Left handed SR1911 shooters?

[Tellico]

What ambi safety did you put on your SR1911? How good did it work out?
Fred

 

[Hipshot]

I used the one offered by Ruger and it works just fine. It needs to be fitted though; it's not just a drop in.

 

[Tellico]

Thanks Hipshot. I considered the Ruger one along with an Ed Brown or Wilson. I may try the Ruger as I have a couple of discount codes to use up anyway.
Fred

 

[Skee]

Wilson Combat took about 15 minutes to fit it to the hammer and sear.

 

[SR1911CMDR]

Southpaw here!!
Wilson Combat makes 2 different style ambidextrous safety's. They have a cheap or budget version which is around $60 and then their high-end version which is around $160. I bought the $60 tactical levers and was pretty disappointed. The inside flat of both sides was rough casting and had to be filed and polished. The Tong and groove did not fit together and had to be re-shape. There was not enough material removed for the plunger detent and had to be drilled in my drill-press. As expected there's material that needs to be removed for proper safety function but it was excessive. I even had to smooth off the right lever because it was very sharp. I'm wondering if I got a product that was unfinished and maybe was done on a Monday or Friday. I hear a lot of good things about their product so. All in all I love them and they work great. They are very low profile but easily switched on and off with minimal effort.
If I had to do it again I would get the Evolution Gun Works ambidextrous safety. It costs a little less than the high-end Wilson combat ambidextrous safety but features a Patent Pending sleeve that captures the tongue and groove pin. You'll never lose a safety or have one fall out again. The sleeve also prevents any binding with the grip safety. I was just at their shop today and I must tell you it is the most cleanest machined Ambi-Safety. I'm really impressed with their product

 

[SR1911CMDR]

Here what they look like installed

 

[Pat-inCO]

I use the base of my index finger and then do not have to worry.

 

[phonejack]

Same here

 

[revhigh]

I appreciate the ambi if you are left handed and REALLY need it to use the gun, but they have to be the most hideous mod to a 1911 ever. That pic from the rear showing both sides is just plain awful.

Just my opinion.

REV

 

[SR1911CMDR]

No not really at all. Def just your opinion.

I appreciate the ambi if you are left handed and REALLY need it to use the gun, but they have to be the most hideous mod to a 1911 ever. That pic from the rear showing both sides is just plain awful.

Just my opinion.

REV

 

[hittman]

Being a lefty I put an ambi safety on my first 1911 ..... a basic entry level Rock Island. Found I just never used it so when the SR1911 came along .... no need for the modification.

 

[revhigh]

If only this poor 1911 could talk .... It would say ....

Do you think my ambi safety makes my a$$ look big ?

Kinda looks like it has Obama ears.


REV

 

[bsnake]

If only this poor 1911 could talk .... It would say ....

Do you think my ambi safety makes my a$$ look big ?

Kinda looks like it has Obama ears.


REV

Now I don't care who you are, that right there is FUNNY.

 

[powder smoke]

X2

 

[98Redline]

If you are still looking for an ambi safety, Evoloution Gun Works makes a very good ambi safety that duplicates the look of the left side on the right.

http://www.egwguns.com/index.php?p=product&id=149

 

[Pat-inCO]

I've been left handed since birth and STILL use the base of my index
finger to take off the safety; ambi safety installed or not.

GEE! That means I can use ANY of the 1911s, without "help".

 

[Hipshot]

Well ... I'm a southpaw too. And so, that means that if I want to carry a 1911 the way it was meant to be
carried, then it definitely needs an Ambidextrous safety. But wait! There's more!!

I not only DON'T find the Ambi safety in the photo "hideous" ... Oh no! :shock:

In fact, I find a 1911 pistol WITH an Ambi safety to be a thing of pure beauty!!

And I actually find 1911 pistols WITHOUT Ambi safeties UGLY, as if they are DEFORMED!!

(Yes, I should have issued a blasphemy warning!! :lol: )

You see, there is this beautiful thing known as ... SYMMETRY!!!

A 1911 with just one thumb safety on the left side of the frame looks like an amputee to me!! :lol:

That's right!! It looks Asymmetrical, NOT balanced, and ... well ... deformed.

Now, put a fine looking Ambi Safety on this great old pistol, and now that runway model has TWO fine legs, doesn't she?

See what I'm gettin' at boys? Yeah, sure. Amputee girls can be cute too. Sure enough. But most of us
enjoy seeing our long legged blondes with TWO legs! No offense intended to those who prefer amputees!

Okay, now that I've said this, I am so very glad that I'm here at home, so that I'm not splattered by the mess
when all of those heads explode over my blasphemy!! :lol: :lol: - DixieBoy

I wholeheartedly agree and could not have said it any better. To each his own.

 

[Mus408]

Maybe just me but I shoot my handguns lefty style and I can operate the standard 1911 safety just fine with the outside of my left index finger. Very simple and quick!

 

[eveled]

The lefties I have known in my life, have been happier if they learned to use standard rightie things, as opposed to needing something special.

With that said, if I were a leftie, I'd want a true left hand gun, not just one modified to be ambidextrous.

 

[Cholo]

Lefty's make up 7-10% of the population. I've often wondered why the gun co's. don't make more left handed versions of their firearms :?