Left Handed Shooters...Help!

[kmitch200]

Revolvers: Different animal. As a southpaw, this requires much more personal style and preference. I personally use speedloaders, but I have to swing open the cylinder,   cradle the revolver in my left hand, middle and ring finger through the frame holding open the cylinder, point it up and away, slap the ejector rod with my right hand, (if needed), than muzzle pointed down, and bring the speedloader, to the cylinder reload.  It's smoother than it sounds, but takes practice. ALOT, like 15min-1/2  hour a day with snap caps. But the revolver stays in the strong hand throughout.

This is the same procedure most (all?) right handers use. (watch the Jerry Miculek videos)
The only way to truly control the cylinder is by using the left hand as above.

My speedloaders are on the right side of my body to ease their use, my mags for semiautos are on the left side for the same reason.
Releasing the slide by pulling it back rather than using a slide release keeps the gun in your proper shooting grip, is a gross motor movement and does not slow things down. No having to 'hunt' for a small lever. It works well for lefty reloads.

[twyacht]

This is the same procedure most (all?) right handers use. (watch the Jerry Miculek videos)
The only way to truly control the cylinder is by using the left hand as above.

My speedloaders are on the right side of my body to ease their use, my mags for semiautos are on the left side for the same reason.
Releasing the slide by pulling it back rather than using a slide release keeps the gun in your proper shooting grip, is a gross motor movement and does not slow things down. No having to 'hunt' for a small lever. It works well for lefty reloads.

The kicker is a right handed person, opens a right handed revolver with the cylinder opening toward the center of the body, left hand is brought to reload, Miculek style.

A lefty, that doesn't switch the pistol to the weak(right) hand, the cylinder opens to the left side of the body. The right hand than has to cross over the left hand to reload. the outboard cylinder. Similar, but different. Especially if all the fired rounds don't just "fall out"....

It's a personal preference, that's why I have two M+P's ambi-everything, including mag release, but I can drop a mag with my left trigger finger very quickly, on a "righty" pistol.

Same on slide release.

Carnegie hall,......practice, practice, practice.

[PegLeg45]

I wish I had a DA revolver....I'd make a short vid of a reload I've seen done by a lefty at our range.
He uses a style with his snubby .38's that, due to his constant practice, was smooth as silk for him.

Hard to explain in type, and also sounds awkward, but as he rotated the gun, he hit the cylinder release with his left thumb and let it roll around in his hand using his index and middle fingers to flip the cylinder out and his thumb hit the ejector (similar to a technique I've seen Ayoob do before, I think). He then loads with speed loader in right hand, closes cylinder with left thumb, and re-acquired the shooting grip with both hands.
Again, it sound very awkward...but for him, it worked well.

[twyacht]

Had the wife help take pics,...maybe this will help.

My Rossi .357 Mag. "unloaded" simulating fired all 6 rds.



Cylinder opened, with left thumb, and held open by strong hand middle and ring finger.


Pointed up and away while right hand depresses ejector.


Speedloader comes across left wrist and inserts fresh rounds.

Ready to re-engage.

Takes about 4-5 seconds. But I practice....Wife looks at me funny, I use snap caps for actual loading/reloading, but it can be done, smoothly, quickly, and reliably. Looks funny to you "righties out there" don't it?

Hope this helps....

[Overload]

twyacht,
how do you OPEN the revolver left handed?  This is one reason I like the Ruger LCR.  Also, it's said the SAA is lefty.

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[PegLeg45]

TW, that's very close to the way they guy I was talking about does it. He opens the cylinder release with his strong-side (left thumb) as he shifts his grip. Good pics.

[twyacht]

Maybe I should call it the Head-Banger Salute aka, Ronnie James Dio, tactical Lefty Revolver Reload...

twyacht,
how do you OPEN the revolver left handed?  This is one reason I like the Ruger LCR.  Also, it's said the SAA is lefty.

Left thumb comes across the grip to push the cylinder release, as middle and ring fingers push cylinder out, and hold it there.

You should see me with spiral notebooks, and angled spatula's.....