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NAD · February 4, 2000, 02:07 PM

I'm a lefty and all my firearms a right handed. I have to buy ambi-safeties, but that's about it. I have not reversed the button safety on my Benelli, but I am thinking about it because I use this gun for IPSC 3 gun matches. I also keep it loaded at home, however, reversing the safety could be a dangerous situation for people who don't know about the reversal. I will probably go ahead and do it since I live alone anyway. The ejected hulls have not caused a problem either.

I have ambi-safeties on my AR's, and my IPSC rifle has an ambi-mag release as well. Otherwise, an AR is "lefty friendly" as long as it has a brass deflector.

I would rather buy a right-handed version of a firearm and modify it if ambis are needed. You never know when you might have to use someone elses weapon and chances are very good it will be the right handed version.

February 4, 2000, 02:07 PM	#5
NAD Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 1998 Posts: 169	I'm a lefty and all my firearms a right handed. I have to buy ambi-safeties, but that's about it. I have not reversed the button safety on my Benelli, but I am thinking about it because I use this gun for IPSC 3 gun matches. I also keep it loaded at home, however, reversing the safety could be a dangerous situation for people who don't know about the reversal. I will probably go ahead and do it since I live alone anyway. The ejected hulls have not caused a problem either. I have ambi-safeties on my AR's, and my IPSC rifle has an ambi-mag release as well. Otherwise, an AR is "lefty friendly" as long as it has a brass deflector. I would rather buy a right-handed version of a firearm and modify it if ambis are needed. You never know when you might have to use someone elses weapon and chances are very good it will be the right handed version.