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MLeake · October 30, 2009, 09:29 PM

That reason being, the video is shot from the wrong side to see what her thumbs are riding.

Anyway, just went to the safe and checked my own PCR for control reach.

She may be riding the slide release, but her hands look smaller than mine. I can reach the slide release without too much effort, but it is toward the end of my thumb's normal reach. Not only that, but the slide release is a fairly large, textured control surface on a PCR. If she has been riding it, she should have felt it pushing into her thumb.

So, ask your wife if her thumb is on the slide release while she shoots. And/or, ask her to dry fire it, after ensuring it's unloaded, and watch where she puts her thumbs.

October 30, 2009, 09:29 PM	#11
MLeake Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Outside KC, MO Posts: 10,128	Strick said "maybe" for a reason That reason being, the video is shot from the wrong side to see what her thumbs are riding. Anyway, just went to the safe and checked my own PCR for control reach. She may be riding the slide release, but her hands look smaller than mine. I can reach the slide release without too much effort, but it is toward the end of my thumb's normal reach. Not only that, but the slide release is a fairly large, textured control surface on a PCR. If she has been riding it, she should have felt it pushing into her thumb. So, ask your wife if her thumb is on the slide release while she shoots. And/or, ask her to dry fire it, after ensuring it's unloaded, and watch where she puts her thumbs.