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Originally Posted by Fastbolt
Here's something else to consider, relating technique.
Every now and then a right-handed P239 shooter might experience a failure of the slide to lock back on an empty mag. If so, shoot the gun left-handed to see if it continues to happen.
If the "problem" doesn't occur shooting LH ... adjust your right thumb to get off the slide stop lever. Like some plastic pistols, the 239's slide stop lever is located pretty far to the rear, and some shooters might not keep their thumbs off the lever under recoil, and press down on the lever, preventing the lever from being lifted by the mag follower in the empty mag.
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This happens to me with all Sig P-series guns save the 210, and about every plastic-framed pistol made these days.
When required to qualify with them, I do it lefty, rather than induce my own malfunctions and then have to clear them to score high enough.
Getting perfect scores left handed took more time than getting “ok” scores right handed, for me.