Best handgun for a lefty

[redmule]

Which handgun would be ideal for the left hand? I am having trouble with my right eye and am considering switching to left hand. I already do quite a bit of weak handed shooting. All types of handguns are possible. I currently use a Glock 31/33, but have carried everything from Ruger Blackhawks to custom 1911's and HPs. The Glock feels awkward in the left hand, with a strange bump where the trigger finger crosses the front of the grip. As for 1911's, I do not care for any of the after market ambidextrous safeties. I am not a good DA shot with my left hand so my S&W revolvers are out. At this time I am leaning towards the Hi-Power or the SA Ruger. Any other suggestions?

 

[longhair75]

Check out the Beretta 92

 

[Lucky Derby]

HK P7 is ambidextrious.

 

[MMCSRET]

Find yourself a Randall left handed 1911. Solves your problem, except for the search.

 

[Nasty]

The Bersa UC45 is lefty friendly...DA first shot, but you can train to cock for the first shot.

 

[Azb]

All the controls on the FNP 45 USG and FNX models of FNH handguns are completely ambidextrous right out of the box. (Except for the takedown lever)

I shoot with both hands and it's nice to have the ability to switch without swapping mag release levers, etc. All you do is change hands.

Az

 

[9mmforMe]

The Ruger P95 DA has ambidextrous controls and as someone else had pointed out you could train to cock for the first round. The grip frame is the same on both sides and feels very comfortable (to me) with left or right handed shooting. The mag release doesn't get in the way as it does with some autos for left handed shooters. Aside from that, the price is pretty hard to beat.

 

[BlackAgnes]

The Walther P5 ejects cases to the left- great guns, but a bit scarce these days.

Tim

 

[searcher451]

The Walther P5 and the Walther P88 are both designed for ambidexterous use. Both of them are high-quality, top-notch products.

 

[redmule]

haven't looked at the Walther products. Last one I shot was a PPK/S back in 83, traded it for a Colt Commander. I also have a Sig P6, nice pistol, just not great for a lefty.

 

[Rexster]

My SIG P229s, particularly the DAK models, are better lefty guns than rightie guns. I train about an equal amount with each hand, and have found this to be so, at least for me. Pressing the magazine release button is much smoother when done with my left trigger finger in lefty mode, than with the thumb in rightie mode. Decocking the DA/SA SIG models is at least as smooth when done in lefty mode, with the left trigger finger. Releasing the slide is done with an overhand grasp-and-release, termed the "power stroke" by some.

Locking the slide to the rear can be done well enough in lefty mode, by leaving one finger of the right hand, or the right thumb, depending on the grasp, free to move the slide latch into position.

The main reason I actually still carry primary on the right hip is because my right hand and wrist have functioning issues, making the running of the slide, while shooting lefty, problematic. When I retire, from a PD which mandates autos as primary duty handguns, I can revert to lefty-friendly revolvers, and may transition to carrying "primary" on the left side.

 

[John_galt]

I've carried GlocK's Beretta's and 1911's. With enough handling practice with snap caps I've just gotten used to handling it both left and right handed. The Beretta 92FS is by far the easiest to manipulate left handed, Glock the toughest (for me). The G21SF is the easiest of my Glocks to handle.

I've practiced enough to be pretty close to equal right and left. I moved this summer and had to go shoot to qualify for my permit in the new jurisdiction. Qualified right handed. I think your better off learning to shoot ambidextrous. But it helps to reload if you are going to do that - it took me a loooooooooooooong time. I have a 1911 Mil-Spec I keep stock to shoot right handed only - since the safety is righthand only. It can be done left handed but is awkward.

 

[redmule]

The Beretta is a great handgun, just a little large to wear under a shirt. I am going to get a LH Yaqui slide for my Sig P6 and work with it for a few weeks. I like the size and weight, so I will give it a shot.

 

[geekWithA.45]

My Walther PPS is not a problem left handed, nor are any of my old school Sigs.

The only handguns that prove to be a real issue are those that adamantly insist on thumb safeties on the wrong side: 1911, Hi Power, Walther PPKs, and all those weird S&W autoloaders with slide mounted safeties, which are all older designs.

Fortunately, for the most part, gun designers have accepted the premise that a gun that can't be used in either hand is a design failure.

 

[Wishoot]

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