SW22 Victory, is it just me?

[haertig]

You are correct, I am not a hunter. I guess I am learning ... 22's are carried cocked-n-locked while hunting. I didn't know that.

 

[Old Army Guy]

The reason they don't add the Ambi-Safety is, they don't have to.
People like you and me will purchase the right Hand safeties firearm anyway.
I also have several H&K's, one with Ambient Safety's. The others are De-cocking button.
Like it was mentioned above, the S&W Victory is usually not a CCW hand gun.
My S&W Model 41 is on the left side. I would never sell it. I'm 65, Vietnam Vet. All the M-16's are Right handed.
It's something you can get use to very easy. Don't fight the System. Follow the Money. Ambi-Safety will cost more with little benefit to the majority of Shooters..
Sin-Loy--Sorry.

Thank you for your service. I am a Vietnam Vet as well and I totally agree with your position. I was in charge of manufacturing for Fender Musical Instruments for years and have first hand (left as well as right) when it comes to offering a left handed option for when the product truly has a hand. Hey lefties, so sorry , but you are the one percenters. It truly isn't economical to offer left handed products. The only reason Fender did it on a few models was public relations. All you righties paid for it in the end with higher prices to offset the duplicate tooling and training required to produce what was truly less than 1% of overall demand.

Sin-Loy

 

[Targets Guy]

I'm a lefty as well and have no problem with the safety on the Victory. Use my left thumb. Easy peasy.

When you represent less than 13% of the market place you have to adapt

 

[Barrie]

Backligthing it not only floats my Boat but my Battleship as well. especially at 25 yards all day long.

 

[scoobysnacker]

I don't have a Victory, but as a lefty I do own a number of pistols, some of which are ambi.

I don't think I've used the lefty safety much, I have naturally used the righty (I've learned to do it, and those are ALWAYS there).

 

[Semper Fi Charters]

I am left handed and ever now and then I engage the safety without knowing it

 

[RoadKingRon]

First, I love my M&P's and S&W. Have had just about everything, was an avid Glock shooter before but once I held an M&P, I was sold. I'm short and have small hands and they just fit me. Carry a 40c and compete with a full sized .40. I also enjoy this forum. Have lurked quite a bit, but I had to join to ask this question and I'm sure I'll start posting more.

For the love of Pete, why didn't they give this thing an ambidextrous safety? WHY? Every single steel framed target style .22 pistol on the market for the last 60 years of this design has a single sided, right handed safety. I'm a lefty, I sold my 22/45 and various other .22 pistols because I can't actuate the safety with my left hand without contorting it. I would go out and buy a Victory tomorrow if it had an ambi safety. I just don't get it. I think it's a slick looking pistol and when I saw it, I thought "PLEASE have an ambi safety, they wouldn't go about designing a NEW .22 target gun in 2015 without thinking of the everlasting plight of lefties, would they?" When I saw photos of the right side of the gun, my heart sank a little.

I have friends that are new shooters, women and kids that are lefties and I don't like giving them a pistol that is so "wierd" for them to actuate the safety.

Oh well. I'm sure it was an oversight, I guess it could be an engineering problem, but with what we can do today in engineering it would surprise me that they can't put a lever on the right side of this pistol. Guess I'll stick with my polymer .22's.

Otherwise, keep up the good work, Smith!

The SW22 was my only gun with a safty, I made the safty inoperatable and now ALL my guns are the same. Thats how I solved it.

 

[oink]

I like the option of a safety. My MK4 has one, an ambi safety but I may remove the lefty safety. My Glocks and S.A. XDs don't have safeties but I'd prefer they did. My Shield does. If it has a trigger like my old Keltec it wouldn't need one.

 

[Slicktop]

My beef with the Victory safety is it being too easy to accidently engage whilst shooting and that there is no indication mark showing S/F.
Someone new to the gun would not know which position the switch is in. I added a dot of red fingernail polish to aid.

 

[Seabee58]

My Victory shoots Steel Challenge just fine with no issues. Anyone with operational issues needs to be more careful in the cleaning process. The Victory, when clean, operates very well. Given the high heat it encounters, the firing pin spring will require routine changes. I've run through thousands of rounds, and it works fine.

 

[Seabee58]

I suggest you remove the safety spring, enabling its function. The hammer pin passing through the safety will sit fine without the spring. The hand grips keep the pin in place.

 

[lowriderfxr]

Mine shoots amazingly. It does however look much different than it did when it left S&W.

 

[AveragEd]

I'd buy the Mk IV in a jiffy it it were a 22/45 (grip and angle).

I bought a MK IV Competition when they first came out. I shot one box of shells through it and sold it - the steep grip angle was uncomfortable for my arthritic hands and wrists. I much prefer the 1911 grip angle and even changed my Ruger centerfire and rimfire precision rifles over to it using grips from Magpul.

Ed

 

[Tennc]

I am left handed. I found that the world is right-handed. So I shoot, shift gears, throw a ball, and use a mouse right handed. I still write left handed since there is no disadvantage in doing that. I love my Victory much more the Buckmark I had.