This is for home defense not for CCW.
I would say the needed criteria would be:
Low recoil
Decent round capacity
East to operate in regard to making ready to shoot and shooting. Not including cleaning and loading.
Terminal effectiveness
A small enough grip that a small weak hand could hold on to.
The calibers that come to mind are 22lr, 22wmr, 5.7, and 380.
Looking at some modern offerings, S&W make a high-capacity pistol in 22wmr and 5.7.
I am not in love with their terminal effectiveness and their grips are a little big for granny.
They do have great capacity and very low recoil.
Sig's P322 is a high capacity 22lr with an acceptable grip and low recoil.
But the terminal velocity is probably worse that the 22wmr and the 5.7. I am not sure how much worse in a 4-inch barrel.
Recently a larger size 380 has got my attention. It is a Beretta 80x Cheetah.
It has 13+1 capacity. Not too large of a grip. Larger than the modern-day pocket rockets so more controllable.
Low recoil. With some of the modern ammo by Underwood, it may be fairly effective.
What do you think?
I would say the needed criteria would be:
Low recoil
Decent round capacity
East to operate in regard to making ready to shoot and shooting. Not including cleaning and loading.
Terminal effectiveness
A small enough grip that a small weak hand could hold on to.
The calibers that come to mind are 22lr, 22wmr, 5.7, and 380.
Looking at some modern offerings, S&W make a high-capacity pistol in 22wmr and 5.7.
I am not in love with their terminal effectiveness and their grips are a little big for granny.
They do have great capacity and very low recoil.
Sig's P322 is a high capacity 22lr with an acceptable grip and low recoil.
But the terminal velocity is probably worse that the 22wmr and the 5.7. I am not sure how much worse in a 4-inch barrel.
Recently a larger size 380 has got my attention. It is a Beretta 80x Cheetah.
It has 13+1 capacity. Not too large of a grip. Larger than the modern-day pocket rockets so more controllable.
Low recoil. With some of the modern ammo by Underwood, it may be fairly effective.
What do you think?