Pilot
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Nov 20, 2004
- Messages
- 1,208
- Location
- Oregon
- Tractor
- JD 770, Yanmar 180D, JD 420 (not running), had a Kubota B6200
My shootin hand, the right hand has arthritis pretty bad in some fingers. Trigger finger can't pull the trigger on several semi autos I have tried. The pull is too heavy and the travel is too long. Making it worse, I have long fingers and too many guns seem to be sized for smaller hands. I can rack the slide, but my thumb can't release it--can't move close enough to the tang to get a good push on it.
Got out my old Ruger .357 Blackhawk when there was a cougar on the property and that's when I found out I have problems. Excellent trigger pull, short travel and light pull. Best trigger of all the ones I have tried. But I can't cock the thing one handed--it's that thumb again.
Sun shop sales people say they are seeing a lot of people with arthritis as the boomers age.
So what's a good handgun for folks like me?
Got out my old Ruger .357 Blackhawk when there was a cougar on the property and that's when I found out I have problems. Excellent trigger pull, short travel and light pull. Best trigger of all the ones I have tried. But I can't cock the thing one handed--it's that thumb again.
Sun shop sales people say they are seeing a lot of people with arthritis as the boomers age.
So what's a good handgun for folks like me?