I got the very first one brought to my town and have carried it ever day since ! It’s awesome. All the features are not to be underestimated my buddy has a holster making company and made me a really sweet inside the waistband holster. It gobbles up anything you feed it and it really runs the hot loads well for such a little gun. Lots of firepower and I don’t carry with the extended pinky or the extended magazine I like the short handle. I’m attaching a nice crouch shot of my Dailey. I wear it sun up — and take it off at bed time
You're obviously a 'south paw'. My favorite side and hand. I wish more manufacturers would pay a little more attention to the needs of us lefties. Left handed guns were so rare when I first got into guns (probably around 1952-3) I just never found a real need for them as the years went by. I just learned to use all right handed firearms, much as well as most right handers could.
I have often sought out and bought those certain guns that work almost as well for the lefties as for the righties. For example, one of the first rifles (other than .22's) I ever owned for myself was a pre-'64 Winchester Mod 94. It obviously ejects the spent cartridge case almost straight up and out rather than to the right of the receiver which is directly across my line of sight and is/or was a distraction. Another great choice was my Ithaca Mod 37 Featherlight. A beautiful 12 ga pump action shot gun that ejects directly out the bottom of the receiver, again not across my line of sight as most semi-auto's and other pump actions do. I also enjoy any break action, single shot such as the Ruger #1 and/or the Thompson Center Encore and Contender carbine conversion. Of course all break action shotguns, like the Ruger Red Label O/U and all 'side by sides' work for us lefties.
The one and only truly 'left handed' gun I ever owned was an early Rem Mod 870 in 20 ga that my wife bought for me as a B-day present many years ago. She said she had heard me complain about not having left handed guns so often, that when she was searching for a new shotgun for me she had it special ordered. A mighty fine firearm it was, but I finally had to explain to her how for so many years I had self trained to use right handed guns, that at that point a left handed gun was so foreign to me I just couldn't enjoy it. Well, that's when the fight started!!!!
Y'all know that routine I'm sure.
To all those of you who don't fully understand just how awkward some things are for most lefties, just consider some simple things like tightening screws with a screw driver. Screws and bolts typically tighten CW, which is the strong direction of your right hand when tightening a screw. Or take out a simple tape measure and pull it out on something as if you were going to measure and mark it. A righty will usually hold it in their left hand as they pull it so as to make their mark with their writing (right) hand. For lefties, it's just the opposite and the result is all the numbers and letters on the tape are upside down. Or try cutting something with your wife's best pair of scissors. I guarantee they will cut much easier and better when held and worked with the right hand. Or a really simple one that really doesn't make a lot of real world difference is a pencil or ball point pen. When held in the right hand as if you're writing with it, all the printed advertising on it can be read as your holding it. But if held in the left hand, all that advertising is again upside down.
Well, didn't mean to get all this far off topic. Hope y'all will overlook it and give this ol' codger a little slack. Although all the above is really something to ponder!
On edit: Sorry I got off topic, but I love my Hellcat OSP. I'm so used to using right handed pistols I didn't even bother to flip the mag ejector button even though it's possible. After some research I decided on the Shield SMSc red dot. It mounted with no issues with screws provided and co-witnesses perfectly with the iron sights. I own several 9mm's, in full size to micro's and enjoy every single one of them, maybe some a little better than others but love them all. But I will say as time goes on I'm thinking the Hellcat will become my all-time favorite.
regards,
jumpinjoe
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