My wife needs a new handgun

[Rushcreek]

I modified this dirt simple 9mm so that my wife could yank the slide back when needed. She has rheumatoid arthritis. It’s one of the house guns and hasn’t jammed yet with hp or fmj.
She can still shoot her m67 S&W and her thumb safety Shield 9 very well, but working the slide on the Shield is tough for her.
I know that Beretta had a tilt barrel 9mm for a short while, but I think that it’s no longer made.
So the Girsan .380 and the Tisas Fatih .380 are it, except for the .32 Beretta Tomcat and the Beretta 21 .22LR.
I like tilt barrel autos. The only one that I have now is a Taurus PT22. Other than needing to double strike a round occasionally it’s a neat little gun. It doesn’t jam, and you can shoot ANY .22 shell in it as a break open single shot. .22 Short CB on up to rat shot.
A Ruger 22/45 has an easily slid slide, and would work just fine for a house gun but harder to CC.

 

[JWFilips]

With a M-60 there is no need to conceal. Nobody will want to mess with you. ....at least not for long!

Yeah ! Wish we had them every 200 yards on our southern border...there would be no crossings

 

[Ian]

Thumbing back a hammer is slow and could be the difference in life or death situation.

No one has any meaningful statistics, but back when that was all there was, I imagine ladies made do just fine.....especially with the cartridge Derringers with shrouded triggers.

 

[Ian]

I modified this dirt simple 9mm so that my wife could yank the slide back when needed. She has rheumatoid arthritis. It’s one of the house guns and hasn’t jammed yet with hp or fmj.
She can still shoot her m67 S&W and her thumb safety Shield 9 very well, but working the slide on the Shield is tough for her.
I know that Beretta had a tilt barrel 9mm for a short while, but I think that it’s no longer made.
So the Girsan .380 and the Tisas Fatih .380 are it, except for the .32 Beretta Tomcat and the Beretta 21 .22LR.
I like tilt barrel autos. The only one that I have now is a Taurus PT22. Other than needing to double strike a round occasionally it’s a neat little gun. It doesn’t jam, and you can shoot ANY .22 shell in it as a break open single shot. .22 Short CB on up to rat shot.
A Ruger 22/45 has an easily slid slide, and would work just fine for a house gun but harder to CC.

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I like that a lot. The Hi-Point pistols do have a pretty substantial slide return spring on account of being strictly blowback.

 

[Rockydoc]

What does she want? What fits her hand?
I would lean towards a double action revolver but that is just me.

Biggest mistake most men make is pickin a handgun for their spouse instead of letting them piclose.

She likes the revolver she has. She just can no longer pull the 8 lb trigger.

 

[JWFilips]

I put a Lighter spring in my wife's S&W Model 32 Way easier to shot Double action : However I have to besure to only use Federal Primers in here ammo any more ( Softest cups) otherwise she got misfires with Win and CCI
The Federals go off every time!

 

[oscarflytyer]

You guys are thinking way too small in the M-60 arena! I want at LEAST a pair of full ammo cans all linked - and that is for starters! LOL!

 

[RicinYakima]

You guys are thinking way too small in the M-60 arena! I want at LEAST a pair of full ammo cans all linked - and that is for starters! LOL!

And a spare barrel and mitt!