Grandma's .22

[JRB]

I've been all around the world on this same subject with my own elderly Mother. She has severe arthritis and an old wrist injury from a motorcycle accident decades ago.
After trying countless revolvers in an attempt to find a goldilocks, she concluded she could only run a revolver if she used her off hand palm to cock the hammer for each shot. Even a slicked up 7lb DA is too stiff and too long of a pull for her to shoot well.

The answer at first was a S&W .380EZ. But she struggled a bit with the .380 EZ grip safety.
She recently did a dry-practice with a borrowed P365, and it's looking like a manual safety version of that in .380 will make an appearance once I can find one for non-highway-robbery prices.

[idahojess]

She recently did a dry-practice with a borrowed P365, and it's looking like a manual safety version of that in .380 will make an appearance once I can find one for non-highway-robbery prices.

I really like my Sig 365 .380. I've been shooting mine a lot, and it is really enjoyable. I have had some issues with finding the right HP load, but it runs quite well on ball.

It has had some hangups with the xtp loads, but I have hand injury issues so it may be particular to me -- limp wristing.

I had my mom shoot that gun as well. The biggest issue with it was that the magazine is pretty difficult to load, and so I have to use a uplula.

[OlongJohnson]

P250 .380 is a great grandma gun. Trigger just as smooth but lighter than a K frame and 15 rounds on board. Easy-rack slide. Same grip module and carry gear ecosystem as the P320.

[oldtexan]

If Grandma has significant issues that would make it difficult for her to deal with even moderate recoil, a heavy gun, or a long heavy DA trigger, I would recommend considering a Ruger LCR or LCRx in .327. While .327 ammo would likely be a poor choice because of blast, flash, and recoil, the gun can also safely fire .32 S&W Long and .32 H&R Magnum loads. The gun holds 6 rds versus 5 and has a relatively light trigger for a small frame revolver. Crimson Trace makes both green and red lasergrips for this gun.

[Jim Watson]

Is Grandma going to CCW a pistol on her person?
If so, you might be down around a P365 .380.

If not, if a purse gun or house gun, get her a full size pistol.

Think twice before furnishing a woman (or arthritic man) with a revolver.
I have two scary stories.
These dames were dainty but not dumb; they soon figured out that cocking with the off thumb for a single action shot was much easier and more accurate. Until time came to check out a bump in the night.
The first cleared the house with cocked revolver without mishap, but when time came to decock a slip put a hole in the floor.
The second was startled by the cat and dumped a bullet into the water bed. Fortunately it stopped in the side rail and did not penetrate the membrane.

Weird combination; my Mother could squeeze cock a P7 but did not care for the mechanical complication of an auto. My Dad had considerately furnished her with a .22 revolver and that was Her Gun even though the DA was tough for her.

[SCCY Marshal]

The answer at first was a S&W .380EZ. But she struggled a bit with the .380 EZ grip safety.

At the risk of being run out of town on a rail; has she considered banding the grip safety as a stop-gap measure?

[BillSWPA]

According to this thread, there are some differences in the grip safety between the standard .380 EZ and the Performance Center .380 EZ.

https://pistol-forum.com/showthread....-380-Shield-EZ

Perhaps if one does not work well, the other might?

[JRB]

P250 .380 is a great grandma gun. Trigger just as smooth but lighter than a K frame and 15 rounds on board. Easy-rack slide. Same grip module and carry gear ecosystem as the P320.

I wish Sig had seen fit to make more than a half-dozen of them. I've only seen two come up for sale and the prices were rather unreasonable.

At the risk of being run out of town on a rail; has she considered banding the grip safety as a stop-gap measure?

Tried a big rubber band but by the time I had a big enough band to consistently keep the grip safety down, it was interfering with her grip and distracting her. Best bet would be to drill a small hole through the frame and the safety and set it in place with a roll pin, but I wasn't quite ready to throw that pistol under a drill press.
We were making progress but now it's really just going to be a P365 .380. If her hand strength and arthritis get much worse, though, we'll have to give up on handguns and try something like a 10/22 Charger or a Ruger PC Carbine. Regrettably, a Hi-point .380 carbine with a no-fuss red dot would also work surprisingly well, so long as it could be proven to be reliable.

[JCN]

The answer at first was a S&W .380EZ. But she struggled a bit with the .380 EZ grip safety.
She recently did a dry-practice with a borrowed P365, and it's looking like a manual safety version of that in .380 will make an appearance once I can find one for non-highway-robbery prices.

$499

https://palmettostatearmory.com/sig-...tm_campaign=df

[JRB]

$499

https://palmettostatearmory.com/sig-...tm_campaign=df

That's a good price.. I suppose I should have been honest; I'm a partner in a Type 01 FFL, and I'm waiting for a certain distributor to also get a P322 in stock so I can break the free shipping threshold by ordering both pistols at once.