wormraper
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well, to set the ground work. I have a 78 year old mother who owns a shield 1.0. She shoots it well enough and is perfectly comfortable with the manual of arms, it's just that she's a petite woman and the shield's got a notoriously tough slide to rack. Now it's not a big deal under fire as the slide would lock back during a reload. It's just that it takes her 1 or 2 trys to lock the slide back to disassemble and I wonder if the slide lock doesn't engage when she needs it (god forbid) it could create a messy situation as she struggles to rack a round out that didn't fire, or chamber a new round.
I though that it might be best to look and introduce her to some guns with an easier to rack slide and I'm trying to "rack" (pun intended) my brain about common guns with a nice and soft slide rack. I've got a Glock 19 that feels like the easiest of the compact/sub compact world to rack, and of course I THOUGHT about buying her a shield EZ to replace her regular shield, but the reports of the 380 EZ having a lot of problems made me hesitate as I would definitely want to get her something reliable.
any suggestions? As I said, she can manipulate the shield slide, it's just that it's a beotch to do in one smooth motion for a 78 year old 5 foot 2 inch woman even using the classic "push" method that is taught to women
I though that it might be best to look and introduce her to some guns with an easier to rack slide and I'm trying to "rack" (pun intended) my brain about common guns with a nice and soft slide rack. I've got a Glock 19 that feels like the easiest of the compact/sub compact world to rack, and of course I THOUGHT about buying her a shield EZ to replace her regular shield, but the reports of the 380 EZ having a lot of problems made me hesitate as I would definitely want to get her something reliable.
any suggestions? As I said, she can manipulate the shield slide, it's just that it's a beotch to do in one smooth motion for a 78 year old 5 foot 2 inch woman even using the classic "push" method that is taught to women
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