Production gun for Wife?

[Flash74]

Maybe I am missing something, but I have never reached the mag release with my thumb on any pistol I have shot. (Big hands with short sausage fingers) I rotate the gun in the hand to hit the button while reaching for a mag with the weak hand. By the time I get the mag to the gun I have the gun rotated back into position in my strong hand.

[Alan550]

Well, ya' got me with the title of the post! Here I thought you were looking for a trade!

[ddc]

As already mentioned:

1. Many shooters have to do some amount of gun rotation in the hand in order for strong side thumb to get to mag release.

2. I know more than one person who uses weak side thumb.

3. My wife has small hands (short thumbs?) and the PPQ M2 is about the only gun she has tried where she could reach the button without conscious rotation.

4. Having said that she is now shooting an M&P which has a mag release not quite as user friendly as the PPQ but she has adapted and has developed a very nice reload.

She has to rotate a bit but has got to the point where it is automatic.

[StraightSh00ter]

I find the mag release of a CZ75 really easy to reach, and they shoot great too I believe in not having to change my grip for a mag change. It's hard for me to get there with my 1911 but I'm getting pretty close. With a CZ, it's right where it needs to be (for me).

Edited December 5, 2015 by StraightSh00ter

[imeyers78]

agreed! Great solution

[Rangerdug]

You might consider the SIG 320. It has a different frames, and the nice thing is the "gun" is the trigger group. It also has a good grip texture. It has a good balance to it. From what I am hearing, there is more competition parts coming out for it.

[Pizzim]

I'll be 3rd to say the p320, with the small grip module it fits my wife's hands nicely

[g mac]

+1 for the Sig P320 with small grip frame, and can still sanded down further with stipple the grip.

[Lee G]

production gun

[Lee G]

Sorry, I misread the title. I thought it said production gun OR wife.

[Pizzim]

Sorry, I misread the title. I thought it said production gun OR wife.

Yup, that made me chuckle

[JAB]

I have always used my thumb on my weak hand to hit the mag button when reload make it very easy fast and smooth .

[ckc189]

My wife has very small hands, and even though she hasnt competed, she can get the magazine release on my m&p with the small backstrap grip insert

[Glock26Toter]

Keep buying guns until she finds one she likes... hey, it's not your fault you have to buy so many.

[Schultztec]

On November 12, 2015 at 8:21 PM, yellowfin said:

Glock 34 is very, very hard to beat.

+1

[Schultztec]

Like other have said  g34 or 17

 

chris

[Kletus]

I'd say try the PPQ.   Mag release is great for smaller hands.   Stock trigger is better than many of the custom options on other guns.  5" PPQ and install some Dawson Sights and you are good to go.   If she wants a really light trigger then there is a piano wire spring listed on the Walther Forums that drops stock trigger pull to about 3.25 lb.  Don't let the number fool you... the 3.25 trigger on my PPQ feels way lighter than a 2.5 lb trigger on my G34.  There is simply no creep when you hit the takeup wall.

[Raider26]

If running a 1911, Dawson has a nice magazine release that angles back towards the thumb and is really easy to reach. A set of VZ grips with the Super Scoop option also helps a lot.

[jaques]

My better half is doing her first USPSA shoot next weekend. She will be shooting either the STI DVC 3-Gun or the STI Limited. After shooting those, I can't get her to shoot anything else. It's gonna be so much fun to watch her.

[Topgeer]

My GF uses a vp9. She absolutely loves it. She has tried glock and XDM as well but always goes back to the vp9.

[R1_Demon]

Thanks for the video.  Interesting.  I never thought to use my week hand thumb/finger to hit the mag release when reloading.  I've always twisted the firearm to use my strong hand thumb while reaching for a new mag with my weak hand.  Just got used to doing it that way all these years.  I may actually have to try this to see if it is any faster for me or if there is an advantage to doing it.   

 

BTW, I know you said your wife is already using the XDm, but my wife shoots the Walther PK380 (non competition) and does very well with it and she has very small hands/fingers.  Only problem she has is dropping the mag with the "paddle style" mag release on the Walther that is at the bottom of the trigger guard because of her nails.  I actually have a bit of a problem with it too and would have to train with it to become proficient at it.  It is a neat little gun and shoots very well and has a nice small grip to get your hand around, but it would take practice to get used to the paddle style mag release.  But it would probably be something she could get used to, but you couldn't use it in competition because it is only a .380 and you would have to go 9mm and up for competition. (at least USPSA)