Easiest 9mm to work the slide

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Sig and CZ models are hard for my wife to work the slide (pull and lock).

Do you know what is the easiest 9mm slide to work with?

My wife and long fingers but she can't open the slide on CZ and Sigs.

Are Glocks any better? What would be the easiest 9mm for a woman?
 
CZ is probably the worst because of the low slide profile and weak slide serations....

SIG has a pretty tall slide, so it should work well (looks like she just doesn't have the mussle to do it!) I don't think Glock would be any easier at all....

btw unless she's/you're shooting low power ammo don't get a light recoil spring it will beat up the gun!


A good way for a woman or a weak man :D to do rack the slide is to hold the gun in one hand close to the body and work the slide with the other by moving both hands in the oposite direction ;) --><---
 
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af_newbie said:
Sig and CZ models are hard for my wife to work the slide (pull and lock).

Do you know what is the easiest 9mm slide to work with?

My wife and long fingers but she can't open the slide on CZ and Sigs.

Are Glocks any better? What would be the easiest 9mm for a woman?
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I assume that she is having difficulty locking the slide open when no (empty) mag is in...

It might be a case where her hands are not big enough to avail her thumb to reach the slide lock while gripping with the strong hand and pinching the slide with the weak hand(sling shot mode).

She might try holding the grip from the side on the strong hand and using the over hand racking with the weak hand. This should allow her right thumb of the strong hand to actuate the slide lock.

As above, CZ has the inverted slide which gives little to grip on. Sig and HK have tall slides(and bores) and give more to grip.
 
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Or get a Beretta!

With the slide safety it gives you something to grasp!;) Plus 92 (and 96!) uses 13lbs recoil springs! (vs 15lbs for P226 9mm and 20lbs for .40 version, not sure about CZ...) It would probably work the best for her.
 
Glocks; though in the beginning the Glock is so stiff you gotta pull it back hard until it breaks in!
Well in my experience..
 
Thanks guys,

My Sigs and CZs springs are 14-18lb. Shadow has a 14lb spring and she
still has problems.

I'll try to teach her to move her hands in the opposite direction.

I was thinking Glock 17 for her due to weight of CZs and Sigs.

Any USP female owners out there?
 
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HK USP would probably be the easiest one that I can think of. The slide is tall, the slide catch is huge, and the slide seems to require less force to pull back than other guns.

Personally I wouldn't buy a gun based on this criteria alone, but I'm sure you've thought of that as well.

The worst ones for your wife are going to be the ones where the recoil spring goes around the barrel... such as Walther PP, PPK, SIG 230, 232, HK P7, etc.
 
Sound about right

Winz said:
She might try holding the grip from the side on the strong hand and using the over hand racking with the weak hand. This should allow her right thumb of the strong hand to actuate the slide lock.
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DO THAT while

IM_Lugger said:
....Rack the slide while holding the gun in one had close to the body and work the slide with the other by moving both hands in the oposite direction
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Shadow has a 14lb spring and she still has problems.
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It's the low slide profle; it doesn't give you much to grasp on, and CZ's slide serrations don't help that much...

I was thinking Glock 17 for her due to weight
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Glock is lightweight, but I don't see how it would make it easier to for her to work the slide...

Something with a slide mounted safety would work best...
Walther P1/P38 is very easy due to the lock up.......Beretta should be similar.
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that's a good point! been a while since I played with Walther but Beretta (due to the locking block) has a VERY smooth slide! I find guns with 'flat' captive springs (Glocks, M&P, Steyr etc) feel esp. rough.
 
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ghostie said:
HK USP would probably be the easiest one that I can think of. The slide is tall, the slide catch is huge, and the slide seems to require less force to pull back than other guns.

Personally I wouldn't buy a gun based on this criteria alone, but I'm sure you've thought of that as well.

The worst ones for your wife are going to be the ones where the recoil spring goes around the barrel... such as Walther PP, PPK, SIG 230, 232, HK P7, etc.
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I was thinking
http://www.hecklerkoch-usa.com/usp_tact_general.html
 
Even those that are 'strength challenged' can usually learn the 'push - pull' method of working the slide....
You 'push' the grip forward, while 'pulling' the slide backward...
It has to been done smartly, with a fair amount of force...
Too many people simply try and 'yank' the slide back...
Locking the action open is usually a little more difficult...best bet would be to simply use an empty magazine if there is too much difficulty in doing the 'push - pull' while pushing up on the slide lock.....
 
One trick that works most of the time.

Instead of pulling the frame & pulling the slide to the rear , try the reverse.
Hold the slide with the weak hand & push the frame forward with the strong hand . It actually makes a big difference.
 
every new gun need sometimes to break in and smooth out the slide, especially CZ. Glock is easier than CZ for sure. But she she likes Sig or Cz, have she cocked the hummer before pull the silde until the slide smooth out.

Trigun
 
As most of us agree, the HK USP is pretty easy to work with because of that big slide.

The only thing I would check with the wife if she feels comfortable with the USP grip and trigger reach.

Otherwise the USP Compact(tactical for the longer barrel to be restricted) or the P2000 have smaller grips but retain quite a large slide to grip onto.
 
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HK USP is easiest by far.
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plus the slide release is huge, easy to use if you want to lock the slide back. When the gun is really worked in, it gets even easier.
I am going to say the recoil spring on the sig is heavier. You can get lighter hammer springs and recoil springs for the CZ.
 
i have felt the grip on the P2000, and USP compact,... the P30/ P30L puts those to shame. I felt the grip on the P30 was small enough with the medium size panels, but the small size panels make it very user friendly for small hands..plus it had forward and rear cocking serrations.
 
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