Need Recommendations for My Daughter’s 1st Handgun.

[Fawnflunky]

I love revolvers but will play the devil's advocate to the argument that they are simpler to new gun owners....

My pet peeve with new shooters and revolvers is with DA wheel guns they want to thumb back the hammer all the time at the range, but in real use that is probably not going to be the best idea.

And let's say that someone was good at doing that and then was in a situation where they had to shoot a shot, then situation de-escalated and they decocked a gun they had cocked... Even if that is done safely you aren't lined up optimally with the remaining rounds in the cylinder and would have to re-index the cylinder.

With those factors in mind, a semi auto is in many ways just simpler.

Also for home defense at night you are going to get a little more muzzle flash from the cylinder gap and if it is something like 357 in a snub.

All great points!