lefties loves Sig pistols?

[T@NK]

I recently bought a TM sig p226 from other player from here, and I happened found out that all of the sig pistols(all 3 of them, sig pro 2009,sig pro 2022, sig p226) I purchased from others are all configured for left hand use.I couldn't help to think, all you left-handers prefer sig pistols? sig pistols are lefty friendly or it's just coincidents?

[Dynamo]

Originally Posted by T@NK

I recently bought a TM sig p226 from other player from here, and I happened found out that all of the sig pistols(all 3 of them, sig pro 2009,sig pro 2022, sig p226) I purchased from others are all configured for left hand use.I couldn't help to think, all you left-handers prefer sig pistols? sig pistols are lefty friendly or it's just coincidents?

the only thing you can swap side on the sigs is the mag release. everything else is on the left side for righties use.

[talon]

they are point and shoot pistols. Not many controls to really use, unless you have a habit of using the decocker a lot.

Mag release can be switched, and that's really all you'd need. Slide lock isn't all that necessary for anyone.

[Masterless]

Originally Posted by talon

Slide lock isn't all that necessary for anyone.

I'm ... confused by that statement. Slide locks will involve themselves in your life, whether you want them to or not.

The magazine release can be switched out by carefully taking off the pistol grips (and not losing the spring under there). The take-down lever, the decocking lever, and the slide release are all left-side only, designed to be operated by a right-handed shooter. If your SiGs have them on the right-hand side of the frame, I'd very much like to see some pictures.

[Drake]

Originally Posted by Masterless

I'm ... confused by that statement. Slide locks will involve themselves in your life, whether you want them to or not.

There's a technique whereby the shooter returns the slide to battery by pulling back on the slide rather than hitting the slide lock. Obviously it wont work with an empty mag inserted. I'm gonna guess that's what he's referring to.

[T@NK]

power stroke

[ShelledPants]

Hitting the slide lock to return the gun to battery, without first manually pulling the slide to the rear, will cause unnecessary wear on the slide lock. This is applicable to real firearms and airsoft. Long term wear will prevent the gun from slide lock on the last round fired.

[FirestormX]

Originally Posted by ShelledPants

Hitting the slide lock to return the gun to battery, without first manually pulling the slide to the rear, will cause unnecessary wear on the slide lock. This is applicable to real firearms and airsoft. Long term wear will prevent the gun from slide lock on the last round fired.

I did not know this. I can release the slide really easily with my thumb, so when I insert my mag with my left hand (I'm a righty), I just press the release with my thumb, as I move my left hand a couple inches into place on the grip. Power stroking is an added movement that I thought I could replace with with the slide release.

Is the wearing down a quick occurrence, or does it develop over years? (I know it depends on the materials, model, and all that, but in general...)

As for the mag catch being switched around, I see it a bit on KJW M9s. Apparently the mag catch gets worn out, and doesn't hold the mag in place, so if you switch it around, the non-worn side of the catch now holds the mag in place.

[Drake]

I have pistols almost a decade old with thousands of shots through em, the slide still locks fine. And it's a $5 part when it'll stop.

[vondnik]

I find that racking the slide with my off end on my return to extention is faster and give me better strong hand control on the gun than using the slide release witch causes my strong hand to shift

I always had a hard time using the slide release on my sig always found it to small almost hidden in the grip...Althow I honestly never liked my sig, glad I finaly got rid of it.

On my Ipsc 1911 the slide lock is modified in a way that if I slam the mag in hard anough it skips and closes by it self but holds on strong anough that it does not release on the slitest impact..

[tygr701]

I love my Sig 226 and I'm a lefty. I find them very easy and efficient to operate (mag release, slide release, decocking lever). Only pistols I find more ergonomic for me were Glocks but they're just ugly blocks.

[lurkingknight]

I've practiced drills with right and left hand... I'm a righty normally but I don't find any of the controls on my 226 overly difficult to manipulate entirely with my left hand. then again, I have small hands, so things aren't that far to reach or scrunch up if I'm using my left.

If you have larger hands or longer fingers, manipulating the decocker or the mag release can be tricky.

It's probably coincidence tank ended up with 3 pistols from small handed lefties. :P

[talon]

Originally Posted by ShelledPants

Hitting the slide lock to return the gun to battery, without first manually pulling the slide to the rear, will cause unnecessary wear on the slide lock. This is applicable to real firearms and airsoft. Long term wear will prevent the gun from slide lock on the last round fired.

And it's also a good way to get just a little bit more pull out of the return spring, too. While you've got problems if your pistol won't return to battery after using the slide lock, racking the slide and then releasing it is a good way to ensure that it returns to battery each time you have to reload on empty.

But yeah, that's what I meant. Should have been more clear. Don't need to use the slide lock to return the pistol into a usable state after a mag change.