3KillerBs
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My 17yo DS#1 (who is 6'3" and still growing), admitted tonight that the reason he hasn't been very enthusiastic about the handguns is that his hands are so big that holding and firing the guns we have is uncomfortable because he has to crank his fingers around strangely to reach the trigger, the safety, etc.
We have a Ruger Mark III, a Hi-Standard revolver, and an S&W M&P 9mm. He hasn't tried the last with the largest backstraps yet because he either didn't understand until this afternoon that his hand size was the problem or he didn't want to admit that it was a problem. He's also tried a S&W j-frame revolver and a Ruger Single Six.
So, the antithesis of the perennial small hands thread, ...
What guns do you suggest we try to rent/borrow for him to try?
We came up with the following possibilities:
Full-size 1911
S&W K or L frame revolvers
Glocks (though DS#1 may be the only teenager in the US who thinks that Glocks are boring rather than cool)
Beretta 92FS or the Taurus PT92 clone
He needs a large-framed, large-gripped gun, but not a large caliber -- .22 (or a .22 conversion), 9mm, or .38 special is what we can afford to shoot.
Here's some shots of his big mitts dwarfing our guns:
Yes, that thing in his hands that looks like a toy in the second picture is my Mark III Hunter, the physically largest handgun in the house.
We have a Ruger Mark III, a Hi-Standard revolver, and an S&W M&P 9mm. He hasn't tried the last with the largest backstraps yet because he either didn't understand until this afternoon that his hand size was the problem or he didn't want to admit that it was a problem. He's also tried a S&W j-frame revolver and a Ruger Single Six.
So, the antithesis of the perennial small hands thread, ...
What guns do you suggest we try to rent/borrow for him to try?
We came up with the following possibilities:
Full-size 1911
S&W K or L frame revolvers
Glocks (though DS#1 may be the only teenager in the US who thinks that Glocks are boring rather than cool)
Beretta 92FS or the Taurus PT92 clone
He needs a large-framed, large-gripped gun, but not a large caliber -- .22 (or a .22 conversion), 9mm, or .38 special is what we can afford to shoot.
Here's some shots of his big mitts dwarfing our guns:
Yes, that thing in his hands that looks like a toy in the second picture is my Mark III Hunter, the physically largest handgun in the house.
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