Bend your knees and hunch your shoulders forward ! Also try some .44 special, leave the mags to the young uns! Best wishes from Florida,
Watch out for that clown Sherrif in no Carolina that wants to wrest our guns from our cold dead hands.
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Hornady Lite ammo, . 38 much less recoil and still effective
Home use 4" barrel ok, carry not so, remember the best
western gun fighters wanted a 5 1/2 barrel.
Please try before you buy, I have sold many and many came back to the store unhappy.
I had a loyal customer...
Taurus is super, so is Rossi. Ruger lcr is the lightest, but that means more recoil an $ , I have the .38 LCR and carry Hornady LITE , others make a softer recoil ammo.
If you can rent or borrow any of these go for it. I have found Ruger to be superior to S n W for warranty.
Also to reduce...
Alot depends on how much you want to spend, I have 2 19911 a Sig and RIA aka rock island arms , well made durable and under well under $400 at sportsman guide
my sig is my choice over Kimber, ruger is also good, almost on a par with sig I got the ria to keep in car, except while at home...
Just bought 500 rounds in 185 grain semi wad cutter,
Shot 250 in a match, found it to be clean, accurate and very low recoil. In my G41. Ria and Sig 1911. Shot real well and cycled good. No issues.
Less than $15. Box of 50. I am pleased. They shot well in all 3 guns, and really felt like 9mm...