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My 32-year old daughter, a nurse, got her FL CCW license recently. After she gets additional training from a local NRA-certified trainer I've promised to pay for her first CCW handgun. At this point she can't make up her mind what she wants, but is leaning to a .380 ACP as she considers guns in larger caliber to be too large for her to carry (she's 5'4"). I'm trying to help her make the right choice, but I feel that her first gun should probably be a compact 9mm that can double as a HD. From my viewpoint, her options include the following:
.380 ACP ~
1. Sig P232; 2. Walther PPK/S (her current preference is one I own - am waiting for it to come back from the S&W recall fix); or, 3. Beretta 85.
9mmP ~
1. Sig P225, and 2. CZ 75 P01.
Has anyone here dealt with a similar situation/quandary recently? I guess a .380 is better than nothing, but I seem them as essentially BUGs - and substandard for SD purposes. Perhaps I'm too close to the issue to see it clearly so I would appreciate the opinion of a dispassionate observer.
.380 ACP ~
1. Sig P232; 2. Walther PPK/S (her current preference is one I own - am waiting for it to come back from the S&W recall fix); or, 3. Beretta 85.
9mmP ~
1. Sig P225, and 2. CZ 75 P01.
Has anyone here dealt with a similar situation/quandary recently? I guess a .380 is better than nothing, but I seem them as essentially BUGs - and substandard for SD purposes. Perhaps I'm too close to the issue to see it clearly so I would appreciate the opinion of a dispassionate observer.