Grew up shooting right handed bolt actions left handed but when I finally tried a LH action and worked it with the shooting hand the way it should be I was hooked and never looked back. Have had a few RH actions over the last 30 years or so mostly because the particularly chambering wasn't offered in LH but they always eventually got sold.

Currently have a 6.5x55 M96 Swedish Mauser made in 1915 and an 8x57 Model 24/47 Yugoslavian Mauser, both obviously right hand actions with straight bolt handles and open sights. Those can be worked fairly well from the left shoulder by reaching over the top, or dismounted slightly to work them very quickly.

FWIW, that 99 year old Swede with good bullets is about as accurate as many modern day factory rifles.


Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
Hit the target, all else is twaddle!