I had been debating about starting this very thread.
A little background.....
I am ambidextrous (and I mean this in a positive way--Able to use both hands with equal facility) pretty much. I write, shoot, play guitar (sort of) left-handed, but I play sports (throw, bat, kick) as a rightie. And then there are some things I do equally well (um....uh...use an ax is the only thing that comes to mind right now....oh well...)
I understand that many pistols have ambi "controls"--safety, mag release, etc. and I don't have a problem with it, but in my mind, there is something just not right about a southpaw revolver. I guess I'm just a revolver purist (if there is such a thing)--the cylinder release should be on the left, the cylinder should swing to the left, etc. As a leftie shooter, I've adapted comfortably to this and if I had a revolver that was reversed, well it would just be confusing. Since I'm not into pistols with removal mags, I want everything to be the same, in the same place, work the same (basically) way, etc. I getting set in my ways on this, but I'm ok with that.
Eventho I'm a leftie shooter, I would probably never buy a southpaw revolver. I know production of the "southpaw" will be limited, but I wonder why Charter decided to pursue this?
Wondering (but not too much),
fiVe
P.S. Of course the above opinion would apply to double-action revolvers. I know that the load gate on a single action revo is on the right. Being the so-called revolver purist: since this is the way it's always been, this is the way it should be (if you can follow that kind of logic). So, I'm ok with the single-action's time-tested design.