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I saw a ring welded onto the back of a slide once. Can't remember the details, though.

Will she be shooting right hand only?

Have her look into a Beretta 86. It doesn't require the slide to be racked manually to load. It has the tilting barrel.

Yeah, I was thinking of the tilt-barrel Berettas or Tauruses, too.

My wife's BFF carries a .38 Snubby. She is a Message Therapist... so her hands and muscles already get a work out (Plus she is close my age). Right now she is looking to just work enough. And though she qualified for her CHL with a Semi-Auto pistol. She would prefer to keep her revolver, simply because of racking the slide is difficult. I sympathize with her. My Ruger at first was a real "B" to rack back the slide. It is now working in just perfect, but i know the feeling of fighting with it.

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This device must be used with Dawson's "Charger" rear sight (or similar style with a 90-degree forward angle). This WILL NOT work with any Glock OEM factory sights.

And nearly any semi auto can be racked into battery one-handed off a belt with proper technique, but this is a skill to be learned and utilized only in bad circumstances and not an every time method because it can cause the muzzle to point in bad directions (toward yourself or others) if done improperly.

Also, Google "Glock charging handle" and you'll find a lot of add-on devices. I have no experience with any - some look like gimmicks, some may work well.

First off, while I don't know the OP's friend or situation in detail I suspect that a GOOD firearms instructor can teach her how to chamber a round on nearly any semi-auto pistol. The proper technique uses both hand and can be done so that the weak (IE non-dominant) hand essentially does not move. In the event that the shoulder and elbow are also damaged to the point that the friend can not use the correct method a semi-auto with a tip up barrel or a revolver is probably the best choice. I would strongly advise against adding gimmick devices so that someone can carry a specific brand/type/whatever firearm seeing as firearms are most definately not one size fits all.

Lastly, this could be a technique issue. I've seen ladies who never before could rack a slide do so after proper training in the overhand push-pull method. Hold pistol in strong hand shooting grip. Grab slide with weak hand over top grasping rear serrations. PUSH forward with strong hand while at same time pulling backward (as much as she can) with weak hand. It's the combination of opposing forces from BOTH hands that can make the difference.

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