cons of left hander shooting right hand rifle?
What are the negatives of a left handed shooter shooting a right handed rifle left handed? will the blast affect you on a caliber like the 300 win mag?
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I dont have any neg. bout it I shoot a left handed 7mm Mag. right handed. I think it works very well for running the bolt(seems to be easier also) My $0.02 worth [:D]
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your face gets dirty from semi autos. some guns have side mount scopes on the left of receiver, and some guns stocks are monte carlo with a rollover cheek and cast for righthanders that sometimes throws a gun purchase off. thats about it.
ive been shooting left shoulder with left eye dominant all my life.
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Ive been shooting right handed rifles lefthanded all my life. The rule to remember is make the first shot count. Its like owning a single shot that you can reload fairly quickly. 0 -
The location of the safety is probably more of a consideration than the operation of the bolt. I'm right handed but have family members who are lefty. While sighting their rifles at the bench, I actually find the lefty bolt easier to run as I don't have to remove my right hand from the grip. Some stock shapes are more useable than others. A high rollover cheekpiece is almost impossible and/or painful shooting from the offside.
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G'morning,
I don't think there are any real negatives when shooting a right handed rifle left handed or vice versa. Those that complain about it probably complain about other things also. I am solidly left side dominant and have had to put up with right handed stuff forever. That includes shooting 'righty' semiauto shotguns and rifles left handed, the M-1 included. If you are concentrating on sight picture and target, you will never notice the bolt flying back and forth on an auto. My favorite deer rifle is a Rem. 721, right handed, in 30-06. It is a tack driver. My wife has a right handed Ruger M77RSI (Mannlicher style stock) in .308 Win. with a 1x4 miniature Leupold scope mounted. I carry it about half the time in deer season. It hardly weighs anything and is also identical in size and length to the 10-22 which I also shoot left handed. Remember, the blast comes out of the muzzle......don't know how that could bother you shooting either way. The cheekpiece for a right hander is useless to a left hander. Personally, I have never found the need for one and, I may stand corrrection, is found on shotgun stocks.
Bobski's comment about checking for 'cast' in the stock is about the only thing to really be aware of when looking at a new firearm.
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my dad is left handed but shoots a right handed gun hes never had any problems he probly shoots better then I do with my right handed gun 0 -
I am a lefty and have shot right hand rifles and shotguns all of my life. I had the chance to shoot a few left hand rifles over the years but it felt strange..
The only "problem" I have ever encountered was the few occasions when the ejected shell flew through my sight line...
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Oops...the last sentence in first paragraph of my reply kind of got hosed up. I have never really found a cheekpiece useful and the reference to being found primarily on shotgun stocks refers to 'cast' mentioned in Bobski's comments........too early to be typing.
Regards, Bob0 -
Why does this question come up ? There are plenty of left handed bolt actions out there now days. Pumps and some semi-autos also work for left handers. 0 -
Hi;
As a lefty I notice the heavier recoil rifles tend to twist away from your cheek. I suspect it may be caused by the direction of twist spinning the bullet. Because I am most accurate when holding the rifle without a lot of pressure to restrain the twist, it may just be my form. The enfield rofles have a reverse direction twist and if you fire a enfield and then a 308 win or similar caliber you can notice the difference. I have shoot both left and right hand bolts and both are fine. The second shot is slower if you are shooting a righty. Have fun.
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tlen...as a right-handed, left-eye dominate shooter, I can tell you that in the past there were NOT many choices in left-handed action guns. And if you could find one, it was quite a bit more expensive than its right-handed brother. I started shooting when I was 5, left-handed. I have no problem at all with a right-hand gun. I have found that I can work the bolt quicker if need be. Only thing I have found is that on a gun with a scope, the "cant" of the scope is different for a right-handed shooter with a right-handed rifle than it is for me, a left-handed shooter with a right-handed rifle (hope that makes sense!). 0 -
Watch Saving Private Ryan and see the lefty-sniper portrayed!!! Qreat stuff!
Jim
GunHawke
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Depends on the gun. The location and function of the safety can screw up a lefty (think of those push to the left to go off safe types) and I can tell you that some autoloaders WILL dump sizzling hot brass down your neckline- especially AR 15 and M 16 clones![:D] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by tlen
Why does this question come up ? There are plenty of left handed bolt actions out there now days. Pumps and some semi-autos also work for left handers.
Don't forget leverguns and single shot break-overs like NEF.
I have always shot left-handed, and the one thing I've found is, with the exception of Savage Firearms, left-handed guns are more expensive and don't come in as wide a range of calibers.
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quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
Depends on the gun. The location and function of the safety can screw up a lefty (think of those push to the left to go off safe types) and I can tell you that some autoloaders WILL dump sizzling hot brass down your neckline- especially AR 15 and M 16 clones![:D]
here here. You get scolded for having a good shot! aint nothin goot about a southpaw shootin a right handers gun. cept it might make him sell it cheaper0 -
Some 'experts' claim that it is very dangerous to shoot a RH gun by a lefty, because the ejection port is right next to their face and does not offer any protection in case of major reciever failure. This is the story that was given by that lefty on G&A TV, I can't remember his name, it is Boyd something. I have shot just about every type of gun left handed, and had no problems. I have never had an AR throw brass at me. When it comes to bolt actions, I don't reach over the receiver, I take my hand off the forearm and work the bolt. It is much easier. The only problem that I have had, besides stock designs, is when shooting a silenced rifle, the gases tend to exit the gun through the receiver, and I end up choking on the gas on a full-auto burst.I consider that to be worth it though.
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Another Southpaw here, I have two left handed Rem. 870's in both 20 and 12 ga., but shoot right handed bolt actions and a couple of 10-22's. Never had a problem. It seems we lefties are pretty adaptable to the right handed world![8D]
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