My daughter prefers a .45 in the 1911, but she hasn't had to consider trade-offs involved with concealment and daily carry.
My wife and I have always preferred Sig P229's for the trade offs involved in carry, concealment, and effectiveness.
My wife carried a Sig P232 in .380 ACP for a few years before she had a better appreciation for issues of terminal effectiveness. We were up doing some training with Evan Marshall in Michigan about a decade ago, when her eyes were opened to the effectiveness issues and she switched to a more powerful cartridge in the P229.
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