Grandma wants a home defense gun

[Barth]

My choice would be good small Ruger SP101 in 38 special with trigger job. Heavy enough to tame recoil with mild 38's and still light enough to carry. Also easy to load and check readiness. Alarm systems are great to get police there AFTER damage is done so that you can have report for insurance company. Good alarm and SP101 would be way to go.

My parents will never concealed carry.
They already have a Ruger 4" (Speed or Security?) Six 357.
Loaded with Federal HST Micro 38+P ammo.
The trigger is like butter too
For home defense I'm coming around to thinking that's the best firearm option.
But have to agree that my mother may well be getting too old to use firearms at all.
My Dad's a different story.

[yqtszhj]

This presentation says she needs a shotgun

https://youtu.be/6GJ9V-195Hk?si=9fgyCh1VcLkctSQb

[NeilWise]

I realize this is a pretty old thread by now, but I'll post my opinion nonetheless.


Last Christmas my wife and I decided to get my mom a self defense pistol, we had a long time to choose and settled on a Smith & Wesson M&P Shield EZ .380, as it's a lightweight (weighs in at just 19 ounces and this is important for someone who may have difficulty holding a heavier gun), easy-to-use pistol that's perfect for someone with small hands or limited hand strength. It's also very reliable and has a comfortable grip.

At first she didn't use it, and then we saw her shooting at cans in the field behind our farm

[Whiskeyhorse]

Thanks to everyone for their time and input.
Took a variety of handguns over to my parents for Christmas day for my 86 year old mothers review.
I've got two 18 grandchildren myself.
Making my mother a Great Great Grandma.
Very likely they (my parents) will soon live to be Great Great Great Grandparents!
How do you say that anyway - LOL! 3X-great-grandparents?!?

Anyway, watching my mother handle handguns it was immediately
crystal clear to me that Colonel you are absolutely correct.
Don't know the history of the Ruger.
But it's buttery trigger rivals my S&W guns with trigger jobs.
It may be a little heavy.
But with no training or practice a revolver seems like really the only proper option.
Bars on the windows and 911 on speed dial seems like a much better solution to me

It's good to have good friends.
Everyone have a Happy and Safe New Years!
Barth

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[Bawanna]

I'm writing down this date. I was absolutely correct. Only the second time in my life..... I think the first was 1962 but could be off a year or two.

[jeepster09]

I gonna write down tomorrow.....