Looking for a lefty-friendly pistol
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againstthagrane
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i'm a lefty and i used to have a px4. it was ok but i like my p2000sk a lot better. the safety on the px4 was ambi and the mag release can be switched. the slide release cannot.
that's not what bothered me about it though since i'm used to using my trigger finger to release the slide and for the mag release.
the triggers on them aren't my thing and it was REALLY heavy with a full mag.
krs
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Colt 1911.
I use the tip of my left index finger to drop the mag - my trigger finger. It does require a momentary loosening of my grip which troubled my for a while but now after doing it this way for nearly 40 years it's as natural as breathing (even a little easier than breathing is getting to be).
Though I used to carry on the half cock notch I have accepted ambi-safeties as a better solution. Although I got very adept at sweeping the leftside safety down with my thumb for many years it's now not as easy to do as it once was so I put in an ambisafety setup for all 1911's I carry.
The thing is to get one pistol type and adapt to it. Don't go on the continual switch chase looking for something perfect that doesn't exist. Get a Colt 1911 and use it so much that you'll feel a little naked whenever it's not with you.
I use the tip of my left index finger to drop the mag - my trigger finger. It does require a momentary loosening of my grip which troubled my for a while but now after doing it this way for nearly 40 years it's as natural as breathing (even a little easier than breathing is getting to be).
Though I used to carry on the half cock notch I have accepted ambi-safeties as a better solution. Although I got very adept at sweeping the leftside safety down with my thumb for many years it's now not as easy to do as it once was so I put in an ambisafety setup for all 1911's I carry.
The thing is to get one pistol type and adapt to it. Don't go on the continual switch chase looking for something perfect that doesn't exist. Get a Colt 1911 and use it so much that you'll feel a little naked whenever it's not with you.
charles.emond
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k i was sleeping while i let this thread go on
I beleive I expressed myself wrong there, I'm okay to reload though an ambi mag release would be a plus!
The real deal is all about locking the slide back!
I beleive I expressed myself wrong there, I'm okay to reload though an ambi mag release would be a plus!
The real deal is all about locking the slide back!
In a match or in a class. For example, when you want to perform a slide-lock reload in an IPSC or IDPA match, the slingshot method will cost you maybe about half a second compared to manipulating the slide release. You take that penality every time you reload from slide lock. Over the course of a match (or hell, a IPSC long course) that adds up. I've both won and lost my division by tenths of a second. It's happened to others by hundredths of a second.
For plinking on the square range, using software hacks that have been described in this thread will work. If you have no other choice then they will also work in matches and classes.
This is 2008. Full ambi options are available (every one that I know of has been mentioned in this thread). Use them. They are unambiguously better.
If nothing else, right-handed shooters should appreciate full ambi pistols because it makes the manipulations easier if your primary hand has been damaged (slip and fall, someone skids a .32 down your ulna, etc).
benderx4
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HK P30 P30L
HK P2000 P2000SK
HK P7 P7M8 P7M13
Seecamps
CZ 85B Combat
My son is lefty, and all these guns work real well for him. Good luck!
HK P2000 P2000SK
HK P7 P7M8 P7M13
Seecamps
CZ 85B Combat
My son is lefty, and all these guns work real well for him. Good luck!
krs
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my slides always lock back when I've emptied the gun - what's the problem? 
If and when I need the slide locked open otherwise I'm not shooting the gun I'm cleaning or something and it doesn't matter how I hold it.
Oh..........do you mean you have problems with a slide lock when needing to clear a jam? That's easy - fix the reason for a jam.
Believe it or not stovepipes, 3 way jams, FTF. FTE, are NOT facts of life that must be accepted. There's always a failure of one or another of the operating parameters and a correctly tuned pistol and ammo combination can continue to operate without a problem for practically unlimited numbers of firings.
Guns are not first water mysteries.
If and when I need the slide locked open otherwise I'm not shooting the gun I'm cleaning or something and it doesn't matter how I hold it.
Oh..........do you mean you have problems with a slide lock when needing to clear a jam? That's easy - fix the reason for a jam.
Believe it or not stovepipes, 3 way jams, FTF. FTE, are NOT facts of life that must be accepted. There's always a failure of one or another of the operating parameters and a correctly tuned pistol and ammo combination can continue to operate without a problem for practically unlimited numbers of firings.
Guns are not first water mysteries.
Magnus1959
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I use my trigger finger to drop the mag or release the slide stop.
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