Need some recommendations: compact, concealed carry weapon for a petite woman.

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28. I had to teach her how to shoot a pistol when she got her CHL five years ago.

The insturctor of the CHL class was extremely confident that she could pass the live-fire part of the test, even though she had never fired a handgun. She was loaned a GLOCK 9mm. The very first shot the hot brass went down her blouse and into her cleavage. She developed a horrible fear of shooting and the worst case of flinch I have ever seen. It took a couple of months of work to get over it. First I started her dry-firing (Used snap caps) with the laser on the wall. Keep doing it until the dot didn't jerk when she pulled the trigger. Then aim at a spot on the wall using sights, pull trigger until the dot didn't jerk. Then range work (We had a friend with open land.) with a Walther P22 (22LR) until she was comfortable (About 800 rounds), then a few boxes of .380 by a Bersa Thunderer. Then qualification test again using the .380. (In Texas if you test with a revolver you can only carry a revolver, but a semi-auto test allows you to carry either.) She passed. Then range work with the .38 at short range, 21 feet or less.

Her two incidents happened a few weeks after that. We had gotten her ready just in time.

While the 642 is accurate at ranges beyond 21ft, the sight radius is too short. I have tried to train her to point-shoot using an air-soft pistol. About 25 years ago I was plinking and accidently discovered a method of point-aiming that is surprisingly accurate. My own practice is mostly point-aim. The gun is equipped with a laser as an aid.

There is a range that we go to occasionally. Not as often as I would like to go, but just barely enough to keep up basic proficiency for her.