The firearm feature that's completely useless to me

[Alan]

I'll say "Ambidextrous controls". I'm right-handed, always will be and the extra levers just add places for dirt to get in and things to snag. I get why they exist for lefties, but on a gun meant for me specifically? That's unnecessary complexity, sometimes the standard configuration is standard because it works fine for most people...

 

[Watchman]

If it works perfectly as-is, extra levers just feel like bonus snag points.

 

[Lawry]

I actually started to like ambidextrous controls after a class where we had to shoot weak-handed. Not a must-have for everyone but they helped me more than I thought they would.

 

[Derrick]

For sure. I’m left-handed and even I find some ambidextrous gear a bit over the top. Just give me a decent safety and I’m good. Adding complexity just for the sake of it doesn’t help anyone.

 

[Alan]

For sure. I’m left-handed and even I find some ambidextrous gear a bit over the top. Just give me a decent safety and I’m good. Adding complexity just for the sake of it doesn’t help anyone.

Yeah sometimes ambidextrous just means extra parts to break

 

[Billinthedesert]

Flared magazine wells. They look hideous, destroy the clean original design lines (thinking 1911 in particular) and are as concealable as a small trumpet. I understand their use for shaving fractions of seconds during reloads in IDPA matches, but they remain ugly as sin.

 

[HD-Ghost]

Double-action and double-action only automatics.