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Any suggestions on fixing this lack of foresight?

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vasocreta

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Switched up the mag release on Hellcat for my left handed self and damnit!
Mag release gets pressed when the holster pushes against my body at just the right angle.
Any suggestions?

 
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i think you're supposed to hold the gun in it's "normal" position to let the mag come out..???

the way you're doing it, of course it's gonna go back in..
 
Thanks, everyone. Sorry, I thought the video was obvious enough, but in looking back I should have included more verbiage. Fixing that now.
 
vasocreta said:
I agree that it's "easy enough". I took a class recently and having it switched is definitely faster for me, but that could just be a training this, I suspect.
This just may be the most full-proof fix.
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I am left handed as is my wife. I learned to shoot right handed as my dominate hand as a child. So on the P365xl my wife might use I set up the magazine release for left hand use. With a bit of training I am now actually faster with it on the right side than I am with pistols setup for right hand use with my right thumb. Same way I am faster shootibg with my left hand and a right hand release.

But I tend to have shorter thumbs and have to manipulate for the thumb to activate the release.
 
Since that is a Kydex holster it looks like an easy fix. Mark where the mag release is on the holster and remove the gun. With a heat gun, gently warm the area around the mag release. when it softens, take a metal rod or something similar and push the Kydex outward away from the release area. Try to tent it in a pyramid or dome shape so that the stress lines are going out to the edges clear the mag release. That way, even if pressure against the outside of the holster bottoms out against the gun, you will still have a pyramid or dome shape roof over the release.
 
BobT said:
Since that is a Kydex holster it looks like an easy fix. Mark where the mag release is on the holster and remove the gun. With a heat gun, gently warm the area around the mag release. when it softens, take a metal rod or something similar and push the Kydex outward away from the release area. Try to tent it in a pyramid or dome shape so that the stress lines are going out to the edges clear the mag release. That way, even if pressure against the outside of the holster bottoms out against the gun, you will still have a pyramid or dome shape roof over the release.
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ooo, I like this idea. I may try this. Thanks.
 
BobT said:
Since that is a Kydex holster it looks like an easy fix. Mark where the mag release is on the holster and remove the gun. With a heat gun, gently warm the area around the mag release. when it softens, take a metal rod or something similar and push the Kydex outward away from the release area. Try to tent it in a pyramid or dome shape so that the stress lines are going out to the edges clear the mag release. That way, even if pressure against the outside of the holster bottoms out against the gun, you will still have a pyramid or dome shape roof over the release.
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Sld1959 said:
I personally find a right hand mag release to be very easy to use with my left trigger finger.
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I agree. I've used that method on all the semi-autos I've ever owned. I don't normally modify a firearm for my "lefty-ness" I just try to figure out an efficient way to use what's there. And I train, train, train.
 
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