I never said she would need 17 shots, "dude". If you'll recall, one of the original complaints was that she had trouble hanging on the Shield. My suggestion was that a larger auto, such as a G17, would be easier for her to hang onto, as well as continuing to provide a lighter trigger for her arthritic fingers. The 17 shots is a happy bonus that also reduces the number of times she might have to try to work the slide. Try to keep up. And we already addressed the issue of going to the range alone, under the heading of independence. Remember?
In my second post of this thread, I acknowledged the validity of the points in favor of a DA revolver, but said that given the facts as stated I was not convinced that a heavy DA trigger was necessarily the best option for someone with arthritic fingers. It might be, it might not be.
If I decide I want to discuss this further, I'll find another brick wall, offline, to converse with.
Oh come on now. I can bend a little.
I could be perfectly happy with a Glock 19 as my only centerfire pistol.
And there are some double action revolvers that have a little heavy double action triggers. The worst are the rimfires, which can take a bit of finger strength to shoot double action.
But I don't notice it so much on a centerfire.
Maybe I don't have a good insight here, but the triggers don't seem that heavy. Especially if you get one with a wide smooth target trigger blade.
And a midsize 38 with 158 lead round nose is pretty easy to shoot for practice. Hardly any kick. Loys of fun to shoot.
I'd pick a little hotter ammo with a better bullet for self defense though.
Now back to the Glock. There's tools made for helping to load the magazine. But I still don't know if I'd want a Glock if I had difficulty racking the slide with just my hands though.
With that condition, and wanting to choose an autoloader, I think I might prefer a 1911 instead. I'd be happy just to hold and polish one of those.
