Choices of small handguns

[Petro]

On Sunday, December 30, 2001, at 02:53 PM, Tim May wrote:
> * H&K P7, the famous "squeeze-cocker." I had wanted one of these since 
> reading about them in 1980, so when H&K was selling a bunch of reworked 
> and remarket P7s at a good price ($550 or so), I bought one. Very 
> elegant, very unusual. Mine is in 9mm. Very safe, but takes a bit of 
> getting used to.

	It also takes some thinking about to transition out of.

	The squeeze cocker also acts as the slide release release, so you 
get real used to just squeezing and going.
>
> The Glock 26 would probably be a good choice for a woman, due to the 
> smaller hands most women have. 9mm is more than adequate, especially 
> when loaded with something like Hydra-Shok or Golden Saber or the like.

	My wife, who has small hands, has a CZ75, which is a wonderful 
mid-sized pistol. They are well made, reliable, and fairly inexpensive.

> I like my Kahr, followed by my H&K P7, followed by my SIGs.

	I didn't much care for the Kahr I fired, the trigger was really 
stiff, and the recoil was a lot sharper. Of course, this was on one of 
their smaller products.

>
> (I also have a full-sized H&K USP .45, and other handguns, of course.)
>
>
> --Tim May
> "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can 
> only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves 
> money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on, the majority 
> always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the 
> Public Treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over 
> loose fiscal policy always followed by dictatorship." --Alexander 
> Fraser Tyler
>
>
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