I can somewhat agree with most of that post. For a new shooter the $25 would be better spent on ammo and hopefully they have someone more experienced to teach them. AS far as installing a spring kit, IMO anyone with any mechanical aptitude can do it and if you look at my other post I always say TEST it before relying on it to save your life. I didn't know about your modded Sigma (do you have a build thread???), but there are members here that are strictly anti-modding. As for having an 8# at the store and so on, yes it did, but in my case I had already done the research on lightening the trigger on the SD and the Ruger P95 that I was looking at. My wife is a Breast cancer survivor and has trouble with pulling a heavy trigger to even fire a a lot of guns. I liked the SA trigger of the P95, but my wife couldn't pull the trigger DA or cock the hammer, so my choice was the SD and lighten the trigger to make it as easy as possible for her to handle. I'm on a tight budge so the SD and a spring kit was the best option for us.
I get it, don't think I don't.
Most of my mods were done before I joined this forum. I know lots of people with "mechanical ability". Does that mean I would give them my gun to mod? Hell no! Most of the members here you can't tell if they are man, woman, or child, so how can you judge their mechanical ability?
Now you say test before reley on it, but what says they see you saying that. It is clear that a lot of people come here and ask 1 question and they are gone again. They don't use the search here. This is why we have 20 threads about spring kits, 20 threads on guide rods, and 20 threads on "low and left".
I am happy to here your wife is still with us. That's outstanding, and I totally understand her having trouble with the trigger, and slide. My wife also has trouble in those areas. She carries a DAO revolver. I understand being on a budget also. IMO getting your wife a used glock would have been a better choice. Here's why, and keep in my I don't like or own a glock, but here's why. The glock is very close in function to the SD line, the trigger is shorter and lighter, and there are companies out there that make "charging handles" or "slide racking knobs". Glock is the only gun I have seen these for, and they are for disabled or persons that have trouble racking the slide. Now just because I don't want a glock doesn't mean that if my wife found a glock to be a better choice for her that I wouldn't get her one. I would sell or trade one of my guns in a second for her to have what is best for her to defend herself or our family. A used glock can be had in the $400s not much more than you have in the SD. That is just my opinion and not saying you went wrong with buying the SD.
As for a build thread of my Sigma I think one of my first post has the majority of it. I have a lot of other posts of things I have done over time. In the end I traded my Sigma straight up for a nice gently used Taurus 1911. I don't know about you, but that says something to me. As in it's the average Sigma.
Please remember my main point is that I don't agree with a new shooter coming in and saying. "Oh I can't pull the trigger" and someone saying "oh all you need is to put a spring kit in it". No that is not the answer to a new shooter.
To the OP please excuse us for jacking your thread.
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If you would like to continue this debate lets open our own thread. You can put my screen name as the title if you like.
