There's one of my best friend's wife's brother and mother have themselves gotten defensive firearms. The brother is doing well, and he has S&W EZ9 with the Streamlight TLR7ish? light/laser combo. I'm a fan of him with that, but I think Grandma needs a better solution.
She's got a Taurus .38 (j-frame equivalent, I believe, with the ribbed-rubber grip) and a EZ9, but without the CT or any other lights. While her technique and confidence both grew from a very basic place, the EZ9 is just always gonna be too much gun for her, and I think I can find cowboy-load .38s.
I'm imaging getting a 317 with a green CT grip, getting the action cleaned up, and installing high-viz fixed sights zeroed for Federal Punch up at closer ranges.
I see action kits around and I'm tempted to acquire a variety of the "rimfire-specific" stuff and send it all over to Clark's, and ask them to soften any sharp edges and stitch the whole thing together with an action job.
But I have no idea if it's a reasonable plan or not? I can get grandma and brother to shoot with all of us with her .38 and laser cartridges in the system that my buddy is using, and then the 317 for the range. I have no ownership history of small revolvers, except for a plastic trainer bob-grip J-frame.
How would you set her up?