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Charles L. Cotton wrote:Welcome to the forum.

Some recoil springs are harder than others and I haven't shot the CZ you mentioned so I can't give you a good comparison. However, I have taught a lot of women how to shoot and the vast majority of time, being able to rack the slide is a matter of technique, rather than brute strength. Do you live close to the Houston area? If so, I'd be happy to meet you at the range and let her try some different guns and show her some methods that might help.

Chas.

Thanks for the offer Charles.
I live in Katy just west of Houston. I assume this would be at the PSC range?
Do you teach a class?

stvanme

NcongruNt wrote:

Also, you should note that a compact version of a standard-sized gun is going to have stiffer springs, due to the shorter travel available to the slide. She may not have a problem with a standard-length 75B. Like posted above, technique has something to do with it, and I've read about several women who followed the instructions at the link above and had a new set of options opened up for them.

You didn't mention what kind of gun (apart from semi-auto) she is looking for. Do you want to stay within 9mm or the same gun design (for mag compatibility)? If you're comfortable with .380, the Bersa Thunder .380 seems to be very popular with the female gunnies I know. Here is a link to a review of one by one of the lady gunbloggers whose site I frequent:

http://mausersandmuffins.blogspot.com/2 ... under.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I shot one of these belonging to Venus Pax at the last Forum day, and found it to be quite easy to operate, and don't recall the DA trigger or slide requiring much strength to pull. It's quite compact (same size/shape as a Walther PPK), and the ergonomics are good. Being that it is a common gun, I imagine you could check one out for feel at just about any gun shop that will let you cycle it and try the trigger.

Thanks, the Bersa looks promising. I'll check it out.

stvanme

TheArmedFarmer wrote:It's not a matter of weak hands or a spring that is too strong. It's all in the technique. Read this page:

http://corneredcat.com/RunGun/rack.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Your wife will then certainly be able to rack the slide of any semi-auto pistol.

Thank you for the link.
From the article I have found part of the problem is my own ignorance in racking the slide properly and being unable to show my wife how to do it properly. I am familiar with rifles and shotguns but handguns are new to me. I haven't even shot the CZ yet and have had it for 2 yrs. Thus the reason for both of us taking a handgun use/safety course and familiarize our self's with handguns before we take the CHL course. I don't want us to be a danger to ourselves or society.
My thoughts were for both of us to take the test with a semi-auto so we could use either a semi auto or revolver in the future. Since I already have a 9mm I was thinking of getting her that caliber too as I prefer to have deal only one type of ammo for now. Ideally I would prefer we both use the same gun (one for each of us). I may end up selling the CZ and buying two of a handgun of the same manufacture/model/caliber that both of us can agree on, at least for now.
As I mention in the my 1st post we we planning on renting a few at the range, I was just for input so I could possibly narrow the choices down a bit.

stvanme

My wife and I are planning on getting a CHL together along with a taking a basic handgun course before we go for the CHL. I have a CZ 75 Compact 9mm that my wife likes but she has a hard time pulling the slide back, the spring is just too strong. Are there any 9mm semi-autos she would have an easier time with? We are planning on renting when she takes the basic course but I would like to narrow the choices down a little before hand to some guns she can actually try and use comfortably.

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