“I always suggest that women carry a .38 revolver.”
Gerat advice! My wife, after struggling with an all but non-functional Kahr .380 ( it managed all the malfunctions you mentioned in one 6 round mag) that she had to force the shop that sold it to her to take it back, got the same advice from another shop and purchased a Ruger LCR in .38 Special. She now has two other .380 semis, but the Ruger is in the bedside lockem up. The other two things about semi’s with women is limp wristing creating malfunctions and the strength required to cycle the slide. The last issue is problematic for older women who have arthritis.
That’s too bad. I have had a Kahr 9mm for 10 years without any of those problems. Love it.