but I think by default all their guns have single-sided safeties and you have to add an ambi as an option. It does make it much easier to work a 1911 left handed with an ambi safety but it's not difficult by any means to do it without. Also for the compact, if I was to use it for conceal carry, I would not want an ambi safety on it because I don't want a safety on the outer side of my body in case it gets caught on something and is disengaged. I have direct personal experience with this happening to me. Good questions asked. A couple answers to share my point of view...
I don't have 3 dot sights on any of my pistols because I prefer a blacked out rear with something up front and I think I heard Costa feels the same way. The way I interpreted it, because the gun has a rail, it is intended to be used with a light which means night sights aren't necessary. My 1911 has tritium up front and a blacked out rear and in the dark with the mounted light turned on, you can't even see the tritium because it's washed out by the light. Just a different way to look at it.
No idea on the fibre optic as it does make for a nice sight picture but I wouldn't want that for a front sight if I was allowed to use my gun to have gun fights for sure.
Ambi safeties are considered a weak point in 1911s. I could be wrong and I'm too lazy to check
My minor grips with these guns (I definitely wouldn't refuse to take either!) is the fibre optic front sights and also the rear sight on the compact isn't hooked enough for one handed slide manipulation. This is a much bigger issue than no ambi safety or cosmetic only top strap serrations.
Also, LOL @ Costa Recon > Costa Rican
but if you add a bunch of bullsh*t to the best design ever to make it worse, that's not the gun's fault LOL. Quote from Nighthawk with explanation why:Night sights help for sure... but alls I was saying is it's a safe assumption that if someone buys a gun with a rail, it's because they want to mount a light in which case they aren't necessary. Even without a mounted light, using at least a handheld flashlight should be a requirement in a night time gun fight. Rule 4 of guns (the real rules, not the bogus Canadian rules) is be sure of your target, foreground, and background. You need to identify your target (I know you agree with me here!) so shooting a gun in the dark with no light at all is a huge mistake.
Ya, that's what I said. Too fragile, I sure wouldn't want to risk a rod breaking.
Yuppers, ambi safeties are a weak point on 1911s. It is the best design ever
"Q. Do you offer an ambi-safety on your 1911's?
A. If you choose to have an ambi-safety on your 1911, we will install one, but it will not be covered in our lifetime warranty. The 1911 was designed for a single side safety. The axle of the single side safety goes all the way through the frame. In order to create an ambi-safety, it requires taking that solid steel axle, cut it in half, and making some type of dovetail in order for it to un-snap to take the gun apart. By doing this, you have created a natural weak point. They have a tendency to work themselves loose over time, and that is why we do not cover them under warranty."
FYI this gun doesn't have a firing pin safety.. another example of bulls**t added to a gun for no reason to create an unnecessary weak point.
Ya, it doesn't look impossible to use the rear sight on the compact to rack the slide but if you compare the rear sights on the Recon and the compact, the difference is obvious and it is obvious to see which one is better. That's all I was saying. It can be done with no rear sight using the front sight or the ejection port. And no need to compare other guns, a non-combat gun doesn't need a feature to allow easy one handed manipulation.
