autoloader for lefties?

A guy I've shot with for years is a lefty and he is an avid Glock fan. Owns and shoots at least 5 different Glocks and has no problems at all. The M&P has a reversible mag release and ambi slide stop tha might make it easier for you. You can't go wrong with eaith of these choices. 1911's with ambi safeties are also another option. Good luck!

My friend is a lefty and said my G19 felt "perfect" so you may want to look into a glock and see how it feels. You aren't going to find a full on lefty gun unless you get a revolver. The world isn't a very friendly place for south paw people.

I'm a lefty, no problem with a 1911 .45, an XD40, or .357 Blackhawk. With smaller hands I'm better at dropping mags with my index finger than my thumb anyhow. Don't own one but I've shot more than a few Glocks and they seem to go boom when I want them to.
I do not care for anything with a decocker but other than that I've compensated for the oppression of a right handed world all my life .

A country boy can survive.

Hk p30

I'm a south paw too, and the P30 was a hoot to shoot! ambi slide release, decocker is by the hammer and easy to reach, and im pretty sure the mag release can be swapped around, although i dont mind using my index finger to drop the mag.

its hella expensive but 100% lefty friendly IMO!

Walther P99, HK P2000 fit the bill.

Given your criteria (which is to say, no more than 'something you can use left-handed') just about anything the service-grade manufacturers make will suffice. There are still some guns made with single-side safeties, but not many. The A-100 is a variation of the A-80, which is a knock-off of a Sig 220. (According to wiki; I admit I peeked.) Since you're familiar (if not comfortable) with using your shooting hand to operate the magazine release (and possibly the decocker and slide stop) then you've got a wide selection to choose from.

Since you didn't indicate that you would be competing (where the ambi slide and mag releases are more critical) your choices aren't really that much more restricted than what rightys have.

If you have a desire to compete in action pistol, or just want something that's fully ambidextrous (including slide and mag releases) then off the top of my head there's:

The aforementioned HK P30/P2000s and HK45s,
The STI GP6,
The CZ-85,
The S&W M&P,
The Bersa Thunder9 (and the Walther P88 it's based on, if you can find one),
The FN FNP (.45 only I think; the 9/40/357 doesn't have ambi slide stop),
The Sig P250s,
The new Taurus 800 series

Off the top of my head, that's all I can think of. Lots of other pistols have reversible or ambi magazine release buttons (Beretta 92s, Sig P-serires) but there's not very many truly ambi pistols (i.e. all controls are left-handed, including the slide stop).

I've tried many, still think the Beretta 92FS is where its at...with the mag release flipped (takes three minutes to do.)

+1 on the Beretta 92FS. But you don't even need to flip the mag release.

No one's mentioned the XD? A friend of mine is a lefty and he owns an XD40, which he selected because they sold them locally (unlike other lefty guns), and because of the ambi mag release.

Most guns are designed for right-hand, and modified for lefties as an afterthought. The HK P2000 was designed from the ground-up to be totally ambidextrous. If I were a lefty, I'd have one.

You are actually hard pressed to find a pistol that can't be made lefty friendly. Things are much better today than in any previous era of handgunning.

I find Glocks' strong right hand bias a quaint throwback to the Dark Ages of ergonomics.

If the .45 you're considering is to be a 1911, all you really need is an ambidextrous thumb safety. The magazine release can be pressed with your trigger or middle finger and the slide stop with your trigger finger, the latter actually being easier than with the right thumb (of a right-handed shooter), and an additional advantage of keeping your finger completely away from the trigger when reloading. Other guns, while not being expressly designed for left-handers, do have at least some ambidextrous controls and/or reversible magazine releases.

the model "B131/SO" Randall 1911. not new, and not cheap, IF you can find one for sale. top notch iron, however.

pls see:

http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/history/randall_history.htm

gunnie

Lefty Semi-Autos

Check the following:

1. Ambi or switchable safety/Decocker
2. Flipible mag release - a necessity for IWB holsters; the mag release needs to be on the body side of the gun, so that it will not be tripped by the belt, making the magazine fall out.
3. Check the angle of ejection - make sure it throws the ejected brass at a 90 degree - or more to the muzzle - to the barrel (I learned this from firing an M-16 in jungle training in Fort Lewis, WA, in 1968 - caught the brass in the chest)

HK P2000, Walther P5, Beretta 92, I am a lefty and use most of them including guns like the Glock, which are no problem being a lefty. The HK P2000 is probably the nicest left handed gun and the Walther P5 ejects to the left. Revolvers seem to work very well being lefty and Charter arms makes a left handed gun. There out there just look around.

A while back I think it was AMT that made a lefty version called the portsider..

I know Sig makes 226s that are fully left handed. Michigan State Police have them and I have seen them. They are straight left handed all around.

GHF said:

Check the following:

1. Ambi or switchable safety/Decocker

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   Excellent suggestion. I mentioned in the 645 thread part of the reason why I preferred that.
   

   [*]Flipible mag release - a necessity for IWB holsters; the mag release needs to be on the body side of the gun, so that it will not be tripped by the belt, making the magazine fall out.

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   Not necessarily on the body side. A stronger mag release spring, and a proper holster to shield the button from the belt will do wonders.
   
   

   [*]Check the angle of ejection - make sure it throws the ejected brass at a 90 degree - or more to the muzzle - to the barrel (I learned this from firing an M-16 in jungle training in Fort Lewis, WA, in 1968 - caught the brass in the chest)

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I never really noticed this, but once more, my girlfriend caught an empty from an SW MP45 in her bangs and got a Texas-shaped forehead burn. (Something that irritated her doubly - she ain't a fan of Texas.)

kahrs are very lefty friendly..

My son is left handed and after looking at all picked the Smith & Wesson M&P. It has an ambidextrous slide release and the mag release can be reversed to the right side. It's been good for him. He already has a 1911 and likes this setup better. But then everyone has an opinion. Good luck.

I"m a lefty. After years of shooting semi-autos with "right hand" controls, I finally bought an ambidextrous pistol.

I find that I still work the slide and drop the mag with my trigger (left hand) finger. I don't see any real disadvantage to "right hand", after a while they just become muscle memory.

The only clear exception I make is a thumb safety. My 1911's have them and the couple S&W Autos did too.

I'm a lefty also, but I'm not too picky about ambidextrous controls at all. I just make sure that I can reach all the controls with my left hand and I'm good to go. For this, all the service pistols are my favorite (1911, Sig Sauer P226, etc). But at that price point ($800+), you can also afford some of the fine offerings from HK that DO offer reversible controls.

Glock 21 SF and the Springfield XD 45 have left handed mag releases

caspian used to make the parts to build a left-handed 1911--good luck