Left hand concealed carry

[budda]

My wife is a lefty and she is going to get her concealed permit. She does not care for the glock style striker fire systems and would like a safety. I have found it very hard to find a conceal gun with a safety and even harder to find one that an ambi safety. Any suggestions to my wife situation?

[Gunner]

The MP Shield has a manual safety

[SA Friday]

IMO, you will be better off getting over the "don't like striker fired guns" and the need for an external safety in this situation. There are literally little to no guns as you've described for a lefty in a carry size. You've essentially secluded your choices to a very expensive customized 1911 or some obscure oddball gun.

[Gunner]

I'm in the same boat as a lefty. Maybe get her a lcp or something with a heavy double action or revolver.

[Fromk]

IMO, you will be better off getting over the "don't like striker fired guns" and the need for an external safety in this situation. There are literally little to no guns as you've described for a lefty in a carry size. You've essentially secluded your choices to a very expensive customized 1911 or some obscure oddball gun.

As a lefty I agree with this 100%. I'm also slighty uncomfortable without a safety, too. I put my mind at ease by carrying with an empty chamber most of the time and being very aware of that fact. I'd also say my daily life is extremely low-risk so I have no problem with that.

I also disagree with getting an M&P shield because it's got a small, low-profile safety on the wrong side. Probably great for the "normals" but bad for people like me and your wife.

I carry an M&P 9c which is a little fatter than I'd like it to be in a perfect world but I love everything else about it. There are plenty of good choices if she takes a manual safety off the checklist.

[Jmetz]

I'm lefty and have carried a Beretta 92fs, Springfield Micro Compact, and now a Kimber Pro Carry II with no issue and no personal customization.

[O2HeN2]

There are ambi safeties avaialble on the EAA Witness guns. I Have an old Witness 9mm sub-compact and love it.

O2

[Special Ed]

I'm a lefty who likes his manual safety and doesn't prefer stiker fired weapons. I went with the Walther PK380 (we bought it for my wife but she doesn't want to carry so I gladly absconded with it for my own use). It has both ambi safety and mag release and is hammer fired. You can also carry it cocked and locked so always have that SA trigger pull (though there's no decocking mechanism other than thumbing down the hammer). Recoil is much much better than any other .380 I've fired. It's small but it's not a pocket pistol.

[SideShow Bob]

Sig P238 (.380) or Sig P938 (9mm) both are 1911 style and have Ambi safeties and are small CC type semi autos.

[johngraves2]

Not sure what caliber you are looking for but look at the walther P22 or PK380. I love them both, small, ambi-safety and ambi-mag release. wife uses the P22 i use the PK380 for our CCW's