"My daughter just got her motorcycle license, what bike should she get?"
...about the same thing. It could be a hybrid, apralia scooter, dyna low rider, or sport bike depending on what she fits with and needs. Finding the gun for her requires her trying some out and seeing which one is the easiest for her to shoot. It'll also depend a bit on what needs she has for the gun. For home defense and target shooting, something like a full-sized m&p 9 would be great. It'll give her more capacity and control than something smaller. If she plans on carrying it, then she should go through enough training to be able to choose for herself, but something g19 or g26 sized might work better.
Double action revolvers are cool for one reason... point and keep pressing the trigger until it starts clicking. If there's bad ammo, pressing the trigger again indexes away from that bad round automatically without a tap/rack...annnnnnnnd that's the only advantage they have over a modern semi-auto. Compared to a double action revolver, something like a m&p is going to have 3x the capacity while being much easier to shoot for the majority of people.
So the common answer of "take her to a range that rents guns and have her try as many as she can, then let her pick the best one for her" is the correct answer.
This. Any other recommendation is kind of ridiculous, not because they are bad guns but because they may be bad for her. She needs to find what she’s comfortable with and shoots well. Rent or try as many different ones as possible and go from there.
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