmbold]

Well she chose the walther pps

 

[#1bambam]

Sounds to me like you're talking about a Glock 19 Gen 4 with the adjustable grips. A smaller grip option without sacrificing mag capacity.

Or a older one with a grip reduction.

 

[Blackhawk]

My wife tried out all my pistols, and some from friends as well. The tryouts included a Sig p226, Beretta 92, (double stacks), Ruger MK-III (.22), S&W medium and small frame revolvers in both .38/357 and .32, a Kel-Tec PF9 single stack 9mm, a mid size single stack .32 auto, and even a .22 Mag over/under derringer. She ultimately chose a 1911 style .45 auto. Said it fit her hands and was comfortable to shoot, and was "pretty". That's the one I'm trying to find another set of grips for at (photo):

http://www.bayoushooter.com/forums/showthread.php?70336-Where-can-I-find...Colt-Pachmayr-1911-Wrap-around-Grips

 

[Tulse Luper]

Well she chose the walther pps

I don't blame her. I have a love/hate relationship with it. It's the single stack everyone and their mother wants Glock to produce with one huge caveat --- the mag release. She needs to be EXCEEDINGLY careful with the mag release. The release extends in front of the trigger on the trigger guard. That puts your trigger finger ENTIRELY too close to the trigger when doing mag changes. And, unfortunately, due to where the pivot is on the lever, it is necessary and much easier to press the release at the very end to gain leverage (i.e., it is not anything like the properly designed HK release that's located at the rear of the trigger guard).

Walther really screwed the pooch on that.

 

[Leonidas]

The more I think about this, which of course, is very little, is seems unwise to buy a firearm for a girlfriend.

Seriously, get her something else. Wives are a different matter.

Hey, there's an echo in this thread.

 

[Hevi-shot]

The woman who has never allowed perception to cause her to disregard reality doesn't draw breath... never has.

LSP- that freaking line had me rolling. Well put. I can't say that I'm innocent either though...

 

[762NATO]

Walther, eh? Cool. How's it shoot?

 

[VeedUp]

bersa thunder .380, if her hands are too small for that get her a sling shot. Try some of the single stack 9mm like Kahr