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- From: ems@michael.apple.com (E. Michael Smith)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Gun needed for wife
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.214225.20074@michael.apple.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 22:33:20 GMT
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- In article <DENNIS_.39.0@NCSU.EDU> DENNIS_@ncsu.edu (DGA) writes:
- #In article <kf2zcJW00WDKQ8IlMe@andrew.cmu.edu> jp45+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jim Thomas Park , Jr.) writes:
- ## I am in need of a handgun for my wife. I own a Taurus 9mm model PT99.
- ##It has a high capacity 15 shot clip. My wife likes it but it is to big
- ##for her to carry conceled. I would like to go with a semi-auto gun and
- ##high capacity if possible. I don't want to go below a .38 caliber if
- ##possible. I am going to have her try a snub nose 5 shot .357 magnum this
- ##weekend if the weather holds here in Pittsburgh. Any advice would be
- ##appreciated.
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- The snub nose is not what I'd choose.... a .357 in a snubby is a
- pain to shoot (recoil, noise, flash, ...)
-
- #Walther PPK/S, 9mm kurz (.380). Small, good safety system, double
- #action, easy carry (very flat), works well at defense range. There was a
- #lot of activity concerning Walthers a few days (weeks). Use High Vel
- #hollow points for serious work.
- #
- #Just a biased opinion.
-
- Just a 'ditto' of that opinion. The wife of a policeman friend uses
- the Walther PPK/S .380 as her off-duty weapon (I'm not sure if she
- is active duty or just reserve ...) and loves it. He is a .45 Glock Man,
- and finds it acceptable for his wife to bet her life on.
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- Heck, if it is good enough for James Bond, 007, it's good enough for me ;-)
-
- (I'd be buying myself one for Christmas if it wasn't for the need to
- plan purchases of Slick Willy Bait guns ... I know, t.p.g. ...)
-
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- E. Michael Smith ems@apple.COM
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