The O.P. makes a good point. A local mother brought her teenage daughters to our irregular timed action pistol or what ever you want to call them matches. Fortunately both daughters were right handed so Ruger .22/45s worked. The point is, life isn't all bullseye matches anymore. They could not participate with single action pistols that lacked safeties.

Oddly enough, the new Victory replaces a pistol that had an ambidextrous safety, the 22S and 22A series. The largely forgotten 22Ss had stainless frames. Have you handled one?