I'm a left-handed person in a right-handed world. I've come to terms with it :banghead: .
Plenty of sidearm options are out there for us (lefties - hands/brains, not politics). For example I've come to use Walther's Polymer offerings (P99's P99c's PPS's etc), and look forward to getting an H&K P2000SKv3 .40S&W (my personal favorite of the line, YMMV), which has ambi/dual sided 'everything' (with a 'trigger safety' - e.g., finger off the triggger == safe) plus back-of-slide decock, which is good no only for south-paw's but also for practicing shooting, reloading, etc ambidextrously (Other H&K models support moving the slide and manual safeties to one side or the other and/or include ambi-safeties/decocks). Some folks don't like the style of mag release that Walther and H&K use on these models, but I've grown to like them (the mag releases are built into the trigger guard on both sides, and usually is best to use the trigger index finger not the thumb to operate them - which is what may though some off about them).
Other manufactures I know that include the option to swap around the mag release or have ambidextrous releases and at have ambi-safeties are Beretta and some S&W's and XD/XDM series czech made semi's (though not many if any of them have reversible slide releases). I've also had occasion to hunt around and find a Kings Ambi-safety for my 1911 .45ACP (and paid a premium for it, because they seemed to be on perpetual backorder from Kings at the time, but its rock solid and well worth it if they're available).
Now having been focused on what I've become used to being out there, I wanted to write and ask if anyone has seen or used other autoloading sidearms which are left-hand/ambidextrous friendly.
Ambi-friendly sidearms are particularly nice, not just for south-paws, but also for right handed folks looking to operate effectively with either hand incapacitated, etc. The stickler in searching almost always is the slide release. Mag releases and safeties (or 'trigger safety' rule being affect as feature of the weapon) are relatively common, but not ambidextrous or reversible slide releases. Most often this is simply a matter of getting use to operate the slide release with your trigger finger, not unlike left-hand shooting and reloading for a right-handed person.
Anyway, does anyone else have some good ideas for the 'right-brained' left handed shooters like me, or comments opinions or reviews on something or some model sidearms mentioned above (for the brain thing well I know there's no helping that
), or for sidearms that are good for shooting/training ambidextrously (which have complete or 80%/90% of their features for easy operation by either hand etc)?
Thanks for reading this.
Plenty of sidearm options are out there for us (lefties - hands/brains, not politics). For example I've come to use Walther's Polymer offerings (P99's P99c's PPS's etc), and look forward to getting an H&K P2000SKv3 .40S&W (my personal favorite of the line, YMMV), which has ambi/dual sided 'everything' (with a 'trigger safety' - e.g., finger off the triggger == safe) plus back-of-slide decock, which is good no only for south-paw's but also for practicing shooting, reloading, etc ambidextrously (Other H&K models support moving the slide and manual safeties to one side or the other and/or include ambi-safeties/decocks). Some folks don't like the style of mag release that Walther and H&K use on these models, but I've grown to like them (the mag releases are built into the trigger guard on both sides, and usually is best to use the trigger index finger not the thumb to operate them - which is what may though some off about them).
Other manufactures I know that include the option to swap around the mag release or have ambidextrous releases and at have ambi-safeties are Beretta and some S&W's and XD/XDM series czech made semi's (though not many if any of them have reversible slide releases). I've also had occasion to hunt around and find a Kings Ambi-safety for my 1911 .45ACP (and paid a premium for it, because they seemed to be on perpetual backorder from Kings at the time, but its rock solid and well worth it if they're available).
Now having been focused on what I've become used to being out there, I wanted to write and ask if anyone has seen or used other autoloading sidearms which are left-hand/ambidextrous friendly.
Ambi-friendly sidearms are particularly nice, not just for south-paws, but also for right handed folks looking to operate effectively with either hand incapacitated, etc. The stickler in searching almost always is the slide release. Mag releases and safeties (or 'trigger safety' rule being affect as feature of the weapon) are relatively common, but not ambidextrous or reversible slide releases. Most often this is simply a matter of getting use to operate the slide release with your trigger finger, not unlike left-hand shooting and reloading for a right-handed person.
Anyway, does anyone else have some good ideas for the 'right-brained' left handed shooters like me, or comments opinions or reviews on something or some model sidearms mentioned above (for the brain thing well I know there's no helping that
), or for sidearms that are good for shooting/training ambidextrously (which have complete or 80%/90% of their features for easy operation by either hand etc)?Thanks for reading this.
). Seriously though (I love Canada and really look forward to visiting someday; I've always wanted to get up to Nova Scotia) it looks like a good competition style custom gun. My 1911 45 is a less expensive Taurus P1911SS "custom from the factory" model. Yes the one I put a Kings safety on - which I'm glad now because I used the money I saved to pay for the Kings ambi-safety 
