A revolver for the wife.

[tooexcessive]

Okay I notice that you are not all sold on Taurus yet, but I will say I have two and their quality is increasingly better everyday. They have a new model that may be perfect for your wife, it is the M380 (assuming that .380 is okay for you). If she is just shooting for fun and to get used to the recoil this would be perfect. It is slightly smaller that the LCR and is hammerless too. 5 shot .380 and one of our members Ljutic has a site that he has done a two part review on it. PocketGunsandGear is where you can find it, and in his videos you can clearly see that the recoil is very manageable. I was thinking about this for my wife. I believe there are trigger kits for this pistol too. Plus a lifetime warranty and a free 1 year NRA membership. Hope this helps.

Even though I am not a big fan of Taurus, I do have an open mind. I am going to start reading about this model and see what folks think about it. Thanks for the info!

[JustinN]

My Taurus Poly Protector is a nice little gun, and lite 38s are nothing out of it....though the 357s are a major handful. The main thing is finding a gun she likes. Something she'll shoot. I know what feels good in my hands, doesn't translate to my wife. Smaller hands handle smaller guns better. Find something she will shoot a lot and get good with. No gun will make up the difference in training either. I agree with the earlier posts in that a .22 HIT is 100 times better than any other caliber miss.....