cannonfire
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Hello all. I dont post much and well I'll get down to it. Hopefully this is in the right place as I'm only interested in handguns for this HD situation.
I'm an LEO in a pretty large Metro Atlanta PD (Go Braves...
). Prior to that I did 8 years in the Marines. Most of my experience as far as guns are with semiautos (glocks for work and I carry a VP9). I recently bought my fiance a S&W Shield 9mm, which she loves and can shoot quite well. The only problem is that she has difficulty racking the slide to load a round or clear a failure. Now the gun came SUPER stiff, and more breaking in of the spring is required, this I know, but some odd things have happened around the house lately.
While I as at work one night, my fiance was putting up some Christmas decorations around the house when she saw a male walk past the window in my backyard and appeared to be looking for something. She ran upstairs, called the local police, and grabbed her gun (good girl) but the subject was gone by the time local police got there.
Two nights ago (actually about 0245 yesterday morning) after coming from a late showing of a terrible new Star Wars movie, I was upstairs while she was setting up some Call of Duty (wanted to hunt some nazis to cool off from the disappointment of a movie). She heard somebody knocking at the door, she asked if it was me knocking upstairs (which it wasn't), but when she turned around, she saw a male in my backyard and jumping over my rear fence, leaving the property. I called the local police (I don't live where I work) and checked the immediate area my self. Didn't see anything.
Last night while coming home, we observed someone walking in the neighborhood who the fiance said was wearing the same type and color clothing as the person from the previous night. By the time I pulled into my driveway (was not about to talk to this guy with the fiance and nephew in the car), he was no longer to be found. Then the fiance wakes me up later that night to say someone was banging on a window. I checked the area, nothing.
Right, so I said all of that to say this. It makes me nervous that she can't manipulate the slide every time on her Shield or any semiauto for that matter, whether its her small hands or she is too weak, etc. I was thinking about picking up a revolver for her to use but I don't have experience at all with revolvers. I know the very basics, loading/unloading, but not much about what to look for as far as brands or models or caliber.
Should I look for a revolver or is there something I can do with an aftermarket spring for the Shield? She's too small to safely handle the shotgun or even the AR.
Sorry for the long post. She currently has her Shield loaded at her bedside, but I'm still worried that she may have to defend her life and my nephew's life with a gun that she can't safely manipulate.
I'm an LEO in a pretty large Metro Atlanta PD (Go Braves...
). Prior to that I did 8 years in the Marines. Most of my experience as far as guns are with semiautos (glocks for work and I carry a VP9). I recently bought my fiance a S&W Shield 9mm, which she loves and can shoot quite well. The only problem is that she has difficulty racking the slide to load a round or clear a failure. Now the gun came SUPER stiff, and more breaking in of the spring is required, this I know, but some odd things have happened around the house lately.While I as at work one night, my fiance was putting up some Christmas decorations around the house when she saw a male walk past the window in my backyard and appeared to be looking for something. She ran upstairs, called the local police, and grabbed her gun (good girl) but the subject was gone by the time local police got there.
Two nights ago (actually about 0245 yesterday morning) after coming from a late showing of a terrible new Star Wars movie, I was upstairs while she was setting up some Call of Duty (wanted to hunt some nazis to cool off from the disappointment of a movie). She heard somebody knocking at the door, she asked if it was me knocking upstairs (which it wasn't), but when she turned around, she saw a male in my backyard and jumping over my rear fence, leaving the property. I called the local police (I don't live where I work) and checked the immediate area my self. Didn't see anything.
Last night while coming home, we observed someone walking in the neighborhood who the fiance said was wearing the same type and color clothing as the person from the previous night. By the time I pulled into my driveway (was not about to talk to this guy with the fiance and nephew in the car), he was no longer to be found. Then the fiance wakes me up later that night to say someone was banging on a window. I checked the area, nothing.
Right, so I said all of that to say this. It makes me nervous that she can't manipulate the slide every time on her Shield or any semiauto for that matter, whether its her small hands or she is too weak, etc. I was thinking about picking up a revolver for her to use but I don't have experience at all with revolvers. I know the very basics, loading/unloading, but not much about what to look for as far as brands or models or caliber.
Should I look for a revolver or is there something I can do with an aftermarket spring for the Shield? She's too small to safely handle the shotgun or even the AR.
Sorry for the long post. She currently has her Shield loaded at her bedside, but I'm still worried that she may have to defend her life and my nephew's life with a gun that she can't safely manipulate.