Excellent advice and you're completely right. I'm going to look into that class right now.
Excellent advice and you're completely right. I'm going to look into that class right now.
The Ruger LC9 has a slide lock, and isn't intended to be a "slide release" you're supposed to pull the slide back
My neighbor has one and she cant get rid of it fast enough, problem is, no one else wants it. It fails to go into battery every time with JHP. SHe sent it back to Taurus, came back, same problem, she took it to a smith and had the ramp polished, same problem. Sent it back to Taurus again, came back same problem. Sent it back again, with instructions to either fix or give her a new gun. She went round and round with Taurus and they finally gave her a new gun that actually worked. She is now doesn't trust Taurus and At this point she just wants to be rid of it
The PPS is a great gun but it has a quirk that you really have to train for. One is the paddle release. If she is used to a push button release she wil have to get used to the paddle
2nd, because you don't have to adjust your grip when using the paddle release, the magazine can hang on the butt of your hand and will result in you having to adjust your grip anyway. As long as she knows that and trains for that, I wont be a problem
2nd, because you don't have to adjust your grip when using the paddle release, the magazine can hang on the butt of your hand and will result in you having to adjust your grip anyway. As long as she knows that and trains for that, I wont be a problem
No kidding? Well, that would explain it.
Glad I didn't buy it now, thinking it would "break in". Hate that concept, personally - I want to change the mag, drop the slide with my thumb and keep shooting.
I thought the same, Have a Ruger Sr9 and the mag release really sucked. Called Ruger and they said, "Did you read the manual?" I said "No, its a pretty straight forward operation". That's when they told me its a slide lock. Kinda wish they could have spent a lil extra and made it a slide relelase
I got my mom a 709 slim 9MM in that funky special edition lavender color that she just had to have. I bought it at Academy in OKC as it was on sale for 20% off in 2015 and since she couldn't
rack the slide on my M&P 40, she could on the 709 Slim and she handled it nicely. The grip is small enough for her little skinny hands to grip it and hold it well. We never got a chance for her to shoot it
because she developed a disabling disease that attacked her shoulders and we didn't know it was advancing until about 3 months after I got her the gun, so now she can't rack the
slide on it, much less shoot it. It isn't a problem with the gun, but the shooter. I would recommend your mom to rent one at a range and try it out before jumping in there and buying one
because getting rid of it has been a real pain. It was sold to us as being one of Taurus's best semi autos and because it is slim it easily concealed. However, the Lavender color isn't
a color choice of a weapon that most men find appealing, so women become the target buyers.
rack the slide on my M&P 40, she could on the 709 Slim and she handled it nicely. The grip is small enough for her little skinny hands to grip it and hold it well. We never got a chance for her to shoot it
because she developed a disabling disease that attacked her shoulders and we didn't know it was advancing until about 3 months after I got her the gun, so now she can't rack the
slide on it, much less shoot it. It isn't a problem with the gun, but the shooter. I would recommend your mom to rent one at a range and try it out before jumping in there and buying one
because getting rid of it has been a real pain. It was sold to us as being one of Taurus's best semi autos and because it is slim it easily concealed. However, the Lavender color isn't
a color choice of a weapon that most men find appealing, so women become the target buyers.
I don't know your Mom... But for any real life situation I would have to seriously recommend something more along the lines of the Ruger lcr snubby. I have had my mom shoot small semi autos and sometimes she lets the gun flip and stove pipe or creates a non round feed situation. Don't ask me how it doesn't happen to me with the same gun. She also is never gonna train enough to be automatic on a tap and rack with a misfeed. When you pull the trigger on the revolver the second time it's gonna go bang! Just my thoughts.
I carried the 709 for several years and it served its time well....but just for pure comfort of carrying a firearm all day every day the little Diamondback DB380 is a great choice, has about the same pop as the rest of the small frame handguns yet is very comfortable for conceal carry options. I've seen them at gun shows for as low as $199..
Never have had any feed or firing issues ..did I mention it was very comfortable to carry
Never have had any feed or firing issues ..did I mention it was very comfortable to carry
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