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there is a PO Ackley LH Mauser for sale publicly right now... $1800... as I recall its in 30-06

Below should be a pic of the 6X47 (top), the Anschutz Hornet (centre)and another Kimber 84 that I have in 222 (bottom). The 6X47 is a very trim rifle and is really nice to carry. At present I have fitted a 6X42 S&B and it suits the rifle and its intended use quite well.

I was a bit lucky a few years back when I stumbled across an estate sale and bought 4 LH rifles from that sale. I'm very happy with all of them as the previous owner looked after them really well. The 22 Hornet I picked up in the UK when I used to live there.

I understand Kimber used various twist barrels in the 6X45 and 6X47 rifles that they built. Mine has a 1 in 9" twist and easily stabilises 100 gr bullets. In terms of performance, its sweet spot seems to be with 80-87 gr bullets. I cant imagine Kimber built many of these in LH.

Tell us about your rifle and the loads you're using ?

I don't know how rare it is, but I had a hard time finding one- a Remington 581L. It is a superbly accurate rifle with the very plainest features. The bolt is a true lefty, but the safety and ejection are right hand.

Kimber LH 82B 22 K hornet

I have the same rifle, but restocked it in a McMillan Edge

I saw a NIB Remington 581LH a few years ago in a gunshop, only
the second one I had ever seen.

I still have one and see the 581 in Left Hand at some of the Gun Show i attended in 2012. I rebarreled my LH 581 with a 18 inch Shaw Heavy Barrel and a Tractor and Trailer wouldn't haul the stuff i have killed with this rifle over the years. I purchased it back in the 70's. The 581 has one spring in the trigger that operates the sear and the trigger. I took the spring out and drill a hole in the trigger cut the spring into and made two springs installed a pin in the drilled hole and replace the springs and this cut the trigger pull in halve and the rifle now has a crisp two to three pound trigger pull.

Those left hand Ackley Mausers were rare birds, indeed. Only 50 were made.

I have three. A 54 Winchester in 25 x 47 converted to lefty. Still has the original barrel in hornet, but rebored to 25 cal. I also have two Remington 722's converted to lefty, 244 and 222.

Son got one of those lefty 581s off the forum about a year ago. Sweet shooting rigs with factory barrel even. Another of those never to be sold rifles.

Every now and then, but not often, I see a LH M700 short action.

Mine wears an Edge as well.

Great deer rifles

LH Browning 22 Hornet. Not sure how rare, or how many they made,(anyone know?) but was discontuned last year.

Bea, I considered having mine rebarreled with a 541 barrel, but it is just so danged accurate that I am afraid to do anything to it. It has shot bug holes since day one. The only thing done to it was a trigger job the first week I had it. The pull is crisp and light.

LH Sako Finnbear Mannlicher in 30/06.. Sadly, the only LH rifle I have..

Ironically, I was trying to find out how rare my Model 84 Kimber in .222 was when I found this forum. I registered not to find out what my rarest LH is but rather to find out how rare mine is.

The serial number is LH4X, seemingly a pretty low number. Does anyone have an idea of how many LH 84s were made, and of those how many were triple deuce?

So as not to hijack the thread, I have no idea what my rarest LH would be. It might depend on caliber?

Besides the 84 Kimber, a candidate in my safe is a Heym .416 Rigby, SN 100xx, that I bought used about 10 years ago. It is parkerized and enough well used when I bought it that I thought I'd never get the copper fouling out. The butt so small that it's frightening to think of shooting it--a notion reinforced by the fact that the petite little recoil pad is broken. In square inches of area I don't think it's much more than half of my Dakota .375 and looks oddly small behind the Rigby action.

Another candidate would be a Remington Kevlar Custom mountain rifle in .280 Remington. I ordered it the moment I learned such was available. It has a Brown Precision stock and slim taper 24" barrel, weighing 6 lbs. A 30" tube 3.5-10 Leica and a recoil pad take it up not quite another 13 ounces. It was apparently designed for people who like the recoil of a 7 Mag but don't want their bullets to go so fast.

Even though it came from the custom shop, it was a catalog item and the first LH production rifle I could find in .280 so I ordered it immediately. It must have a relatively low serial number for its breed and caliber: B6785xxx.

The later Kevlar Custom rifles are much less svelte (I bought a RH for my son). The stock and barrel contour are somewhat heavier. I don't know when Remington porked them up.

I only know that I had mine by the mid-80s, nothing other than that.

If anyone could share any info about any of the 3 it would be great. I'd like to know which one is rarest myself.

Cheers

I have a M700LHSA in .243 Win.. You're right, don't often see a SA M700.

If I was to choose ONLY one, that one would work!

That is one great looking rig. I'd really like to have a full stock Sako but will probably never have the funds when one pops up!!

How long is the barrel on that one?

Tip of the bore to the leading edge of the receiver is 18.5". I am always on the search for another one, but haven't ever seen one pop up.