For you right handed shooters just a suggestion: swap the mag release over as if you were lefty and use your middle or trigger finger. As a lefty who's tried the mag release on both sides, I like it better setup as a righty than changing my grip in order to hit it with my thumb.

 

Just a suggestion.

 

 

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Or you can get an H&K (or some Walthers), which has a mag release with this in mind.

 

Extra bonus: harder to smack accidentally compared to a push button.

 

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nope

Lol ...I'm just saying give it a try ...and again: just a suggestion if you've never tried it.

 

 

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I like my trigger guard mag release

nope

 

Agreed.

Pass

As a lefty, I have been forced into this scenario. I now prefer using my trigger finger for mag release. Even on pistols with ambi releases.

nope

I second the nope. Some people always trying to reinvent the wheel

For you right handed shooters just a suggestion: swap the mag release over as if you were lefty and use your middle or trigger finger. As a lefty who's tried the mag release on both sides, I like it better setup as a righty than changing my grip in order to hit it with my thumb.

 

Just a suggestion.

 

 

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Stop trying to be different and make yourself shoot right handed like a normal person.

I don't get the stubbornness. Anything that helps me not have to adjust my grip for a mag change, is something I would try simply as an experiment. I am pretty sure the modern high grip, flared ejection port, and checkered front/back straps all came about from "fixing something that wasn't broken". But to each their own.

I don't get the stubbornness. Anything that helps me not have to adjust my grip for a mag change, is something I would try simply as an experiment. I am pretty sure the modern high grip, flared ejection port, and checkered front/back straps all came about from "fixing something that wasn't broken". But to each their own.

 

Ah yes, the good old "don't fix what isn't broken". Or, as I like to say: "don't innovate, change is scary".

I don't get the stubbornness. Anything that helps me not have to adjust my grip for a mag change, is something I would try simply as an experiment. I am pretty sure the modern high grip, flared ejection port, and checkered front/back straps all came about from "fixing something that wasn't broken". But to each their own.

 

It's not that - it's how I've trained and have ingrained into muscle memory.  I don't have to shift my grip to drop the mag...

There is nothing to be gained by using your trigger or middle finger.  Having to adjust your grip is not what slows down a reload. 

I like my trigger guard mag release

This. Very natural to me.

I enjoy using the ambi release on my xdm 40 compact.

 

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Yeah, most definitely nope. You middle finger has nowhere near the dexterity or leverage of you thumb. Your index might, but then you risk slipping your finger on the trigger when you shouldn't.

 

Lets put it this way, the top competive shooters are the fastest and most reliable mag changers you can find, and none of them will buy your theory.

 

This isn't about trying new things, it is that every every generation thinks they've discovered sex, but all these things have been tried and discarded already.

As a lefty, I have been forced into this scenario. I now prefer using my trigger finger for mag release. Even on pistols with ambi releases.

Exactly. I just figured I'd share that with the righties who've never had to try it the other way since every gun they've ever handled that had a mag release had it setup as a "righty".

 

 

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Stop trying to be different and make yourself shoot right handed like a normal person.

LMAO

 

 

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I don't get the stubbornness. Anything that helps me not have to adjust my grip for a mag change, is something I would try simply as an experiment. I am pretty sure the modern high grip, flared ejection port, and checkered front/back straps all came about from "fixing something that wasn't broken". But to each their own.

Thank you for being open minded. Lol

 

 

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Yeah, most definitely nope. You middle finger has nowhere near the dexterity or leverage of you thumb. Your index might, but then you risk slipping your finger on the trigger when you shouldn't.

 

Lets put it this way, the top competive shooters are the fastest and most reliable mag changers you can find, and none of them will buy your theory.

 

This isn't about trying new things, it is that every every generation thinks they've discovered sex, but all these things have been tried and discarded already.

I just put it out there thinking that a right handed shooter has likely never tried it and COULD end up liking it better if they did. I'm not saying it IS better and you SHOULD use it.

 

Also until you can show me something that shows that ALL of the top competitors uses their thumb on the mag release I'm going to continue to suspect there's at least a handful of lefty top shooters that use their trigger or middle finger on the mag release. (Probably no righties though because they're all too close minded :-)

 

 

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Or you can get an H&K (or some Walthers), which has a mag release with this in mind.

 

I have a Walther P22 and PPQ. Both have the mag release built into the trigger. I release my mags with my middle finger on my right hand... and I'm a righty! Same goes for my XD Subcompact. It has an amb. mag release.

With both my XD and Glock I can reach the mag release without shifting my grip. Getting a gunwhich you can operate easily with the size hand you have is the best way, I think.

 

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I have a Walther P22 and PPQ. Both have the mag release built into the trigger. I release my mags with my middle finger on my right hand... and I'm a righty! Same goes for my XD Subcompact. It has an amb. mag release.

Exactly what I was talking about. The only reason why I said some Walthers, is because the PPQ M2, PPK, and PPX all have buton releases. In my (admittedly extremely short and limited) shooting experience, I like the H&K/Walther paddle type releases more. Some of us have stubby little things for thumbs, and they won't comfortable reach the release on many guns.

The Walther PPQ is on my list I want to get. I was thinking about the M2 but now I think I want to look for an M1 so I can experience that paddle release.

 

 

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A person I know (right handed normal person) changed his mag release to a left handed mag release on a 2011 because he felt "it will be faster"

Needless to say after 2 matches and numerous fumbles the $100 left handed mag release was discarded.

Right is right, left is wrong.

However if you want one here it is;

http://www.bulletworks.com/bulletworks/R.Side_Mag_Catch.html

The Walther PPQ is on my list I want to get. I was thinking about the M2 but now I think I want to look for an M1 so I can experience that paddle release.

 

 

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Paddles belong on boats, classrooms, and bedrooms.

Paddles belong on boats, classrooms, and bedrooms.

Best quote I've seen today.

I have a Walther P22 and PPQ. Both have the mag release built into the trigger. I release my mags with my middle finger on my right hand... and I'm a righty! Same goes for my XD Subcompact. It has an amb. mag release.

 

You also haven't been to a match in forever... Mr. "I shoot gangsta style in matches"

Getting a gun which you can operate easily with the size hand you have is the best way, I think.

 

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This too