Oly made their left handed Renegade and the smaller 4 Star for only one year. When Oly told me that ver few were made (I'm guessing less than 2 dozen) I retired it in favor of a second hand Randall (how else do you do a proper John Woo?). Demand was so low that only one batch of frames and slides were made. Tried to get a letter of authenticity from them and sent them the $ too. Unfortunately, after records were destroyed in the great fire, no letter would be forthcoming and we'll never know how many were made (to its credit, Oly did refund my money - but I'd rather have the letter). If High Standard makes one next year, I suggest to all my fellow left handers (especially you guys who offered to buy my NIB Randall - yes, I have a NIB as well as a used SouthPaw) save now to buy one. Also consider spare parts including: safety, slide stop, bushing, ejector, extractor, sear spring and of course, magazines. If High Standard drops production, we'll have another scarce left handed handgun.
I should admit that the only thing I really want on any right handed 1911 is an ambidextrious safety. The right handed mag release works great for me (trigger finger) and as for slide stop, pull the slide with the right hand. Not to say we southpaws shouldn't spoil ourselves (I certainly do and think we're worth it), but it's not an impossibility with the old 1911.