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>>There's always some inherent variation, but the extractor and ejector
>>in any given autoloading firearm will cause the spent casings to trend
>>in a certain direction based on their geometry.
>>
>
>Hmm. I wonder if anybody has tried to design a firearm that can be
>disassembled and reassembled to change the direction of ejection?
>(Compare with changing the direction the doors open on a refrigerator,
>although obviously far more challenging.)

Probably. If there's a variation, at this point someone has attempted it. :)

There used to be a stainless 1911 clone called the "Portsider", I forget who made it (it looked like an AMT Hardballer, of Hitman fame, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't an AMT product), that was basically a mirror-imaged design for left-handed shooters. Ejection port on the left, magazine release and safety lever on the right. Unfortunately they were quite expensive, and by most accounts I've read they weren't very well-made.

(UF Trivia: The cockpit-on-the-left variation on the YT-1300, of which Daggerdisc is the most famous example, is called the "Portsider" in its honor.)

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