Lefties and P226's

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As a right handed person, I began my shooting "career" shooting pistols right handed. Last year however, I found that I did much better shooting left handed, as I was left eye dominant. I've since swapped to shooting lefty, and it's made a dramatic difference in my shooting.

Because of that, I ended up selling my P226 and P229 to experiment with more lefty friendly guns like the P320. I also found the glock surprisingly easy to use left handed, as an extended slide lever allows for easy locking back of the slide simply by pushing the trigger finger up.

I've all but given up on P226's because the slide is just too hard to lock back with my trigger finger, but I really do miss them. I was just curious what everyone's lefty technique was for locking the slide to the rear with the slide lever when they're shooting left handed with a P226?
 
As a lefty as well, either utilizing an empty magazine and racking the slide or, switching the pistol to my right hand, and locking it back like a right handed shooter by pushing up on the slide lock with my thumb.
 
Left handed with big hands and long fingers, so other than dropping a slide on a 1911 or releasing a mag - I can't do much else without putting the pistol into my right hand. Just can't get the leverage or the correct length to the controls to do it otherwise.

Ambi slide releases must assume use by the weak hand, since I find them either too far forward or too far back to trip with my left thumb. CZ 85 is a good example.

If I have to cease fire and clear the gun half way through a mag it always goes into the right hand - that's the only way that I find safe, secure, and fast to get it unloaded, unlocked, and on the bench
 
Twan said:
As a lefty as well, either utilizing an empty magazine and racking the slide or, switching the pistol to my right hand, and locking it back like a right handed shooter by pushing up on the slide lock with my thumb.
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I'm not willing to move the gun back and forth between hands, unfortunately. I need to be able to manipulate it with my left.

hatman1793 said:
Superior left hand shooters avoid the Sig P226-P220 decockers series. Just not suitable. The inferior Sig the US Army adopted, not a great solution either.
Seek out the better G17/G34 instead. Go upscale and embrace the CZ SP01 Shadow (a real bargain now) or the CZ Shadow2.
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I don't mind the P320 so far, but it's just not the same. I gave the Shadow a try, but I don't like guns with manual safeties, so away it went.

shawn said:
Just use your trigger finger to do it.

I am a lefty and carried a p225, its not a big deal.

Shawn
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Trigger finger to push the slide lever up? While holding left hand? It's been a while since I've had my 226, so I'm not sure i'm imagining it right. I can do that with my Glocks as long as there's an extended slide lever to be able to brush the side of my finger up against, but I can't remember if that's doable or not with the 226

Mark-II said:
Left handed with big hands and long fingers, so other than dropping a slide on a 1911 or releasing a mag - I can't do much else without putting the pistol into my right hand. Just can't get the leverage or the correct length to the controls to do it otherwise.

Ambi slide releases must assume use by the weak hand, since I find them either too far forward or too far back to trip with my left thumb. CZ 85 is a good example.

If I have to cease fire and clear the gun half way through a mag it always goes into the right hand - that's the only way that I find safe, secure, and fast to get it unloaded, unlocked, and on the bench
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While the hand swapping would work, that's not going to cut it for my use.
 
jory said:
Trigger finger to push the slide lever up? While holding left hand? It's been a while since I've had my 226, so I'm not sure i'm imagining it right. I can do that with my Glocks as long as there's an extended slide lever to be able to brush the side of my finger up against, but I can't remember if that's doable or not with the 226
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Yep, exactly that

Did that with my 225, 220 and 226

Shawn
 
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