Auto loaders that work for left handers

[dirty dave]

Dont know if you would be interested.But the little spanish 32 auto that was made for the French Army in WWI is a good fit for my left hand and safety is more natural with left hand.they sell pretty cheap on Gun Broker.

 

[rockhunter]

Take a good look at the EAA EZ40, ambidextrous decocker, magazine and slide release. Accurate, reliable, well made and SIG 226 like ergonomics at 60% the cost of the SIG. I am continually surprised so few people seem to know of them. I am a delighted owner of the 9mm version the EZ9.

 

[Rex B]

Cougar

Stoeger Cougar has a fat grip and ambi safety/decocker.
The mag release is either ambi or switchable, I forget which.
Available in .40, priced right.

 

[christcorp]

"Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome". I am a lefty and have been shooting for about 40 years. I have learned to adapt to every weapon from revolvers Which have a swing out cylinder for emptying and reloading; to semi-autos that need to kick down the slide release, safety, and magazine; to bolt action rifles that need to have the bolt breached and pulled back; to full auto M-16's.

It just takes you "FORGETTING" how it's "SUPPOSE" to be; and instead LEARNING how it WILL be. Doesn't take long. I.e. When I shoot my SigSauer P220 45, it's actually EASIER as a lefty than as a righty. Again, forget how you think it's suppose to be. I can hold the gun in my left hand; use my TRIGGER finger to release the magazine into my right hand; load another magazine with my right hand; release the slide with my trigger finger; and shoot the weapon without even thinking about it. And I usually do it faster than my counter parts who are trying to release the magazine with their right thumb or using 2 hands. With my S&W revolver, I simply hold the gun upside down with my shooting left hand, so the sights are facing the ground instead of the sky. My right finger pushes the release and the cylinder pops out into my right hand where I empty the spent shells and simply reload. With my bolt action rifle, I've developed the balance and strength in my left hand to let go of the forearm stock with my right hand, hold the gun with my shooting left hand, and chamber the bolt with my right hand. It's actually fairly quick.

Point is, the gun is ONLY considered a RIGHT HANDED GUN because someone told you it was. Forget what you think and let your mind tell you how to work it. There is no WRONG WAY. That's the only problem here. Someone, possibly yourself, has convinced you that you have to operate the gun a certain way. Once you forget that, you will find that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the way the gun is built. Just realize that some guns load one way, some a different way, some eject a certain way, and some another way. There are no left/right, right/wrong, etc... They are just different.

 

[federalfarmer]

My H&K .45 is great,(true leftie here) but I am becoming sold on 1911's with ambi safeties. The grip angle is right and the reliability is tops. I am hoping to pick up a Kimber SIS this summer, and maybe another Dan Wesson......

 

[hanno]

The CZ 75-SP01 Tactical (.40S&W)

It has as an "Ambidextrous decocking lever..."
http://www.czub.cz/index.php?p=32&idp=1&ids=3&idz=171&lang=en

I own a CZ 75 SP01 in 9mm, and have found it to be an outstanding pistol.

 

[metallic]

I learned a long time ago to adapt to the world instead of trying to make the world adapt to me. It baffles people when I refuse to rearrange their things to make it easier on me. It's simply a non-issue for me with most things.

 

[loop]

I've followed this thread with some amusement. The guy who wins the stock class at almost all of our IDPA matches is a lefty and has made no adaptations to any of his guns.

I watched him get six COM hits and one head hit each at three targets recently in 2.8 seconds. That is draw from the beep, fire nine shots and every one of them made its mark in 2.8 seconds. He was using a Browning Hi Power with a thumb safety on the left side of the gun.

Practice and skill will overcome perceived obstacles every time.

 

[76shuvlinoff]

Being a lefty myself the only autoloaders I struggle with are set-up with right hand decockers thus I simply do not purchase guns with decockers, but even then it's certainly not a show stopper. I completed the Farnum defensive handgun course with a borrowed SIG 2340 when my compact 6 shot 1911 was holding me back, so as stated above... adapt and overcome.

I have small hands, I can drop mags and release slides with my index finger where using my thumb makes me change my grip.

btw that is no knock on 1911s, I prefer the 1911 platform to almost any other configuration and yet my edc is a xd40sc. I knock the crap out of that one with no remorse with full confidence in it's operation.

 

[Rexster]

If there is a more lefty-friendly handgun than a SIG with a DAK trigger, I don't know what it would be. Others may be AS good, of course.

I use my left index finger to push the magazine release; I have no desire whatsoever to switch that around. Being DAK, a form of DOA, there is no decocker to worry about. During reloading after shooting to slide-lock, a tug on the slide releases it.

Actually, I never had trouble decocking a DA/SA SIG with my left index finger, for that matter.

 

[Rexster]

Quote:

"Now I'm looking at the Sig p220 or p226, I thought the p220 was available at one time in 40. but maybe I'm wrong, are the Sigs ambidexstrious?"

No, the P220 has not been available in .40, though a custom 'smith could build you one. But, why? The P226 is available in .40, and is so close to the P220 that even tightly-boned leather holsters for one, will fit the other.