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Just wondering the general consensus. Did Ruger dropped the ball by not putting an ambidextrous safety on the SR1911 from the factory? Thanks for taking part.
Poll Ambidextrous safety.
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I voted yes. I think it should have been included, but it is not worth the extra money to me to add it now. Ed
WIL TERRY
Buckeye
LET THOSE WHO SPECIFICALLY WANT IT or need it pay for it.
Being right handed, I don't use the ambi safety. I take them off my carry guns. I have got them caught on my cover shirt before. I carry at 4 o'clock, so drawing left handed isn't an option.
If I were left handed, I would probably add them and cut down the right hand safety to avoid getting it caught in a 8 o'clock carry draw.
If my right hand ever gets disabled in a fight, I'll figure it out.
If I were left handed, I would probably add them and cut down the right hand safety to avoid getting it caught in a 8 o'clock carry draw.
If my right hand ever gets disabled in a fight, I'll figure it out.
doublebarrel
Single-Sixer
Don't need one and don't want one.If it had an ambi-safety I would have swapped it out for single side one.
Hipshot
Single-Sixer
As a lefty, I've already added an ambi safety to mine. Wouldn't have it any other way.
rammerjammer
Blackhawk
WIL TERRY said:
Yup. Sorry lefties, you're in the extreme minority and its up to you to customize to your needs.
Pat-inCO
Hawkeye
Nope. :roll:rammerjammer said:
I am left handed and I say it is up to the left handed to learn to adapt. I can easily use the "right handed" safety with no problem. Additionally, I know of several other left handed people that have learned to do the same thing.
The REAL situation is to learn to use what is there, a.k.a. ADAPT!
OBTW (that's Oh By The Way, for you non acronym capable), it is NOT just the safety, it is EVERYTHING you choose not to modify for yourself, right handed or left.
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Pat-inCO said:
Good point. I am ambidexterous, and some things are easier lefty, and others righty. Seems if you develop the muscle memory anything is possible. Ed
dlidster
Single-Sixer
+1rammerjammer said:
My CZ 75 B LE (like the 85 B) has an ambi safety and I wish it didn't. It's extraneous on an otherwise very clean pistol. (The Standard 75 B does not have the ambi safety.)
I very happy that my SR1911 does not have one.
Just more garbage that people want without even knowing why they want it.
Even if you're ambidextrous, you probably only shoot with one hand primarily .... Just get the appropriate safety if the right handed one doesn't suit you.
There's already way too much garbage on most factory 1911's as it is.
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Even if you're ambidextrous, you probably only shoot with one hand primarily .... Just get the appropriate safety if the right handed one doesn't suit you.
There's already way too much garbage on most factory 1911's as it is.
REV
Poco Oso
Buckeye
I voted no. The beauty of the 1911, to me, is that it's thin, flat shape makes it easier to carry and conceal. That extra piece hanging off the side just makes one more protrusion to work around or get hung up. Being of a spatially efficient size, (alright...I'm short. Poco Oso= Small Bear ) I need every advantage I can get!
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I voted no. I am right handed, but even when I shoot with my weak or left hand I am so used to reaching over with my thumb I never use the ambi safety on my 1911s that have it.
I voted no and I shoot left handed. After 40 years of being use to reaching over with my right hand to manipulate the safety, I would feel unsafe doing it one handed.
Now, a left handed 10/22 is a whole 'nother kettle of fish.
Now, a left handed 10/22 is a whole 'nother kettle of fish.
TheDivil
Bearcat
On a factory gun no ambi safety needed. If I were a lefty perhaps I would have voted differently.
I am right handed. I do not like that extra metal hanging out on the right side of the gun.
MOUNTAIN WILLIAM
Blackhawk
I'm not left handed but my wife is.
Ambi's all around in my house.
Ambi's all around in my house.
I am a lefty and use an ambi safety on all of my guns. I feel that a safety is placed where it is in order to be operated in a particular manner/grip position. Trying to gyrate your grip around or move your thumb from one side of the frame to the other is both slow and prone to inconsistent grip.
On a range gun, I could care less where the safety is, I have all of the time in the world to get set up. On a carry gun, I want the gun to draw and my digits to come down on the gun, in the proper manner, as quickly as possible.
If I were right handed, I could probably care less, but if you happen to be one of the 11% of leftys out there, an ambi safety is a logical enhancement to any firearm.
On a range gun, I could care less where the safety is, I have all of the time in the world to get set up. On a carry gun, I want the gun to draw and my digits to come down on the gun, in the proper manner, as quickly as possible.
If I were right handed, I could probably care less, but if you happen to be one of the 11% of leftys out there, an ambi safety is a logical enhancement to any firearm.
