I have read and been told about the Contender "easy opening" of later models. Does anyone here have an easy opener and of so, how much easier is it and is there a way to spot one by just looking at it?
Remember: It aint what you shoot...it's how you shoot it.
The pre-easy open do take a good bit of force to open, but nothing crazy. the easy open ones are quite easy in my opinion. In general the triggers feel better on the early non-easy open models, so it's a trade off. I wouldn't let it stop me from picking up a good deal on one. now that SSK is making new frames I would be inclined to just get one from them. they're selling for less than you often see used frames go for online ($399) but you do have to backorder them and get on the wait list if you want one.