Charter Arms 2" .22wmr or Taurus M380 1.75" .380acp

[Nathanael_Greene]

Another vote for an older Charter Arms Undercover / Off Duty. I like mine a lot, and my wife has no trouble shooting it.

 

[EmGeeGeorge]

Here is the situation, my daughter has a strong preference for revolvers. To add to that, she is very recoil sensitive and has very small hands (she also came very close to failing the ROTC firearm training).

I already shoot, and reload, .380. That makes it a good fit there. I also can install spring kits to bring the Taurus trigger pull down. It has the advantage of being very lite. I am a little concerned with the moon clips; but they seem to be pretty available.

The Charter Arms is going to have even less recoil; but is shooting a less capable round. There are also the rimfire concerns.

Why not the Ruger 22 LCR? . . . Have you looked at it? Franky it failed the "too ugly" test. She didn't even have the LGS guy take it out of the display case. The S&W is hard to find and more than she considers reasonable.

I consider either of these to be less than great; but I am not really a revolver guy. I am leaning toward recommending the Taurus, this is largely due to it being centerfire. Any other thoughts?

Ive got a Taurus m380- I used to carry it occasionally; an issue can be if th moon clips bend it can cause the trigger pull to get heavy or even lock up. I carried it with 5 loaded in a moon clip, and a sig p230 magazine with 7 rounds to reload it. It became better with the aftermarket titanium moonclips I bought for it as far as reducing the binding issue.

I’d go with a 637 or a 642 smith with light fast rounds, like powerball or glasers. The lighter hv rounds dont seem to thump as much. They’re loud and flashy, but the recoil is on par with light target wad cutters.

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