Originally Posted by
Tamara
Yeah, because DAO J-frames are the hot ticket for arthritic hands and people with very little upper body strength.
The shooting community just loves to think that everybody is a young, fit male with good eyesight who is going to spend a couple hours a week at the range and dry-fire diligently.
How about grandma? Doesn't she get to shoot bad guys, too?
I've spent the last several months watching exactly this demographic trying to deal with Glock 43s, Shields, and Airweight J's foisted off on them by well meaning clerks.
Do you know what a Glock 43 or Shield does when loaded with 100gr @ 1100fps Critical Defense Lite* and gripped in a less-than-rock-solid grip?
*One thing nobody mentions about these "Lite" and "Managed Recoil" loads is that they barely have the ass to run the gun under ideal conditions, and Clara Peller's wavering grasp is as far from "ideal conditions" as it gets. We're selling those people boxes of FTEs and double feeds waiting to happen...