Lite pull double action for wife . . . - Page 3

JohnIreland · June 12, 2025, 03:58 AM

I went back to my Taurus 85 hammerless .38 snub nose just to use the trigger pull to give my hands strength and yet soft control. I was planning on carrying a semi-auto. However the more I dry fired and got into the DA trigger, the more I like it. Being able to stage it, and then drop the hammer give great accuracy. I do this now with two hands, off hand, strong hand, weak hand. And dry fire gives you the real world feeling and sight pictures that a firing range can't. But start her with a good three hour class in firearm basics.

My Taurus is a steel frame. I started looking at videos of the light weights, both Ruger and S&W 642 and 442 and Bodyguard. I went to a gun store and got the feel of them, and realized I preferred my all steel frame better. The weight is not uncomfortable in a soft Houston IWB holster, and the weight will absorb some of the recoil, making control getting back on target easier. Not so in an air weight...those little things are not considered fun to shoot. Maybe light to carry but not fun to shoot. And the last thing you want to feel in an emergency is a cringe as you pull the trigger. While I prefer the concealed hammer of the 442 vs the spurless hammer of the Taurus 85...given the choice between an air weight 442 and an all steel Taurus 856 (six instead of 5 rounds), I purchased a new Taurus today.

Just my two cents. My wife has no interest in guns except for the saving her own life factor. A semi auto is not what she wanted. The simplicity of a revolver is perfect for her.

Ricklin · June 12, 2025, 12:38 PM

With regard to simple to operate? Glock, yes I do understand it is not a design that has been around for over a hundred years. I'm one that believes that to be a good thing. Glock, truly a point and click interface, store it in a good holster that covers the trigger.

Pumpkin · June 12, 2025, 09:08 PM

Better hope her holster isn’t her handbag.
Still doesn’t solve the slide racking problem, in fact, Glock slides are not rack friendly to a person with limited hand strength.

FITASC · June 12, 2025, 09:37 PM

Has she tried doing the close-to-the-chest push/pull method as advocated by Kathy Jackson on her Cornered Cat site? My wife(with arthritis in her hands) can easily rack her P365

June 12, 2025, 03:58 AM	#51
JohnIreland Junior Member Join Date: June 11, 2025 Posts: 3	Reconsider a lite weight revolver for your wife. I went back to my Taurus 85 hammerless .38 snub nose just to use the trigger pull to give my hands strength and yet soft control. I was planning on carrying a semi-auto. However the more I dry fired and got into the DA trigger, the more I like it. Being able to stage it, and then drop the hammer give great accuracy. I do this now with two hands, off hand, strong hand, weak hand. And dry fire gives you the real world feeling and sight pictures that a firing range can't. But start her with a good three hour class in firearm basics. My Taurus is a steel frame. I started looking at videos of the light weights, both Ruger and S&W 642 and 442 and Bodyguard. I went to a gun store and got the feel of them, and realized I preferred my all steel frame better. The weight is not uncomfortable in a soft Houston IWB holster, and the weight will absorb some of the recoil, making control getting back on target easier. Not so in an air weight...those little things are not considered fun to shoot. Maybe light to carry but not fun to shoot. And the last thing you want to feel in an emergency is a cringe as you pull the trigger. While I prefer the concealed hammer of the 442 vs the spurless hammer of the Taurus 85...given the choice between an air weight 442 and an all steel Taurus 856 (six instead of 5 rounds), I purchased a new Taurus today. Just my two cents. My wife has no interest in guns except for the saving her own life factor. A semi auto is not what she wanted. The simplicity of a revolver is perfect for her.

June 12, 2025, 12:38 PM	#52
Ricklin Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2008 Location: SW Washington state Posts: 2,368	Simplicity With regard to simple to operate? Glock, yes I do understand it is not a design that has been around for over a hundred years. I'm one that believes that to be a good thing. Glock, truly a point and click interface, store it in a good holster that covers the trigger. __________________ ricklin Freedom is not free

June 12, 2025, 09:37 PM	#54
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,638	Has she tried doing the close-to-the-chest push/pull method as advocated by Kathy Jackson on her Cornered Cat site? My wife(with arthritis in her hands) can easily rack her P365 __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

June 12, 2025, 09:08 PM	#53
Pumpkin Senior Member Join Date: October 18, 2020 Location: Seguin Texas Posts: 979	Better hope her holster isn’t her handbag. Still doesn’t solve the slide racking problem, in fact, Glock slides are not rack friendly to a person with limited hand strength.