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Originally Posted by Gun 4 Fun
Along the lines of the OP's question, the Colt SAA is a left handed gun. Colt was a lefty, and designed the SAA to suit him. A right handed SAA would have the loading gate on the left side to allow loading and unloading with the weak hand, also the ejector rod would have been on the left side of the barrel.  |
Samuel Colt passed away in 1862, at least ten years before the Model P was designed and produced.
However, there's always been speculation that the Model P was designed for south paws. Being that lefties only make up 5% of the population (and I'm one), it seems unlikely that the design would have been done that way.