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From: andy@DEC-Lite.Stanford.EDU (Andy Freeman)
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Subject: Re: Dumb Beginner Questions
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Date: 7 Jun 91 20:30:31 GMT
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In article <35323@mimsy.umd.edu> boyd@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes:
#  2.  You should be able to find a set of grips that fit both you and your 
#	wife's hands easier with a revolver (auto grip sizes are usually 
#	determined by the frame, and are often too big for small hands).

As near as I can tell, the "often too big for small hands" comment
isn't true.  How about telling me which specific guns are being
referred to so I can take my friends with small hands to see for
myself?

My experience has been the exact opposite.  I have medium large hands
(for example, the finger grooves in the hogue grips on S&W Classic
hunters are too close together so I can't put my fingers in them) and
there are guns that I can't really use because they're too small.

However, many of the novice women I go shooting with have tiny hands,
and they don't have any problems with big guns, including semi-autos.
(Their thumbs rarely reach the slide release when they're shooting,
but they can turn the gun in their hand to take care of it when
necessary without being appreciably slower than someone without that
handicap.)

They do have to learn how to rack the slide using their strong muscles
while I can use weak ones, but that doesn't bother them either.

-andy
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