Southpaw friendly handguns

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The Lefty Speed Reload For A Revolver Using A Speedloader.
From a two handed or freestyle position...
1. Release the cylinder release latch with your thumb, I've played around with using my left and right thumb with no appreciable difference in speed.
2. Push the cylinder out with your right hand.
3. Put your right thumb through the frame and over the cylinder while grasping the frame with your right fingers.
4. Rotate the revolver to a barrel straight up position.
5a. Use your right index finger to depress the elector rod or,
5b. Use the heel of your left hand to depress the elector rod in a brisk manner.
6a. Retrieve your speed loader on your left side while ejecting the empty cases or,
6b. After ejecting the empty cases, retrieve the speed loader from your left side.
7. While performing the motions to retrieve your speed loader, rotate the gun to as close to a muzzle down position as possible.
8. Line up and insert the fresh cartridges into the chambers, the release the speed loader retention.
9 Discard the speed loader and close the cylinder while maintaining positive control of the revolver.
10. Resume a two handed grip while aligning the gun with your target and bringing it back to eye level.

Now that sounds like a lot of steps. In truth it's really not any more steps than if you break down the process of reloading a semi auto. Back in my days of serious competition (said in a quavery old man's voice) I could regularly hit sub 2 second reloads from shot to shot. That's shoot my sixth, reload, and shoot my next shot. That was also the result of hundreds of hours of practice. Nowadays, I'm slightly over three on a cold reload.

This.

Shooting stock guns, I could outrun a 1911 over a 12 or 16 shot string. Hi-caps, not so much.

And that's shooting the revolver DA.

The key is that the LH retains the revolver in his right hand, and uses it to push out the cylinder. If he's lucky the shells will dump on their own, but if they don't he can use the middle finger of his right hand to push out the shells, again without releasing his grip on the gun. Releasing the cylinder, grabbing the speedloader, and loading are basically one motion.