Thread: Lefties

Who on the forum is left-handed?

Do you just use right-handed bolt actions. Or do you specifically buy lever-actions or left action bolt guns ?

I'm very left dominant, eye, hand, everything. Learnt to shoot with a right-hand bolt 22. Got myself a lefty Air Arms S410 several years back, was a real treat. Competeted in 3-gun back in SA, all left, luckily Glocks are completely ambidextrous

Lever actions ok (except for prone shooting, haha), but trigger guard safeties L-R bit iffy. Tang safeties much more user-friendly.

My little brother is left handed and shoots right hand guns, but he looks so awkward doing it but he says he is fine.

I'm a leftie and make a point of only buying lefthanded rifles/shotguns these days (although I am tempted sometimes). I can use a right handed one but lefthanded bolt/safety/etc is just 'nicer'.

Yup Toby, prone with a R bolt is ok for me, if the stock is fairly neutral design. But offhand I definitely prefer L bolt

Safeties are my big bugbear, a lot of the sideways safeties can luckily be switched around.

I'm leftie
Have leftie 270 and 308 model 700and m77 bolt carry guns
Leftie shotgun
leftie savage Shorty
I have normal ar's
Regular 10/22
If I was going to make a long range shoot from the ground/bench model would def use rh action
Easier to cycle and leave trigger hand where it is
Carry gun is easier for me to cycle on the shoulder with a lh action
I find lh actually has some advantages in pistol shooting with controls

Using TT2 on my mobele

Leftie.
three right hand rifles
never fired a left hander.
went to buy a left tikka in 7.08 and came home with right handed TC 308 because it felt good. No problems.

walkabout, most of your shooting prone or offhand ?

and calibers: short or long action ?

Another leftie here. Pain in the ass being this perfect but some of us have to suffer the affliction.
LH Blaser R93 Offroad in 7mm-08 and 7mmRemMag for me, plus whats left of a Rem700LH in 243AI and a .22 CZ452LH.
I started on RH rifles and always felt awkward shooting them. After a couple of Rugers there was no going back after trying a R93 at Sportways in Hamilton.
Keen on either a lever in 30-30/44LC or a Ruger No.1 in 45-70 though, and I also have a strange desire to buy another shotgun but probably a O/U 20g.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

LH Blaser R93 Offroad in 7mm-08 and 7mmRemMag for me, plus whats left of a Rem700LH in 243AI and a .22 CZ452LH.

Ok, I don't like you anymore <sulking in corner>

CZ452 with euro style stock is just about perfect as far as I am concerned. Oh, and if someone HAD to offer me a R93, I'd have to try REAL hard not to break out a special edition of Balki's dance of joy ...

[QUOTE=ebf;51009CZ452 with euro style stock is just about perfect as far as I am concerned. Oh, and if someone HAD to offer me a R93, I'd have to try REAL hard not to break out a special edition of Balki's dance of joy ... [/QUOTE] My CZ is the deluxe with the hogback and is not too shabby. The Blaser was the only real option at the time with fuck all else available LH in a quality rifle.




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Originally Posted by ebf

walkabout, most of your shooting prone or offhand ?

and calibers: short or long action ?

off hand mainly but left hand over scope to work bolt while prone.
.22 savage
.223 vanguard
308 TC venture. My favourite.

Left handed. All centerfires are left handed - bolt and semis, shotgun semi auto lefthanded, sidexside shotgun doesn't matter, and a couple of 22's/22mag's that are right hand semis. Get a bit of shit in my eyes using them, but get used to it.

First centrefire was a PH 243 safari in right hand, and while it was great to be finally carrying a "big" rifle when I was a youngun, it never felt "right".