Easiest 9mm to work the slide

Smith & Wesson to the Rescue!

Okay, I know its prohibited, but the 3rd generation 5906 9mm is what your looking for.
The ambi-safety on both sides of the slide give you a sort of grip stop that aids in the racking of the slide. No slipping off.
And it's a good, decent gun.
Make me an offer and it could be yours!

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My wife has small hands and weak wrists , so far I had several Glocks and 1911's but never tried a Berretta ( pretty fat in the hand ) or HK . I'm trying a M&P now , better ergonomics and cheap to buy and shoot (if you reload ).
So far I think it's a fit .
 
colinjw is correct.

Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, but pivot your body so that the gun is parallel to your chest. If you are right handed, the left side of your body will be pointing downrange.
Keep your right hand on the grip and place your left hand on the forward part of the slide, away from the ejection port. Get a firm grip on the slide and keep it gripped so that the slide will not move. Now, push the grip/body of the gun forward under the slide. So, instead of trying to push the slide, you are holding the slide firmly and pushing the gun under it. You'll find that you have much more focused strength and better leverage.

As for a gun with the easiest slide to push, no semi-auto is easy to slide when new. Almost all of them are easier after a few hundred rounds.
 
just leave the empty mag in pull the slide back it will lock open then just take the mag out the slide will stay open
 
My wife tried most of my nine's before she bought the Glock.

She likes the feel of the Glock and how it points. The slide issue was not bad with the Glock.

The USP was a bit rough for her hands.. The checkering on the HK was painful after shooting it for some time. She tried the CZ SP01, loved the grip, but found it too nose heavy and the slide was a bit of an issue also.

My Sig was next , for the love of me I do not know why but she had a hard time with grip.

So now we have a Glock in the safe..

My suggestion is to have your wife try as many nine's as she can. make sure you have a small drill which is the same when trying them out. This will help in determing the right one.

On a side not the wife loves my 1911's , so see if you can let her try a 1911 pattern in nine..

TG
 
my wife found the easiest way to rack a semi was to hold the pistol on its side pointed downward, gripping the slide with her left hand, both elbows locked, and 'rolling' her shoulders so the pistol pushes forward and teh slide comes back. no arm or wrist strength and very little upper body strength required
 
Thanks guys.

All ladies in my house finally are able to lock SP-01 easily :)
I could not believe it.

Here is "OUR" method:
1. Face downrange with your body parallel to the muzzle,
like you are shooting bullseye. This is so that the shooter
sees the slide lock lever. Downrange should be on your left side.
2. Hold the gun in your right hand
3. Grab the slide in the middle with your left hand
4. Move both hands in the opposite direction
5. Lock the slide

IF step 5 is hard to do for the first time, let them grab the gun so that
they can reach the lever in step 1 and repeat 1-5.

Unbelievable, it is all in the technique. The first time they tried (before the above method), they could not move the slide, period.

Now they all laugh how easy it is to lock SP-01 with an 18lb string !!!
 
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Or to avoid all of the above problems; purchase a S&W Model 64 with a 4" barrel and let your better half forget about racking the slide or 'limp wristing' the firearm causing a jam.......
 
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