oneounceload
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M1 mentioned above would be a good choice - easy to work the bolt and light recoil
When it came time to rack the slide, how did that go? I was gifted a nearly new Bersa Thunder b/c the octogenarian could neither load the mags nor rack the slide.Those Maglula loaders make it extremely simple.
In my last CHL renewal class there was an 80yr old woman that couldnt work the action on her snubby due to the same issue and did not pass. However, earlier in the class the instructor was demonstrating one of the mag loaders and I watched her load magazines for her son with the Maglula.
We have this problem in many older people we are teaching. We have a class that allows folks to shoot many handguns and there are three that arthritic folks tend to like.
1. The Walther P22.
2. The Ruger LCP
3. The Beretta Bobcat.
Yes, we are sometimes surprised, as we were with a 81 year old lady who could handle a Glock 26 as long as we loaded it.