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Originally Posted by haertig
The safety is probably there only because the lawyers said it should be there. It's not really necessary on a target pistol. So the manufacturers probably want to do the cheapest thing possible to satisfy the corporate lawyers. Which is to make it simple, and non-ambi.
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Again, there are target competitions that require a safety. For example, it's a DQ not to engage the safety at low ready in our local PPC-style league.
Manufacturers leave the lefty side off simply to reduce cost. We add it back when necessary, but most lefties learn to operate just fine without any changes.
Related videos (from my signature on CalGuns):
Revolver reloading: de Bethencourt •
Ayoob (lefty at 4:30)
Semi-auto handling: SIG SAUER Academy •
Gunsite Academy