Post by: Kermit on January 01, 2010, 04:00:44 PM
It just occurred to me that a right handed shooter might find a left locked pistol a lot handier. Anyone have short and long guns with locks on opposite sides? It sorta seems that lock location for pistols came out of where it's located on long guns, and not what makes for convenience...
Post by: Sir Michael on January 01, 2010, 06:05:32 PM
Just a guess.
I don't think that many gun makers made left handed guns so they made pistols just like they made rifles. Except for makers of double rifles and fowlers putting a lock on the left side wasn't commonly done.
Like I said just a guess.
Post by: biliff on January 01, 2010, 06:54:34 PM
Post by: Sir Michael on January 01, 2010, 11:25:49 PM
Post by: Captchee on January 02, 2010, 08:16:11 AM
some pistols i can cock with my right thumb by simply reaching up just as you would with a revolver .
i think its just more personal preference and yes a standardization . IE right handed , right hand lock . Left handed left hand lock
Post by: biliff on January 02, 2010, 11:46:54 AM
Post by: Longhunter on January 02, 2010, 01:24:21 PM
One reason when the pistol is tucked into a belt or sash, it's usually on the opposite side of your drawing hand, in a cross draw position. That way the lock isn't diggin into your belly and draws out smoothly. It's also easier to prime when the lock is facing away from you.
If for some reason I ever wanted to carry two pistols I thing I'd have one left and one right hand lock for ease of carrying in a belt.
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Post by: jim m on January 03, 2010, 10:23:37 AM
Post by: Longhunter on January 03, 2010, 11:26:34 AM
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Correlations with left-handedness
[edit] Left-handedness and intelligence
In his book Right-Hand, Left-Hand,[29] Chris McManus of University College London argues that the proportion of left-handers is rising and left-handed people as a group have historically produced an above-average quota of high achievers. He says that left-handers' brains are structured differently in a way that widens their range of abilities, and the genes that determine left-handedness also govern development of the language centres of the brain.
McManus also says that the increase in the 20th century of people identifying as left-handed could produce a corresponding intellectual advance and a leap in the number of mathematical, sporting, or artistic geniuses.
In 2006, researchers at Lafayette College and Johns Hopkins University in a study found that left-handed men are 15 percent richer than right-handed men for those who attended college, and 26 percent richer if they graduated. The wage difference remains unexplained, and does not appear to apply to women.[30]
[edit] Left-handedness and politics
Main article: Handedness of Presidents of the United States
Post by: Kermit on January 03, 2010, 03:03:11 PM
Post by: Longhunter on January 04, 2010, 12:13:49 AM
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That does it! I'm gettin' a left locked pistol, and I'm goin' t' be FILTHY STINKIN' RICH!
It don't work that way you gotta be BORN Left handed...
Post by: Kermit on January 04, 2010, 09:56:16 PM
Post by: Longhunter on January 04, 2010, 11:40:52 PM
Post by: Kermit on January 05, 2010, 12:34:04 PM
Post by: Gordon H.Kemp on January 23, 2010, 02:22:50 AM
He was a stuburn boy and only used his right hand when forced to. As he grew older he became proficient with either hand,he coud write,pitch/catch aballetc. with either hand. SeveraL of my grandchildren are leftys . I think that leftys tend to be more talanted per capita than us right handers.