Hi, everyone. I am a lefty. I read a previous post regarding lefties, and I do have an ambidextrous pistol, but I wanted to know if anyone is aware of any cc pistols that are specifically made for left-handed people? Thank you.
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Greetings & welcome to you, Deana!
I’m a righty, so hopefully a lady-handed person with specific knowledge on this will be along to answer your question.
Take care & be well
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@Deana1 Welcome to the community, and as for a true lefty made firearm, looks like the Cabot Gun 1911 makes both left/right models but not sure if a compact is made. Other than that, there are several ambidextrous models out there as you’re surely already aware of.
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Ambidextrous is the lefty term. Any Gen 5 Glock, Canik, Walther PDP, HK’s, etc are all lefty friendly.
Left handed are generally only found in rifles.
Hth
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It would SUCK to shoot either of my Tavor rifles in their current configuration as a southpaw!
Fortunately for left handed shooters, they can be converted to left hand ejection (by the user, no need for a gunsmith) in just a few minutes!
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Absolutely, that would be like pouring hot casings down your shirt. Not fun.
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John at active self protection always mentions VP9 with paddle release as being his ideal left handed gun. He’s a lefty
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Ambdi guns typically only refers to the controls, most still eject to the right, which is not ideal for a lefty. The Walter P5 is about the only, smaller size, one I know of that was offered as a left ejecting pistol. The Cabot, true, left handed is a nice 1911, just a bit large for EDC in my opinion.
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Glock 19 Gen 5 - ambidextrous
HK VP9 - ambidextrous
Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0 - ambidextrous
CZ P-07 - ambidextrous
Springfield Armory Echelon - ambidextrous
Charter Arms Southpaw - Features Specifically designed for left-handed shooters, with the cylinder latch and swing orientation set for left-hand use. Ideal for carry and surprisingly lightweight.
- Customization Options: Many handguns offer adjustable and replaceable components to improve comfort and usability for left-handed shooters.
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@Deana1 - welcome to the Community 
All depends on shooter’s expectations…
- what is a definition of “CC pistol”?
- is 4" barrel pistol still CC?
- what makes pistol “left handed friendly”?
- every control has to be ambidextrous?
- can you use left trigger finger to actuate slide stop / release lever?
- should the casing be ejected to the left?
Those questions should be answered before finding the pistols that fits you.
These are examples of pistols that can be considered as made for left-handed within reasonable price range:
- any 1911 or 2011 with ambidextrous thumb safety
- Walther PPQ
- Walther PDP
- H&K CC9
- H&K VP9
- H&K P30
- CZ P10C
- SA Echelon 4.0C
- Beretta APX A1
- IWI Masada
I should mention S&W M&P 2.0… but slide release on right side doesn’t work reliably. (That was one of the reasons I sold mine)
And of course Glock… but I have zero knowledge about its left-handed Perfection. 
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Thank you to all who were so kind enough respond to my post; I really appreciate it. I appreciate your opinions and practical shares, which is what I thought this shared community was about. Craig_AR, I did various research which included Google, but I sent my post to learn other’s opinions and maybe learn other information that I was not aware of. Your response to my post was totally rude; you should have just ignored my post if you felt it was annoying.
No more rude than you asking folks to put effort into repeating the work you already did. Everyone would have been much more helpful had you said something like,
“I’ve been researching left handed pistols, finding a lot of info on the web describing many models, but few actual reviews or experience described. Does anyone her have experience with them you can share?”
Yes I was snarky, Would it have been better to reply with,
“What have you found so far, so folks can add to your knowledge?”
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Now that I got the above off my chest, I actually have one bit of information that may help. I am a righty, but I shoot a S&W M&P 2.0, which purports to be good for lefties because it has slide lock releases on both sides. Since I occasionally train and practice for one hand off hand drills, I have tried using that right-side release.
My feedback is that the mechanism is much tougher to depress than the standard one on the left side, for right thumb press. I suspect it has to do with the internal design of the release mechanism. In any event, I’d suggest giving a good test of any of the purported ambidextrous semi-auto pistols. If others are like the M&P, you may be better off with a purpose-designed lefty model.
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