So i bought my wife the Sig p238 in the rainbow titanium finish(Idk shes girly, dont ask) a few months back. She absolutely loves it, only thing is she says its hard to pull the hammer back. Any suggestions how to make the hammer a lighter pull?
I mainly mean when we are at the range running through hundreds of rounds i want her to be as comfortable with it as possible and not straining to pull back the hammer.
We may be talking about 2 different things here. Are you talking about the weight required to pull the trigger and fire the weapon or are you talking about using her thumb to pull back the hammer before firing the weapon?
In your original post you said "she says its hard to pull the hammer back".
These are two different issues and both have different solutions.
So i bought my wife the Sig p238 in the rainbow titanium finish(Idk shes girly, dont ask) a few months back. She absolutely loves it, only thing is she says its hard to pull the hammer back. Any suggestions how to make the hammer a lighter pull?
Hey dan,
Do you mean pulling the slide back to chamber a round? I just can't see why you would have to pull the hammer back after you racked a round into the chamber. Just curious :-) I am considering picking up a P238 as I have shot my friend's and it was very nice.
I was talking about the hammer not the trigger pull. Im saying when reloading on days we do a lot of firing, it "strains" her to constantly be pulling back the hammer. trigger pull is fine
Ok, now I am confused. The only way for the hammer to be in the down position on a P238 is to:
#1 pull the trigger on an empty chamber
#2 lower the hammer manually
#3 having a misfire (light or no primer strike)
In case #1 the hammer will be reset, or in the back position when you chamber a round.
In case #2, don't lower the hammer and you won't have to cock it. This is probably to most common cause of negligent discharges (lowering the hammer on a loaded chamber).
In case #3, when you rack the slide and clear the misfire, the hammer will be locked back.
Maybe I'm mistaken here, but I can see no logical reason for the hammer having to be cocked manually on a P238.
So i bought my wife the Sig p238 in the rainbow titanium finish(Idk shes girly, dont ask) a few months back. She absolutely loves it, only thing is she says its hard to pull the hammer back. Any suggestions how to make the hammer a lighter pull?