scattergun10 125 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 I'm looking for a metal frame,compact (not necessarily sub-compact) sa/da pistol in 9mm. I'm really interested in the CZ-75 PCR and CZ P-01, but of course they only come with a right-hand safety/decocker (hey,that's ambidextricist!) and I'm a southpaw. There is the CZ-85, but I don't want a full size. (Why they don't make an 85 compact, I don't know) Then there is the CZ P-07, but I don't want a poly frame. None of my local gun shops carry either of these pistols, so me being able to handle them is a no go at the moment. So, I'm just wondering if there are any lefties here that own pistols with right-hand safeties and how proficient you are with them compared to something with an ambi-safety, striker-fired, or revolver. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HB of CJ 1,263 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) Ruger has a compact type 9 with an ambo safety. I promptly forgot the model number. Striker fired. Loaded chamber indicator. 10-17 rd mags. There is a recent post about this very handgun in this excellent forum. Us lefties must hang together or we will certainly hang separately. HB of CJ (old coot) Edited by HB ... Ruger sr9c. Go to the Nano 9 thread and scroll down to the link. HB Edited December 24, 2014 by HB of CJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
magsite20 1,664 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 easy enough to put an ambi safety on a 1911 style commander size gun available in 9mm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RED333 1,025 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Get a Glock, no worries. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JESS1344 508 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) GUYS, AND FOR ANY NOT LIKING THE GRIP ANGLE OF THE GLOCK, GET ONE OF THE LONEWOLF TIMBERWOLF FRAMES. TO ME, WITH THE ARCHED BACKSTRAP INSERT, IT FEELS LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A BROWNING HI-POWER AND A SIG. IN OTHER WORDS, VERY NICE! JESS1344 Edited December 25, 2014 by JESS1344 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HB of CJ 1,263 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Duhh ... Me forgot to answer your valid South Paw question. Hate getting old. Grew up with the 1911 .45. Dad fitted a left handed thumb safety to my .45 when I was in high school in about 1964. Ambo safeties on .45s have been around a long time. The muscle and mental memory with me is burned in. All of my pistols have ambo safeties, except the aforementioned Kahr P45 which is mostly a car gun now. HB of CJ (old coot) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
storm6490 2,768 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 check out the grand power. eagle imports has them in all different flavors now. i have a few pistols that were intended to be used by right handed shooters but you adapt quick and in some cases have an advantage. the only thing that really messes us up is a bullpup AK. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HB of CJ 1,263 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Now you all got me thinking ... and it is all your fault! Maybe I should do one more AR15 build, but this one for myself. Humm ... a Stag Arms Left Hand 20" HB RIFLE with the standard A2 Buttstock. Only problem is I want it in 6.5 Grendel. Who makes a high quality left hand AR15 6.5 Grendel bolt head? $?$?$? We lefties actually have an advantage shooting an AR15 because the controls favor us. All we need is that aforementioned Left Hand upper receiver and a good ambo safety. The rest of the controls work good enough for us South Paws with a little practice. Ambo safeties are a great idea. HB of CJ (old coot) PS; I must be careful here because this is an excellent AK Forum! Yikes! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigChongus 765 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 I always thought the AK favored lefties more than the AR does. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juggernaut 11,054 Posted December 25, 2014 Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 AKs are OPTIMIZED for southpaws... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
storm6490 2,768 Posted December 25, 2014 Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 Now you all got me thinking ... and it is all your fault! Maybe I should do one more AR15 build, but this one for myself. Humm ... a Stag Arms Left Hand 20" HB RIFLE with the standard A2 Buttstock. Only problem is I want it in 6.5 Grendel. Who makes a high quality left hand AR15 6.5 Grendel bolt head? $?$?$? We lefties actually have an advantage shooting an AR15 because the controls favor us. All we need is that aforementioned Left Hand upper receiver and a good ambo safety. The rest of the controls work good enough for us South Paws with a little practice. Ambo safeties are a great idea. HB of CJ (old coot) PS; I must be careful here because this is an excellent AK Forum! Yikes! I was issued a m16 when I was 17. It was a tack driving target rifle. An A2 HBAR with the right ammo and the right twist. Shot it so much my eyes bled primer dust. The only advantage of the ar on a lefty is keeping your firing hand on the weapon, at the ready, while operating the rest of the rifle with your right hand. THE MAJOR SUCK of the AR with a left handed shooter is that the ejection port puts a hell of a lot of thump right next to your right ear if you are shooting it daily. Ear protection is a must but not logical when you need to hear commands and haul ass. On a range you could easily prevent major hearing damage by using an in ear plug coupled with an ear muff. Yep, it's that bad. Measure the decibels by placing a mic right were your ear hole would be when firing the weapon. I'm deaf as could be out of my right ear from shooting the wonderful target rifle for team uncle sam. The bonus is that I sometimes hear music, screams and most of the time a constant sssssssssssssssssssssssssssss like static out of that ear. Wish it would just go dead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JESS1344 508 Posted December 25, 2014 Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 STRYKER, MY TINNITUS IS THE SAME PITCH AS THE TURBINE SCREAM ON A CH-53...... YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE YOUR FILLINGS CHECKED TO SEE IF YOU'RE PICKING UP COAST-TO-COASTAM, ON THAT OTHER...... MERRY CHRISTMAS, MY FRIEND! JESS1344;~)) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
storm6490 2,768 Posted December 25, 2014 Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 STRYKER, MY TINNITUS IS THE SAME PITCH AS THE TURBINE SCREAM ON A CH-53...... YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE YOUR FILLINGS CHECKED TO SEE IF YOU'RE PICKING UP COAST-TO-COASTAM, ON THAT OTHER...... MERRY CHRISTMAS, MY FRIEND! JESS1344;~)) WHAT??? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HB of CJ 1,263 Posted December 25, 2014 Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 Right ear for me too. AR15 type guns are OK for lefties as long as we know and understand that over about 50 years and probably 25,000 rounds,(or more?) we do pay a price with our eyes and ears. I know I have. Yikes!! Thus my need for a true left hand AR15. The 6.5 Grendel would be icing on the cake. The gas and noise with us also applies with AK type stuff. What did you say? What? For me it is a constant background high pitch humming with occasional cricket sounds. HB of CJ (old coot) The big evening. Gotta go. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
magsite20 1,664 Posted December 25, 2014 Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 (edited) CZ custom had an ambi safety for the full size 75 don't know if it worked on a compact model use to have a S&W 39 that had an ambi safety added but I usually just shot the 1st round in the double action mode seems like a lot of the Berretta's have an ambi safety my only 2 AR builds (5.56 and 6.5 Grendel) both done with an ambi selector added, but I never put one on my store bought HBAR Edited December 25, 2014 by the 4th Doctor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JESS1344 508 Posted December 25, 2014 Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 STRYKER, MY TINNITUS IS THE SAME PITCH AS THE TURBINE SCREAM ON A CH-53...... YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE YOUR FILLINGS CHECKED TO SEE IF YOU'RE PICKING UP COAST-TO-COASTAM, ON THAT OTHER...... MERRY CHRISTMAS, MY FRIEND! JESS1344;~)) WHAT??? STRYKER, THERE USED TO BE AN OLD JOKE (MORE TRUTH THAN JOKE, REALLY) AMONGST THE COMPETITIVE SHOOTING CLAN IN THE CORPS "YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL WHO THE "OLD SHOOTERS" WERE, AT THE MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY BALL (OR ANY OTHER LIQUID FUELED CEREMONY); THEY'D ALL BE STANDING IN ONE CORNER, WEARING THOSE FUNNY-LOOKING SHOOTING MEDALS, AND YELLING AT EACH OTHER". JESS1344 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scattergun10 125 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 AKs are OPTIMIZED for southpaws... Makes you wonder if Kalashnikov wasn't a southpaw himself judging by his design. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigChongus 765 Posted December 26, 2014 Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 AKs are OPTIMIZED for southpaws... Makes you wonder if Kalashnikov wasn't a southpaw himself judging by his design. Looks like he was a righty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patriot 7,197 Posted December 26, 2014 Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 I find I can use pretty much any pistol with my left hand, working controls with either my thumb or index finger is no problem at all. Poor right-handed people have never had to cope with design problems we correct-handed people sail right though. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolverine 10,360 Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 I'm a leftie and agree with Patriot. The old thumb or index finger gets the Job done nicely. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RED333 1,025 Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Now you all got me thinking ... and it is all your fault! Maybe I should do one more AR15 build, but this one for myself. Humm ... a Stag Arms Left Hand 20" HB RIFLE with the standard A2 Buttstock. Only problem is I want it in 6.5 Grendel. Who makes a high quality left hand AR15 6.5 Grendel bolt head? $?$?$? We lefties actually have an advantage shooting an AR15 because the controls favor us. All we need is that aforementioned Left Hand upper receiver and a good ambo safety. The rest of the controls work good enough for us South Paws with a little practice. Ambo safeties are a great idea. HB of CJ (old coot) PS; I must be careful here because this is an excellent AK Forum! Yikes! Like this, in 300 BLK I have 2 "correct hand" firearms 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juggernaut 11,054 Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 AKs are OPTIMIZED for southpaws... Makes you wonder if Kalashnikov wasn't a southpaw himself judging by his design. Looks like he was a righty in soviet russia, everyone is right handed.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uzitiger 193 Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Even if Kalashnilov was a left hander, he would have been forced to write with is right hand as my father was. They beat my father every time he wrote with his left hand. They tried to get me to use my right hand but I couldn't do it and I continued to use my left hand. In Russia the same anti left hander stigma exists and some of my friends who served in the Russian army said that in the Russian army you only shoot right handed. I also had an ambidextrous lever on my S&W 59 which made it safer for me and would save my life if I had to use it in self defense. I had one gun maker tell me theur 'expert' said that I should get training to use their pistol because they don't have an ambidextrous safety. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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