My wife and I are new to handguns and have been renting guns just about every weekend since we took a safety course in early October. We’ve had the opportunity to try a pretty wide variety and we’re zeroing in on what we like. Actually, between the rentals and some very friendly people we’ve been able to try about 25 different firearms, most of them handguns.
My wife is particularly fond of the Sig P232 (.380) and has shot it many times without having any issues until this last weekend. The darn thing kept stove-piping (at least once in every mag) and she absolutely could not pull the slide back to eject the round when it happened. Previously she had no trouble with jams with this gun. It was a seriously depressing situation for her as she had become pretty set on owning one of her own when she gets her license.
It’s really only just above her threshold as far as strength is concerned, so the question is this, could a gun smith safely tweak a gun like the P232 enough to make it comfortable for her to handle?
As a side question, is the P232 known for stove-piping? The guys at the range were suggesting the problem was due to limp-wristing it, but as I mentioned before, she had fired this gun with no issues on a number of occasions before this past weekend.
Looking forward to your advice…
My wife is particularly fond of the Sig P232 (.380) and has shot it many times without having any issues until this last weekend. The darn thing kept stove-piping (at least once in every mag) and she absolutely could not pull the slide back to eject the round when it happened. Previously she had no trouble with jams with this gun. It was a seriously depressing situation for her as she had become pretty set on owning one of her own when she gets her license.
It’s really only just above her threshold as far as strength is concerned, so the question is this, could a gun smith safely tweak a gun like the P232 enough to make it comfortable for her to handle?
As a side question, is the P232 known for stove-piping? The guys at the range were suggesting the problem was due to limp-wristing it, but as I mentioned before, she had fired this gun with no issues on a number of occasions before this past weekend.
Looking forward to your advice…