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To: Neeka who wrote (101857)	5/21/2005 12:04:46 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

Which one is the smallest and can be carried in a purse?

To: Neeka who wrote (101857)	5/21/2005 4:34:26 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

<<I'd start you out on a ladies Smith and Wesson 38. You'd like it......although I find I have better aim with a rifle. We could start you out on a nice little 22.>> When Carolyn and I went shooting she liked shooting the Ruger .22 single six revolver with a 6" barrel and the Browning .22 lever action rifle. Did very well too. Now the Remington 1100 12 ga. with trap loads weren't as much fun, more boom and kick. Shotguns need getting used too. When I was growing up we lived on the edge of town next to a farm. The husband farmed and was an inventor, the one I remember was the bang stick for divers to kill aggressive sharks. Anyway the wife liked to shoot trap and had a 5 station trap range in the back yard. She'd shoot one to two THOUSAND 12 ga rounds a week. Petite lady but one of the best trap shooters in the world. 500 straight was average for her. When starting with centerfire pistol rounds I like using something like the Ruger GP 100 heavy frame .357 shooting .38 specials. See, a .38 special is actually a .357 in a shorter version. Back in the days of the Civil War many of the revolvers were around .36 caliber. Then the balls were rammed into the cylinder holes and to get a tight fit where the firing cylinder didn't flash over and ignite other cylinders they made the lead balls .38 and .02 lead sheared off during loading. They called it .38 for the balls. Then when the cap and ball revolvers finally got measured Colt was found to be producing .357 barrels. Old guns that were called .38s got converted to centerfire and were called .38s for the ball when the barrel was .357.