dk-corriveau
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Ok, so I have been wondering what the history of the ejection port on semi-autos is. Specifically, why do most handguns eject to the right hand side?
The reason that this has come to my mind is that it seems to me (a right handed shooter) that clearing a failure would be much simpler if my guns ejected to the left. Then I could simply rotate my shooting hand to the left, rack the slide, and have the case or cartridge drop clear. But given the current design I have to rotate the gun to the right and reach across my strong arm with my off hand to rack the slide. :banghead: I know that with more practice this will become second nature, but it seems like a smarter design, for right handed shooters, would have the ejection port switched.
Finally, don't tell me to buy a Glock, because ALL GUNS have failures sooner or later.
The reason that this has come to my mind is that it seems to me (a right handed shooter) that clearing a failure would be much simpler if my guns ejected to the left. Then I could simply rotate my shooting hand to the left, rack the slide, and have the case or cartridge drop clear. But given the current design I have to rotate the gun to the right and reach across my strong arm with my off hand to rack the slide. :banghead: I know that with more practice this will become second nature, but it seems like a smarter design, for right handed shooters, would have the ejection port switched.
Finally, don't tell me to buy a Glock, because ALL GUNS have failures sooner or later.