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Cool, np. I always encourage people in this thread to go to a gun shop before they make a purchase and handle all the guns you're interested in. Even better if it's a range/gun shop, as many of those have rentals available so you can actually shoot the top 2-4 that felt good in your hand, not only to gauge their accuracy, but also to go through the motions of racking the slide and operating the various controls (safety, mag release, etc) to see how natural all that feels when YOU do it. People can talk all day online or in a magazine about how great a gun is, but at the end of the day all that matters is if it works for YOU.
As mentally appealing as it might be to have "matching" guns of the same type, IMO it's best to let wifey choose for herself so you each find one that is the best fit for yourselves. If they end up being the same, great, but finding a gun she likes and wants to shoot with you (or is at least interested in carrying or whatever) is much better than buying a gun she hates but matches what you want. Not that you were saying this, it was just a random thought I had, lol
We will have more than a few days when we go to the range next year, will be a fun year
I dig that. For me worse case scenario I get two guns that I feel I will like and if she doesn't I'll have two lol We'll hit a few more gun shows and some ranges and at some point we'll make sure we get the guns that match us