My wife doesn't have any problems with shooting a 1911 in .45acp. She carries a Beretta Storm 9mm subcompact. Her sister couldn't rack the slide on the Glock her husband had bought, so we bought a EZ .380acp. She could run it without any problems, and we had a transfer done so we could give it to her. Her husband didn't buy the Glock for her, it was the only gun they had, and he had passed away.