Originally Posted by Astro14
You and I may think the G42 is mild, but my wife* didn't like it. Too snappy.
Further, my neighbor a lady in her early 40s, had one, and it never ran right for her. She limp-wristed it all the time.
Her G42 ran perfectly for me. I liked it. A bit snappy, but not as bad as the G43.
The shooter-gun fit, including recoil tolerance, experience, strength and skill, are important in any firearm selection.
*Mrs. Astro is a retired USN Captain who has time with fighter squadrons, SEAL teams and deploying joint units. She qualified expert with both rifle (M4/M16) and pistol (M9) every time she was required to shoot. For a while, her "go bag" with ACUs, Kevlar, plates, boots, holster, etc. sat in my study, as she was on a 48 hour notice for overseas deployment. She keeps a loaded M-9 (Beretta 92) with spare magazines as her personal weapon. She likes the fit, handling, and capacity of the full size 9mm service pistol.
Totally understand and dig Mr. Astro's preference. I'm sure she rocks it.
Just goes to show you ... we're all individuals.
While I'd never argue its quality, I've never dug the M9/92 ... a lot of steel and weight to fire a 9mm round, for me. Plus, I'm a big ol' boy with a gut and it always feels to me like full-size steel guns are trying to pull my drawers down, though I do have some I thoroughly enjoy for making empties at the range.
So here I am a big beast always looking for lightish carry guns and there's Mrs. Astro rippin' away happily with her M9. Makes perfect sense when you think about it, but probably strikes some people w/o a lot of trigger time as counter-intuitive, but it's really not.
Have a full-size Sig in 9mm (a 2022 that I thoroughly enjoy shooting) but really prefer my first-gen Shield for carry. To me, feels and shoots almost like a full-size gun yet is quite nice to carry in a kydex IWB. And I don't feel too bad about 9 rounds of a good 9mm cartridge like the Fed HST 124 grain. Different strokes for different folks!.
One of the better revolver shooters I've ever shot with, btw, was a retired female USAF officer. The lady just liked wheelguns, and she could run 'em like a champ. Took some instructor courses and worked some shoots with her, and were I wanting a revolver coach or someone of either gender wanted wheelgun lessons, I'd send 'em straight to her.