The Sig P238 has a slide that is pretty easy to operate. My wife has one that we bought several years before the Shield EZ came out and she really likes it.
I have basically the same gun. The only things I have done to it are install a Boyd's laminate stock and glass be it. I put a Triggertech primary in it this spring, but took two deer and two hogs last year with the factory trigger. With IMR4350 and 165gr Hornady SPs, it shoots right around...