You've always wondered ...
What Gun is Best for a Man?1
By Kathy Jackson
Now granted all men are not alike, but men in general have big, thick
fingers. They cannot manage fine motor skills as well as women can. Men
usually have heavy upper-body musculature, so you could expect most of
them to easily hold even a heavy gun without difficulty. (For example,
a Desert Eagle would be a good handgun choice which takes advantage of
a man's usually well-developed gross motor skills).
On the other hand, men often have difficulty shooting smaller guns. Their
oversized hands can be an issue. So can the feeling perhaps that a little
gun is not manly enough, or is designed only for wimps and pansies. For
these reasons, smaller guns might be best left unconsidered even when
a smaller gun might otherwise be well-suited to the task for which a man
wants a gun.
Because men are generally less precise and less patient than women are,
it is best to avoid guns which require them to carefully align the sights
and gently squeeze the trigger without disturbing the sight picture.
Therefore, a shotgun, perhaps a 12-gauge, is probably the best gun for
a man. It is big and powerful, thus avoiding the social scorn caused by
using a smaller gun. Because the shot can be expected to spread somewhat,
an impatient or imprecise man will not have to carefully align the sights.
Many shotguns don't even have sights. Better still, a 12-gauge
pump-action shotgun sounds masculine in every way. The very name is masculine,
and the gun itself sounds intimidating and powerful both in preparing
to shoot and in actually firing. Working a pump action also allows the
man to flex his biceps and use his usually well-developed gross motor
skills so that he does not become frustrated or bogged down in unaccustomed
detail work.
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