The first time my wife went to shoot with me, the only gun i took was a glock 30. Needless to say that did not go over to well. She shot it one time and that was the end of her shooting for the day. She hated the recoil. When i finally talked her into going again, I brought a Ruger Mark II target pistol 22 caliber for her to shoot and she loved it. I could not believe how well she shot after only firing a couple of magazines. Anyway, we stuck with the 22 for a couple more range trips and then i talked her in to trying a 38 special and after she shot it a few times and got over the initial fear of recoil, she did quite well with it. She still prefers to shoot the 22 but she is very proficient with her 38 also. She still won't shoot the Glock however.