WVsig
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Most people will be severely limited in the guns they will be able to use if that were the case.
For a different perspective, Shannon Smith doing mag changes with a G17
At the 2:05 mark, "there is basically no gun on the planet that I can reach the mag release on without shifting the gun in my hand."
At the 7:45 mark he explains that he uses his support hand thumb to release the slide with the slide lock lever.
An alternate way to look at this is the things you need to reach to make the gun fire should be within reach of your strong hand in a firing grip, such as the trigger and a manual safety on a single action auto, while the things that could foul the gun, such as inadvertently dropping a mag (the mag release), or locking the slide back with rounds in the gun (slide lock), are often better when positioned out of the reach of your strong hand in a shooting grip. The need to move your hand to get to those items to avoid the possibility of fouling your gun while shooting could be seen as an advantage.
Another point from Larry Vickers on not using the strong hand thumb (right hander) for slide stop manipulation at the 1:20 mark.
What do those guys know. I saw on Youtube you have to use your strong thumb or your not a true operator or game gunnner.