My fiance was extremely upset when I got my handgun, a HK USP 40c.
I took her to basic safety and training class, an excellent 6 hour course where she handled a 38spl confidently.
Then we went to the range and I let her shoot a P228 in 9mm, which scared her at first, but soon she was easily outshooting me.
I bought her a Sig P226 in 9mm about the same time I got myself a Sig P229 in .40 and we've been going to the range together ever since.
Recently, I acquired a Wilson Combat Compact CQB, but I am starting to get *very* worried by the way she looks at it and constantly wants to shoot it.
I'm hoping that getting her a Kimber full size 1911 in .45 for Christmas well make her back off my CQB, but I'm afraid they will have an affair behind my back, and me and the Kimber will be the outcast pair.
I had to sit down with the CQB and explain to her (the CQBc) that maybe we just aren't meant for each other.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
This all started about 6 months ago. I converted one! Her fears were all misconceptions, rumor, and baseless "statistics". She's a smart girl. Logic, fact, and cold hard truth eventually made her a believer in the 2nd ammendment. Yay me!
Neil
(To answer the original question, it depends on the woman. Mine is shooting my .45 more than I am right now, and in a officer frame/commander slide, nonetheless! She's about 5'6, 125lbs)