"Big hands" etc.
"" Are you referring to the .50 caliber or .44 caliber?
I had absolutely no trouble racking the slide."" . . . The recoil springs are in the slide, and are there for you whether you shoot .50 or .44. Same racking-strength and recoil absorption since the springs don't change. And here's a good hint for medium or not-Schwartzenegger strength hands (like mine): many shooters forget the fact that as the bolt rotates, it will try to twist the frame in your hand. I've lost control of follow-up shots, and launched expensive brass to distant places, before I began using a pair of purple (just the effect) EMT gloves as shooting gloves. Like making even the wood grip stay in place like it's glued to the hand. Here's a recent scenario at the range: (I bought a coronet-case at a music-store for $20, pulled the purple velvet out of it carefully and replaced the horn-shape cutout with foam cut to fit my equipment, and put the velvet back in.) Lay out the case and open it to reveal my .50, 6" installed on the gun. The 10" .50 is in the spot below that, and the 14" .44mag. and slide in the bottom spot. Put on Purple gloves and ear-pads, and put a mag-full downrange. While the gawking is going on, roll the 6" barrel out, and the 10" back in . Takes about 30 seconds. Install new full mag and carry on. Et cetera. Yup, it sure is a fun gun. If anyone at the range wants to shoot it, I let'em. But only in .44mag -- NOT in .50AE unless they want to pay me $1 each round!!
