GJeffB
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Hmmm. Not my first dance buying a handgun, revolver or semiauto. BUT ... buying a new semiauto .22LR with wife. She'll be the decision maker. I'm just the gift giver. She has a Charter .38 snub that she hates, can't DA fire, and can't/won't deal with the recoil and noise. Perfectly understandable. So, we'll be letting her shop, something along a .22LR, best in a SAO auto. Ruger MkiV, SW Victory, Browning Buckmark, et al.
Now the question: buying new, how does one test the trigger? I have always asked if I can dry fire (various centerfires,1911, Shield, 442, etc) to feel the trigger. Some shops say yes, some say "here, use these snap caps." Great. But rimfire? Should I expect for her to be allowed to dry fire for the trigger? Should I expect a "No, it's rimfire" (understandable)? Buy and bring my own snap caps?
There's no place to rent/test various guns. Does my 25 year bride have to go on feel and slide pull only, or should she be allowed a (couple? three?) dryfire/s to get a feel for the trigger pull?
She's ready and excited to again dip her toe into the guns pool. But we can't keep buying guns just to*test* what trigger pull she likes.
-jb, happy to walk through a 1911 or .45-70 purchase
Now the question: buying new, how does one test the trigger? I have always asked if I can dry fire (various centerfires,1911, Shield, 442, etc) to feel the trigger. Some shops say yes, some say "here, use these snap caps." Great. But rimfire? Should I expect for her to be allowed to dry fire for the trigger? Should I expect a "No, it's rimfire" (understandable)? Buy and bring my own snap caps?
There's no place to rent/test various guns. Does my 25 year bride have to go on feel and slide pull only, or should she be allowed a (couple? three?) dryfire/s to get a feel for the trigger pull?
She's ready and excited to again dip her toe into the guns pool. But we can't keep buying guns just to*test* what trigger pull she likes.
-jb, happy to walk through a 1911 or .45-70 purchase