SIG P250

29 July 09 SIG P250 My nine-year-old granddaughter had a great time shooting several handguns yesterday. It is not the first time for her, but her hands are still far too small for most serious pistols. She liked the trigger on my Kahr PM45, but recoil was too heavy for her, and she only fired three rounds from it before handing it back to me. She really liked the small Kahr P380! It fits here hand and recoil was manageable. Trigger is extremely useable, and our only limitiation was the fact that we quickly ran out of ammunition! Like the Kahr P380, she liked the size and light weight of my S&W 340PD (five-shot snubby revolver), but its trigger is too heavy for her small hands. She needed two fingers. What was most interesting was the way she took to my SIG P250/Compact 9mm! It is equipped with the smallest of the three frames available, and she was able to reach and press the trigger easily. She gracefully fired round after round, hitting with every one. I had mixed feelings about the 250's trigger when I first started using it, but, after seeing this nine-year-old's rapid progress, I'm starting to like it. Smooth, steady, seamless, with a distinct (albeit deep) reset, there are no surprises, no inconsistencies. And, of course, no manual safety and no decocking lever. The P250 was the one pistol she wanted to shoot the most, and one-hundred rounds later, she still wanted to shoot it more! As a utility, defensive pistol that nearly anyone can be taught to manage well and shoot well, the P250 is hard to beat! /John