Shade00
Member
Bare with me fellas, got a quick question. My wife loves to shoot our little S&W Model 32, but I am convinced that the .38 S&W LRN is quite impotent as a self-defense round. Furthermore, she will be taking a concealed carry course with me soon and she feels that even the little Model 32 will be too heavy for her to carry concealed. She has seen and held the S&W Airweights and loves them. However, she has also shot my .38 Special revolvers and hates them. The rounds she's been firing out of the .38 S&W are some Magtech 146gr LRN. Can't remember what .38 specials we were shooting. Anyway, I have an opportunity to get a flat-latch Model 37 for $300, and while I may do it anyway, I asked her if she would be interested. Of course she is not interested in the recoil that the .38 special is going to have in such a small gun.
So, my question is this: what kind of recoil is the .38 special wadcutter going to have coming out of a Model 37? I was trying to explain to her the difference in recoil with some of these rounds, but I think she'll need to shoot it to understand. I know that all Airweights are going to kick like a mule. I know it's hard to be objective with recoil, but I would like to hear some subjective opinions on what one could expect shooting the Model 37 (or even another Airweight) with wadcutters. If she can practice with the wadcutters and not 'feel' the recoil too much then I can get her to throw a few hollowpoints in and maybe feel comfortable carrying a real self-defense round. The only other compromise I could think of would be to get an Airweight .32 - but it seems S&W only made those for a few years in the early 90s. If you guys can figure out what my question is from that rambling and give me some feedback, I would certainly appreciate it. Thanks in advance!
So, my question is this: what kind of recoil is the .38 special wadcutter going to have coming out of a Model 37? I was trying to explain to her the difference in recoil with some of these rounds, but I think she'll need to shoot it to understand. I know that all Airweights are going to kick like a mule. I know it's hard to be objective with recoil, but I would like to hear some subjective opinions on what one could expect shooting the Model 37 (or even another Airweight) with wadcutters. If she can practice with the wadcutters and not 'feel' the recoil too much then I can get her to throw a few hollowpoints in and maybe feel comfortable carrying a real self-defense round. The only other compromise I could think of would be to get an Airweight .32 - but it seems S&W only made those for a few years in the early 90s. If you guys can figure out what my question is from that rambling and give me some feedback, I would certainly appreciate it. Thanks in advance!