Overpriced, expensive ammo, harder to handle, grips designed for large hands.
My choice would be 9mm, 45acp, or 357 mag.
If you want a revolver get a 38 or 357. 357 revolvers can shoot 38 special rounds which are much lower recoil, but not the other way around.
Semi-Auto either 9mm or 45.
My carry guns are a CZ PCR 9mm, and a taurus 357 revolver.
I shoot and carry 38s in the revolver just for the lighter recoil, but I went with the 357 version just to give myself more options.
They main thing is to get something that fits you.
Get to the gun shops, hold as many options as you can and find the one that feels right in your hand. If there is a range near you, rent as many different models as you can and shoot them.
Find the gun that fits you, that you can shoot comfortably, and that you like.
On a final note, if you haven't done so, go take some classes.
Therefore, rather than thinking of a weapon for primary self defense, if I were you, I would look at a number of handguns and caliber which would be more suitable for firing range sport.
Try to stay away from large calibers just by the mere fact that the ammunition is expensive, and at a typical rang shoot, 100 rounds is nothing to burn off.
Although my Duty Weapon is a Springfield Armory XD40 (.40 Cal), my backup, and off Duty Weapon is a Smith and Wesson M&P; .40 cal, and I love the way it feels on the range. I have shot the 9mm version of that weapon, and was impressed.
They run just under $400, and as I said, when you are burning off 100 or more rounds, 9mm is less costly.
This is the Smith and Wesson M&P; .40
Are the Dells still popular?
Are the Dells still popular?
Chico, California for several months. I bought this pistol for my wife to carry in her car,-just in case. I took her to the firing range and taught her how to shoot, both with arm extended and from the hip. She could hit a ladies magazine at about ten paces shooting from her hip. I also taught her, if you find it really necessary to shoot someone in self defense, shoot for the biggest part so they cannot take the gun from you. Don't try to wound some attacker. Be sure he or she goes down.
Overpriced, expensive ammo, harder to handle, grips designed for large hands.
My choice would be 9mm, 45acp, or 357 mag.
If you want a revolver get a 38 or 357. 357 revolvers can shoot 38 special rounds which are much lower recoil, but not the other way around.
Semi-Auto either 9mm or 45.
My carry guns are a CZ PCR 9mm, and a taurus 357 revolver.
I shoot and carry 38s in the revolver just for the lighter recoil, but I went with the 357 version just to give myself more options.
They main thing is to get something that fits you.
Get to the gun shops, hold as many options as you can and find the one that feels right in your hand. If there is a range near you, rent as many different models as you can and shoot them.
Find the gun that fits you, that you can shoot comfortably, and that you like.
On a final note, if you haven't done so, go take some classes.
If I had more money to spare I'd have about 5 more of them.
All variants of the basic glock design tend to do well very reliable high ammo capacity quite easy to get a 33 round magazine and very easy to carry you can actually carry six quite comfortably and all still concealed.