Guy Miner
Master Loader
- Apr 6, 2006
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What a pleasant surprise this little pistol turned out to be, and PERFECT for those who have small or weak hands.
As a firearms instructor, I've run into a surprising number of women, usually older, who literally cannot pull the trigger on a common double-action revolver, due to a lack of hand strength. Nor can they readily handle the trigger on a common double-action semi-auto. I've been working with one woman who had a devil of a time even cocking a double-action Smith & Wesson revolver, let alone pulling the trigger all the way through and firing the gun. She tried the 9mm Ruger LC9 instead, a compact semi-auto. She did better with it, but still had trouble pulling the trigger all the way through and making it fire.
Of course I had her work with hand-strengthening exercises, but it was still a problem.
Then I learned of the new version of the LC9, the LC9s, a "striker fired" version of the same pistol, with a remarkably light, easy trigger pull.
Link: http://www.ruger.com/products/lc9s/models.html
Her first 7 shots with that gun were clustered in a nice, tight group! Accuracy has never been a problem for her, just getting the doggone things to shoot. Well, that's not a problem anymore!
Just for info - in case you've got someone in your life who has trouble shooting a pistol, due to hand strength.
Regards, Guy
As a firearms instructor, I've run into a surprising number of women, usually older, who literally cannot pull the trigger on a common double-action revolver, due to a lack of hand strength. Nor can they readily handle the trigger on a common double-action semi-auto. I've been working with one woman who had a devil of a time even cocking a double-action Smith & Wesson revolver, let alone pulling the trigger all the way through and firing the gun. She tried the 9mm Ruger LC9 instead, a compact semi-auto. She did better with it, but still had trouble pulling the trigger all the way through and making it fire.
Of course I had her work with hand-strengthening exercises, but it was still a problem.
Then I learned of the new version of the LC9, the LC9s, a "striker fired" version of the same pistol, with a remarkably light, easy trigger pull.
Link: http://www.ruger.com/products/lc9s/models.html
Her first 7 shots with that gun were clustered in a nice, tight group! Accuracy has never been a problem for her, just getting the doggone things to shoot. Well, that's not a problem anymore!
Just for info - in case you've got someone in your life who has trouble shooting a pistol, due to hand strength.
Regards, Guy
