Maybe it'll start a discussion or maybe make folks upset, why are small 3.5-2.5in barrel pistols advertised for women so much? I've owned a kahr cm9, cw9, and a st9. My wife and her lady friends have all shot them. The st9 has a 4in barrel, longer sight radius and a longer recoil spring which tends to be softer so it's less snappy, all the women could chamber it easier then the cm9/cw9. I've been to the range years ago with an old xd9mm service model {4in, 16rds} my lady could shoot a box of 500rds outta it to train, but with the snappy recoil and stiff recoil spring/slide of the small cm9 pistol she'd get maybe 50/75rds. I'd think that the pistol that allowed more training and rounds down range would equate to the better pistol to have.