Totally puzzled a gun store owner

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BTW I know some of you are gonna facepalm me, but I have my GLOCK, 1911, and Taurus Judge in the same pistol rack in my safe

SMMMMAAACCCKKKKK :neener: Mannnnnnn them things are going to mate and have some sort of wild offspring if you don't separate them! :what:
 
Revolvers w/o full length lugs bother me as well. I even shy away from SA's that have barrels longer than 5.625" barrel lengths for the same reason; I need a barrel length ejector or it just doesn't look right.
 
but more importantly my wife can use

???

YOU hate revolvers so you don't want your wife to have one to protect herself even though it would probably be a lot simpler to use? Let your wife decide...
 
As others have already pointed out, her problem of not being able to rack the slide has nothing to do with the gun or lack of strength - it's all in the technique. With proper training practically ANY healthy human can easily rack the slide on nearly any semi-auto pistol. Get her some quality training and her "problem" will disappear.
 
7mm Remington Magnum. Dont know why. I just find them repulsive.

Getting back to the handgun question, if she cant handle the slide then the revolver is the way to go. Beretta makes, or made, a tip-up barrel 380 auto. But if she gets a malfunction its all over. Find a Ladysmith and she might like one made just for the women. My wife loves her 3 inch S&W M64 in 38 Special. We use it for a house gun as she can shoot it well. Just my .02.
 
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My younger daughter has always been fearless with respect to recoil. She shoots .357 mags and 1911s well.

She doesn't quite have the strength to pull back the slide on a 1911 - unless she first thumbs back the trigger. Once she does that she can then bring the slide back. Maybe your wife could try that?

That said, my daughter prefers grandad's security six to any autoloader.
 
HD shotguns w/ mag tubes that don't match the barrel length. It's for HD! Give me the extra round already.
I'm with you there. The only exception being trench guns, the magazine tube had to move back a bit to affix a bayonet.

Every time I shop shotguns, the only ones that hold any interest are the Saigas, trench guns, and single-shot ones you can swap the barrel for a rifle (TC, Rossi). Bird guns just don't interest me, probably because I don't hunt birds.

Getting back to the handgun question, if she cant handle the slide then the revolver is the way to go.
I'm not buying that a healthy adult can't rack a slide. Try the texhnique outlined on Cornered Cat's website, and have her actually go shooting with another woman who shoots, instead of having a gun thrust into her hand by her husband.
Women who claim to be unable to rack the slide on duty-type autoloaders are either making up an excuse to not go shooting or haven't tried.
 
So, I am curious anyone else out there have a similar type of hangup when it comes to a particular type of firearm?

Dunno about a "type" of firearm. But I won't own a S&W wheelgun (or any other gun, for that matter) with a Klinton lock or any other of that PC bullcrap.

Won't own a gun with forward serrations if I can help it.

Won't own a gun with huge inscription on the slide declaring me (or it. Never figured that one out.) to be Uber Tacticool Expert Champion Operator. C'mon...

Not crazy about a logo on the slide that looks & sounds like it belongs on a box of feminine hygiene products...:D
JK on the last one. Sorta...
 
I think perhaps we need to read between the lines here.

IMO the OP's wife probably doesn't care for automatics, trouble racking the slide

may very possibly be a diplomatic way to point her husband in the direction of

what may be more attractive to her, i.e.- revolvers.

A while back I shot a S&W 9mm rental pistol. I didn't like the gun, so my accuracy, as a result, was, to be polite, lackluster. I know I should have shot
more accurately with the 9mm than the 1911, but my heart just wasn't in it.;)
 
I'm fine with Glocks and revolvers. For me it's Hi-Points, I can't stand 'em. I wouldn't disrespect a home invader with a Hi-Point, they deserve to be shot with something better.
 
I am a 30 yr. old female. I happen to love revolvers, but don't use mine for home defense because I have a small child in my home, and I feel that they are far to dangerous because of the ease children have in operating them. My personal choice for home defense is a Para 45 auto. I would say to buy something she is comfortable with and don't give it to her until she has shot no less than 100 rounds thru it unassisted at the range. If she is not 100 % comfortable with is she may hesitate to use it in an emergency. I am only 5ft 4 in and 130 lbs. and with practice found that I had no problem pulling back any slide. The old saying practice makes perfect is true...
 
well, to the little lady problem..let her do the choosing, with you not even present. When she has decided what she wants, pay for it for her. End of problem. Do not let your bias influence her decision on Her pistol, be it a revolver or an auto.

I have a couple autos, but prefer my .38 Colt revolver. My problem is Arthor Itus has come to visit. Can I rack a slide, yes, does it hurt, yes. and I am 6' 1" and over 200 lbs but my left hand is almost useless. My auto I like best is a CZ 52, but oh does it hurt to rack that first round in there.

Has anyone racked the slide on a FN FiveseveN? I would think it should be lighter????

A slide I can rack without pain...my wifes High Standard Olympic (22 short),,,not exactly a HD weapon.
 
I went through the same thing with my wife, I wanted her to have a semi auto matic pistol. A revolver was just out of the question. My wife cannot rack slides back, but I just told myself, "well she'll get used to it". Well not so much, racking a slide is out of the question because she has rumatoid athreitus(excuse the spelling) We tried glock, rugers, tauruses, and m&p's all a no go.
It finally got sad to watch her try to rack a slide, almost like I was setting her up for failure. She was ready to give up on owning/carrying a gun. So I decided I"d take her to a gun store and keep my mouth shut and see what she gravitated towards. She went to the revolver counter and asked to hold a 38 specisl. (The Charter Arms Pink Lady) She loved it and it was liite and she love the SA trigger pull. So as much as it pained me to by a PINK gun I did it for her. I'm so glad i did because she's actually really good with it from self defense range. She now says she's a 38special kind of girl, and thats fine with me.
Don't be stubborn and let your distaste for revolvers cheat your wife out of owning a gun that she is comfortable using. I now go to work 3rd shift happy knowing theres a little pink 38special by her bedside that she could use should the need arise.
 
I do not really like any polymer firearm....glocks included!

I had a few Taurus Millenium and now have a Walther P22 (it is hanging around, but I threaten to sell or trade it all the time)

Although Glocks are inherently indestructable, and dependable.... so yeah I have an irrational distaste for a particular type of firearm! :uhoh:

Anyway...there is a great solution if you just gotta PUSH an autoloader on your wife!!! There is always the tip up barrell Beretta Model 86 .380....Solves two problems your distaste and her not being able to pull slides back!

However....I think she really doesnt like all that goes on with an Auto...and would really like to have just simple!

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Try living with one for a while-listen to thefamcnaj

Gouranga,

Try living with one for a while-listen to thefamcnaj and visit corneredcat.com with your wife. The site has good advice for how to rack a slide even if you have impaired upper body strength (by chromosomes or otherwise.)

I used to have a low opinion of the M-16. Until I lived with one for a while.

When I was 10, I had a low opinion of girls. I grew out of that, too.

I don't think I will ever get used to slide mounted safeties. I think they belong on the frame where God and John Moses Browning put them. But I know others who like them.

The hammer-drop on guns with decockers give me the willies.

I like my 1911s, but cocked and locked still makes me a bit nervous.

I hate the way my automatics treat my brass (but then I reload all my practice ammo).

Some of my prejudices have basis in reason, and some don't. Knowing the difference is important.

Lost Sheep
 
Larger guns in smaller calibers especially if they use a locked breech are easier to operate the slide. It also helps if you can manually pull the hammer back first which will then make it even easier to pull the slide back.

Some auto-loaders were made with a tip up barrel so the first round can be loaded directly into the chamber. No slide racking needed.

Most .25s and .22s with a halfway meaty slide will have a weak recoil spring and will be easy to rack the slide. You can have it all.

My little wife has no problem with the slide on her P32. The trigger is longggg but she is deadly accurate with that thing.
 
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