Best Gun for a Woman

[wolf]

I was going to say stick with the .45, although the real answer is shoot what you can shoot comfortably with accuracy. A .45 that puts you on your ass and you shoot wild because you're afraid of the recoil is not as effective as a 9mm that you can hit center of mass with 10 times out of 10. (It's not just about the bullseye on the target, after all. It's nice to be able to show off a big open hole in the center of a target, but what you need in a firearm is reliability and reasonable accuracy. You're shooting to kill, never to disable. If you can understand that, and accept that and your ability to follow through, use a gun for protection.

Otherwise, get a rottweiler and use dial-a-prayer.

Now, if the issue is that the pistol is too big for your hands to shoot comfortably, you can change grips and sometimes the backstrap to improve the fit.

And shoot often. Managing a particular weapon or caliber is about practice and control, not necessarily brute strength. Sam Colt made 'em equal, remember?