100% Ambi controls?

[buick455]

I'm teaching a new shooter how to shoot handguns and am running into a small problem

He's a Lefty and he's years away from buying his own gun ( he's 13)

so I'm looking into different types of handguns that have 100% ambi controls

By that I mean that ALL of the controls can be use right and left handed without swapping parts around

What guns have Mag, slide, saftey and/or decockers that work this way

I only know of a couple :

the newer HK's like p30 and p2000

and the STI GP6 and GP5

Without getting pissed can we come up with a few more?

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[powermad]

FNP and FNX pistols are ambi
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[raftman]

I believe the Zastava EZ9 is fully ambidextrous with the slide release/decocker and mag release present on both sides, it's also pretty affordable and of great quality for the price. I guess the take-down lever is on only one side but it would be kinda silly if that were ambidextrous.

 

[powermad]

After thinking about it I mis-stated the FNP.
The FNP45 is the only one in the FNP line that completely ambi.
The FNP 9 and 40 need parts swapping.

The FNX series are designed like the FNP45 and are ambi.

 

[buick455]

Ok I'll add the FNX to the list

Seems to me that I checked out a Zastava once at a gun show looked like a nice peice for the price BUT you would need gorrilla hands to hold it. For reference it goes on the list

Thanks guys

 

[raftman]

Guess I should add, I do believe there exists a compact version of the Zastava.

 

[powermad]

Cool. they added a video.
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[Carbohydrates]

The CZ 85! It is the exact same as a 75, except it has an ambidextrous safety and slide stop and a reversible magazine release. My 75 B is my absolute favorite pistol to shoot.

85B, functionally identical to the 75B: CZ-USA -> CZ 85 B

85 Combat, with adjustable rear sight / mags drop free (this shouldn't be a huge selling point as any CZ can be modified to do this in a matter of minutes) / extended mag release / overtravel adjust: CZ-USA -> CZ 85 COMBAT

edit: My mistake, the mag release is not constantly ambidextrous - though it can be reversed at will, it is only present on one side or the other at any given time. Sorry! Everything else is full ambi.

 

[John Gault]

I would add some versions of the Walther P99 and P99c.

 

[buick455]

I checked out the walthers and it looks like they had an ambi slide release as an option but there is debate on how many are/were available in the states. I'll keep my eyes open and add it to my list