yankytrash
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**WARNING: LEFTY RANT **
Examining my new Sig 229 tonight, I notice how ridiculously simple making an ambidextrous slide stop for it would be, given a machine shop with the most basic of tools. Heck, I almost think I could make one myself with the limited tools at my disposal - wouldn't be pretty, but it'd function with a little testing and tweaking. Certainly my mountain would become a molehill to a man (or woman) who works with metal everyday.
Got me to thinking about the 1911 design also. You want to talk about ridiculous - the lack of ambi slide stops on a 1911 is downright criminal negligence!!! I mean, for criminy's sake machinist/smiths - the dang slide stop's shaft runs right through the entire frame!! Is there no interest in making a few thousand dollars on, what amounts to, a quick tack weld?
What is it with the fascination of "tactical advantage" to make ambidextrous manual safeties, even to go so far as to offer some in the "wide" variety, yet completely miss the fact that it won't matter at all, if you can't reach the slide stop upon reload? Extended? Who needs "extended" when it's not even on the right side of the gun? Sure, I guess you could slide-press upon insertion of another mag, but I'd love to see pictures of the RO's face at an IPSC match to first shooter that tried it.
What is this obvious oversight?? Sometimes, being a lefty, I feel like it's a conspiracy. Of course, being almost educated, I realize it's not, but what other answer is there? Are all firearm designers idiots? Certainly I am not the only one to think of, or voice, this idea.
In today's day and age, "righties" being "right" is becoming (has become?) a thing of the past. Lefties are just as prevelant today, and it's made plainly obvious in in the firearms' industry with lefty bolt guns and left-eject shotguns.
What gives? Am I being unreasonable? It's not a "righty versus lefty", it's just plain common sense, doesn't even take any imagination to think of the tactical advantages of an ambidextrous slide stop.
I'd close with "rant off", but this is an issue that will irk me to my dying day. Angry? Dang right I'm angry. RANT ONWARD AND UPWARD.
Maybe Glock was right.......or LEFT!! However you look at it...
Examining my new Sig 229 tonight, I notice how ridiculously simple making an ambidextrous slide stop for it would be, given a machine shop with the most basic of tools. Heck, I almost think I could make one myself with the limited tools at my disposal - wouldn't be pretty, but it'd function with a little testing and tweaking. Certainly my mountain would become a molehill to a man (or woman) who works with metal everyday.
Got me to thinking about the 1911 design also. You want to talk about ridiculous - the lack of ambi slide stops on a 1911 is downright criminal negligence!!! I mean, for criminy's sake machinist/smiths - the dang slide stop's shaft runs right through the entire frame!! Is there no interest in making a few thousand dollars on, what amounts to, a quick tack weld?
What is it with the fascination of "tactical advantage" to make ambidextrous manual safeties, even to go so far as to offer some in the "wide" variety, yet completely miss the fact that it won't matter at all, if you can't reach the slide stop upon reload? Extended? Who needs "extended" when it's not even on the right side of the gun? Sure, I guess you could slide-press upon insertion of another mag, but I'd love to see pictures of the RO's face at an IPSC match to first shooter that tried it.
What is this obvious oversight?? Sometimes, being a lefty, I feel like it's a conspiracy. Of course, being almost educated, I realize it's not, but what other answer is there? Are all firearm designers idiots? Certainly I am not the only one to think of, or voice, this idea.
In today's day and age, "righties" being "right" is becoming (has become?) a thing of the past. Lefties are just as prevelant today, and it's made plainly obvious in in the firearms' industry with lefty bolt guns and left-eject shotguns.
What gives? Am I being unreasonable? It's not a "righty versus lefty", it's just plain common sense, doesn't even take any imagination to think of the tactical advantages of an ambidextrous slide stop.
I'd close with "rant off", but this is an issue that will irk me to my dying day. Angry? Dang right I'm angry. RANT ONWARD AND UPWARD.
Maybe Glock was right.......or LEFT!! However you look at it...