Wife hates shooting my PPQ and G48 in 9mm. Too much recoil for her.
So, for home defense, I'm picturing her facing down a bad guy with her Ruger SR22 pistol and thinking we need to step that up a bit.
I'd like to go with something along the lines of an AR9 for a few reasons:
- easier to handle than a 9mm pistol for the wife
- can't shoot 5.56 or .223 at our local range, but can shoot PCC
- easy to mount a RDS, light
- AR-type controls seem like a good idea. She's not mechanically inclined, so weird charging handles (Keltec Sub 2000, SP5) are out
What do you think about the following?
- FM9
- Armstadt Arms UDP-9
- Ruger PC charger (doesn't meet all of the above, but it's available locally)
- Battle Arms Xiphon, Sig MPX also look nice, but I don't want to spend that $$$$
- Buying a CMMG RDB upper and building an AR9 would be fine, too, but they look to be hard to get
I'd REALLY like a CMMG Banshee 300, but can't find one.