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I searched before I posted, and I may be flogging a dead horse issue here..........but I'm sharing anyways....:bier:
Had an interesting night on friday. The wifey and I had our "date night" and after dinner loaded up my Sig P226 & XD9sc - her BERSA T380 and headed for the range for some practice time.
The night started out..well poorly. The wifey was to her surprise having MAJOR issues with her BERSA. (well not new news to me - I have my own list of issues with that little gun) She couldn't hit a thing? and was experiencing FTF's & the ever problematic "hail-mary" accuracy. She switched up her ammo to PMC from WWB, and it got a little better, but she was getting VERY frustrated with it.
Now I'm one of those guys who's learned from experience that I'm NOT the one to point out what I THINK is the problem w/the wifey's shooting. SOOO.... I called over the club's senior RO that night who happens to shoot IPSC/IDPA to lend her a hand while I in-turn watched the firing line for him (I'm an RO on Monday nights).
After going thru some simple refresher hand-grip adjustments/stance/breathing tips with her... (she'll be the 1st to admit she needs to practice more)....he commented that even though her accuracy issues improved greatly..... it looked like the BERSA actually HURT her hand when shooting it.
She replied that it DID - ALOT.
I'd found that the BERSA always was hard on the hands - 50rnds - your DONE. And you have to grip the crap out of it to prevent limp-wristing FTF's.
The RO then made the observation that the gun didn't seem FIT her hands very well either after numerous attempts at grip adjustments...and maybe she's be better off with a different - slightly BIGGER gun to practice with. He also went as far as to suggest that she may want to consider getting away from the BERSA as her CCW and shoot something that was more comfortable. His reasoning - the gun shouldn't hurt to shoot, cause it will only make one frustrated and angry.:tired:
Now I've GOT bigger 9mm for her to practice with, but she's shot them all.......... and really didn't like ANY of them. She's been dead set AGAINST a 9mm pistol for reasons I can't fathom or convince her to change, but NOW she seems to be warming up to the idea since friday.
With the limited availability of 380Auto & the fact the PRICE makes it unpractical for range practice.... she's approached me this morning over coffee to say she's seriously considering getting a 9mm. Then added if we could swap the P238 on lay-away for a different gun. Ummm......sure.:35:
So now comes the age old question(s).....WHAT TO GET?
I've got a list of "old standbys" in the sub-compact/compact range available locally:
-SP2022
-P239
-S&W M&P sc
-XD9sc
-Glock 26
She's aiming for a pistol that will be her CCW and not so harsh to use at the range for her to practice with w/o getting pissy with it.:gah:
FYI : NOBODY sells KAHR - KELTEC - WALTHER locally. TAURUS is available as well as some SUPER el-cheapos that I wouldn't buy if ya paid me (we're talking CCW gun here)
Thanks all!!:hand10:
Had an interesting night on friday. The wifey and I had our "date night" and after dinner loaded up my Sig P226 & XD9sc - her BERSA T380 and headed for the range for some practice time.
The night started out..well poorly. The wifey was to her surprise having MAJOR issues with her BERSA. (well not new news to me - I have my own list of issues with that little gun) She couldn't hit a thing? and was experiencing FTF's & the ever problematic "hail-mary" accuracy. She switched up her ammo to PMC from WWB, and it got a little better, but she was getting VERY frustrated with it.
Now I'm one of those guys who's learned from experience that I'm NOT the one to point out what I THINK is the problem w/the wifey's shooting. SOOO.... I called over the club's senior RO that night who happens to shoot IPSC/IDPA to lend her a hand while I in-turn watched the firing line for him (I'm an RO on Monday nights).
After going thru some simple refresher hand-grip adjustments/stance/breathing tips with her... (she'll be the 1st to admit she needs to practice more)....he commented that even though her accuracy issues improved greatly..... it looked like the BERSA actually HURT her hand when shooting it.
She replied that it DID - ALOT.
I'd found that the BERSA always was hard on the hands - 50rnds - your DONE. And you have to grip the crap out of it to prevent limp-wristing FTF's.
The RO then made the observation that the gun didn't seem FIT her hands very well either after numerous attempts at grip adjustments...and maybe she's be better off with a different - slightly BIGGER gun to practice with. He also went as far as to suggest that she may want to consider getting away from the BERSA as her CCW and shoot something that was more comfortable. His reasoning - the gun shouldn't hurt to shoot, cause it will only make one frustrated and angry.:tired:
Now I've GOT bigger 9mm for her to practice with, but she's shot them all.......... and really didn't like ANY of them. She's been dead set AGAINST a 9mm pistol for reasons I can't fathom or convince her to change, but NOW she seems to be warming up to the idea since friday.
With the limited availability of 380Auto & the fact the PRICE makes it unpractical for range practice.... she's approached me this morning over coffee to say she's seriously considering getting a 9mm. Then added if we could swap the P238 on lay-away for a different gun. Ummm......sure.:35:
So now comes the age old question(s).....WHAT TO GET?
I've got a list of "old standbys" in the sub-compact/compact range available locally:
-SP2022
-P239
-S&W M&P sc
-XD9sc
-Glock 26
She's aiming for a pistol that will be her CCW and not so harsh to use at the range for her to practice with w/o getting pissy with it.:gah:
FYI : NOBODY sells KAHR - KELTEC - WALTHER locally. TAURUS is available as well as some SUPER el-cheapos that I wouldn't buy if ya paid me (we're talking CCW gun here)
Thanks all!!:hand10: