Hi guys, Im a really longtime lurker and very infrequent poster. This is a wonderful site and full of great people and its free to join!!! Hey, what more could I ask for? Well, a couple of things. I'm brand new to hand guns and I am one of the folks that are challenged by being left handed. We do adapt to the right hand world but I'm wondering, as I start to shop for my first handgun I wonder if its possible to get a lefti or an ambidextrous firearm. I think I have settled on 9mm, strictly for ammo price. Not really sure of that but thats the way I'm thinking right now. Cost is realy not everything ammo wise of course but if I'm shooting just targets, what difference would calibre make? Just a question. so, to sum up, are there ambi guns out there and is 9mm a good choice. I hope I havent started an eternal debate. Thanks for any thoughts you might have guys. Oh, one more quickie, can I shoot slugs from 870 Express magnum with the stock non rifled 20inch barrel? Thanks again.......
Lefthand semi
- Thread starter banjaboy
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Most right-handed pistols can be operated acceptably by a left-handed shooter, albeit somewhat differently. The magazine release and slide release can both be operated with the left trigger finger (or you can just slingshot the slide). On those guns with a manual safety, you would definitely want an ambi one, otherwise you would have to make do by shifting your thumb to the left side or using your trigger finger to operate the safety, neither of which are particularly ergonomic.
These days, 9mm is probably the way to go if you are stuck with factory ammo. Rolling your own makes it far less expensive to shoot other calibres.
With the exception of sabot slugs, most slugs are designed to be shot through a smoothbore barrel and safely pass through a choke. For your future reference, this is really a question for the shotgun forums.
These days, 9mm is probably the way to go if you are stuck with factory ammo. Rolling your own makes it far less expensive to shoot other calibres.
With the exception of sabot slugs, most slugs are designed to be shot through a smoothbore barrel and safely pass through a choke. For your future reference, this is really a question for the shotgun forums.
Hey guys, thanks!!! I ask one question and you open up my mind to tons more, as in loading your own.I used to load my own shotgun rounds until I find it cheaper to but ready made, of course they dont match home rolled as far variable loads. Just as a ballpark, has anyone got a quikcie answer to relaoding brass for a handgun?
Again guys and gals, thanks for your help what a wonderful place for rookies!!
Again guys and gals, thanks for your help what a wonderful place for rookies!!
Try this:
http://www.handloads.com/calc/loadingCosts.asp
You will have to fill in your own costs for powder, primers, brass (case), and bullets. But it will give you an idea of your cost per 1, 50, and 1000 rounds.
I believe it has been posted on CGN before but I don't recall who posted it.
I don't do it any more, but for many years I loaded mostly 9mm and found it truly cost effective and well worth doing in terms of getting the kinds of powder loads and bullets I wanted. I was living in the US, and there were many, many commercial cartridges of many different kinds available, but I found great satisfaction in loading my own. If you decide to do it, invest in a couple of the reloading manuals (and actually read the material that's there in addition to the load tables ), be very careful, pay attention to detail, keep records and make sure you don't double-charge a cartridge.
1riot1ranger
CGN Regular
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- Calgary, AB
STI GP6
All controls are ambi.
All controls are ambi.
Went down to Kesselrings to check out some reloading stuff. Got chatting to the man.Boy, what cool place. He let me play with as many handguns as I wanted and he knew I wasn't buying from him, just a nice guy. Anyway, I handled a S&W M&P, it really felt good in my hand, very ergonomical for a lefty like me. now the eternal question I have to work out is calibre for my first handgun. I'm sure I will own many but for my first I still think 9MM. I understand I can get a barrel kit for that handgun in .40cal.
I had a look at the Gen 4 but I'm an old fart and I really liked the weight of the S&W, my son shoots Glocks and loves them. Amongst him and his shooting friiiends they have just about everything so I'm planning a day at the range with them when I get a bit more knowledge. Its gonna be expensice knowledge taking 6 30 year old guys out for pizza afterwards but they are the guys that know more than me. I will post more when I have handled the firearms. Thanks again....
