Mine is my Kimber of Oregon M84 in 6x47.

Another picture of it. (Yes I know I'm shameless!)

Two LH MRI Mountain Eagles (.375H&H, .270Win) based on Sako LH actions...

My Left Hand Kimber of Oregon 22

Actually, I have 2 of them. A custom barreled/custom stock 338wm Carl Gustaf (1900 Husqvarna). And a soon to be stocked factory barreled action in the same in 3-06. Both unfired. Very rare in LH.

Cool!

I have one of these as well.
When my stock gets back from Carlos' magic shop I'll be posting pics of it.

My Kimber loves CCI Mini-Mags and groups them into a ragged hole 35 yards , the distant i sight in all my 22 for hunting.

Before my full-fledged rifle loonyism began I very nearly bought one of those LH SAKO actions that MRI was clearing out.
They were unbarreled but they came with a B&C stock and were selling for $400!
I now wish I'd gotten two of them.

Spectacular!

These is my rarest, left handed reversed 264 Winchester model 70.

I'm starting to believe that they're all pretty darn rare... Been chasing another used 700 LH SA, their like hen's teeth! Mine would be the Sako 75 Hunter in 30/06.

DuBiel Arms in 7mm-08.

I need to get some better pictures of this rifle...

Don't mean to one up anybody (sure ), but my rarest is a pair.

Matched pair of LH Kimber of Oregon rifles, a Model 82 .22 LR and a Model 84 .223, with matching low 3 digit serial numbers. Both of them are LH13x.

Got the Model 82 early in the 80's. When Kimber announced the LH Model 84 they let you order the serial number you wanted, or Lock, Stock and Barrel did, I forget which. I ordered the serial number to match my 82.

Have two of the LH stainless Ruger short action Hawkeyes in .308, supposedly they only made 17 or 19 of them. One is brand NIB with the hang tag. Not sure what I want to do with it - shoot it, rebarrel it or save it. Also have one of the LH SS Hawkeyes in .223 of which they only made a small handful - apparently all with bent barrels.

My stainless laminate 375 Ruger here with my first grizzly taken in 2011.

My left handed 1941 Model 70 35 Whelen. Converted to lefty of course. I'm not sure who did the conversion but have been told it might of been an Oregon gunsmith by the name of Bob Smith. I cannot verify that however.

Although they are no longer with me I once owned a push feed Mauser 375, stock looked like Weatherby made it. Paid something like $300 for it in 1978.
Also owned a couple of Kimber .22's but sold both after buying a Cooper as the Cooper is more accurate than either of the Kimbers.

left hand mexican mauser...Keieger 257 Bob barrel

anyone have a Whicita Arms left hand rifle... I've not owned one but have seen them for sale before. Always wondered if they were quality.

The one on top is my rarest LH rifle, although in a not so rare 300WM caliber.

MIne was a Winchester Model 70, NIB 375 H&H. After I picked up a 458 WM, the 375 went up for sale. After that I would have to say an alloy receiver Sauer 200.

My rarest would undoubtedly be a LH Kimber 84 in 6x47. Next would be a LH Anschutz 1700 in 22 Hornet.

5-panel Lazermark in 378 Wby

I am not sure of how relative rare but:

left hand single shot Alpha

left hand Anschutz running boar 1808ED

Remington 788 LH in 6mm Rem.

I picked up two LH stainless Rugers in 375 with consecutive serial numbers and switched one over to a 416 Ruger.

Those are very very beautiful rifles. But in my mind a rifle in unfired condition is like marrying a super model for her brains. HA

Won't remain unfired for long.

I've got a Sako 591 LH 7mm-08. I know LH Sako short actions are out there but this is one of only a couple I've ever actually seen.

Also have a LH Rem 788 6mm. Not exceptionally rare but not common either.

It might be my Anschutz 1416LD .22LR.

It might be my Kimber of Oregon Model 84 in 17 Rem.

It might be my Winchester Custom Shop Custom Sporting Sharpshooter in 7mmSTW.

It might be my Remington 700 FS rifles in .30-06 and .270.

mbogo

Sambo I have a a Sako 591 LH 7mm-08, with pretty good wood and it shoots.

I gues my most rare lefty is a Savage 110LH PLE.
I missed buying another a while back and even emailed the auction winner I would pay him an immediade profit; never heard from the guy. Mine shoots very well.

Is that 110 the Premier Grade with engraving?

LH Browning Stainless Stalker in 7-08. Only made one year and a run of about 25. Very rare for a production rifle.

Yes, with silver plated (?) floor plate, gold (plated) trigger. Very fancy.

Thought so. I have a couple of the Presentation Grade 110L's. Same stock as the Premier, without the fancy trim, etc.

I have nothing "rare". I guess the closest thing would be my Sako AV 25-06, Hunter model.

I got it off the hunting rifles section on here last summer. A fellow mentioned that he had been looking at a gun safe for sale buy a private individual and the guy had a couple LH guns he was selling in addition to the safe. We worked out a price via the PM route and he bought it then sold it to me. Not sure if he made anything on the deal but I could care less as the price was very fair for a NIB Sako.

I just bought one which I believe is a Presentation Grade. I was going to make a 257 out of it but was told it'd be a shame to cut it up as you don't see too many. I have it in the classifieds for $525 with rings and scope; only one response so far.
The Premier is not necessarly my thing, bit much for me, but the last one I saw for sale I couldn't help but think it was a great value, went for 8 or 900 dollars. I offered the guy 1200 right after the auction ended and never heard back from him.

Neat! Two 6x47 KoO M84's in the same thread.

What's the rifling twist on it?

I'd love to see pics of it if you have any.

Compared to some, mine are pretty plain jane

uncatalogued 1989 700ADL LH 270
probably scarce but not rare 700BDL LH 22-250
Not rare but my fave Sako AV Deluxe LH 338WM

I looked for one of those for a while and ended up buying a LH SS in 30-06 and 338 Win Mag

My rarest is a LH SS M70 in .270.

I once owned a PO Ackley left handed Mauser action 270 WIN.

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.

There are certainly some nice LH rifles people seem to find.

David - welcome to the forum. I'd like to see a pic of your rifles, especially the Heym.

Regarding your question about the LH Kimbers in 222, I dont know but LH Kimbers are generally very rare and probably one of the best of the short actions that were available to lefties.

I don't know how rare it is, but I've only seen the one I have. Its a LH Weatherby Euromark in .240 Weatherby.

1885boomstick,

If having only one really bothers you, I could trade you a couple of my plain jane lefties for your one ultra-cool one!

I have a sauer 202 lux in 06 that is an amazing rifle! I stumbled on it as a local shop bought and sold a few. With it I truly do not need another center fire rifle, and a cz rimfire takes care of my 22. I owned a cooper 57 that was a very early left hand rifle but the cz matched it with accuracy still miss the cooper though.

I also have the Browning in LH 22 Hornet

I have managed to come up with a few rare lefties over the years.

A LH Zastava in 9.3x62 with a Lonewolf stock.

A LH Sako in 35 Whelen Imp with a nice piece of walnut. This gun also has a Griffin & Howe mount AND a peepsite setup that you can stll use WITH the scope mounted.

A Hart action with Hart barrel in 300 WSM riding in a Lonewolf stock.

I have several other lefties but these are the ones I would consider rare.

Left-hand Remington Model 788 rifles were made in .308 Winchester and 6mm Remington. I have both of them.

My first LH Rifle in 1971 or 1972 was the Left Hand Remington 788 in 6mm Rem . The only rifle i ever really shot the barrel out of . I killed more than 60 deer and thousand of groundhogs with that rifle. My go to loads was the Sierra 75 gr HP and H380 for varmints and the Hornady and Sierra 100 gr with H4831.

Sako L581 in .284 Win. The 581 was a prototype distributed to gunwriters in USA for evaluation. Original caliber was .308. Comments were negative and gun was never marketed. According to Sako rep, Col. Charles Askins did not return his rifle. Back then this seemed to be accepted by the manufacturers. Askins had his gun rebarreled by the looks of it and the action reworked to .284 Win. I found the gun on the 'net with an authentication letter from Askins and bought it.

You have the winner. No doubt............

I have a few LH bolts but my Stolle Panda (white rifle with flame paint job) chambered in 6 PPC is a one holer!

Have a lot of rare ones! Carl Gustav, Mauser 66, coopers, Alfa , texasmag,ackley lh, pre64 's converted , heyms, bats, mauser3000's. But the most rare is A. Baushka brill double square bridge Mauser in 416 rigby,True lefthand. Not converted. I know , THEY NEVER MADE ONE!!! Oh yes they did! I think I miss spelled it.

You both suck. (just saying....)

On the rifle pictured (Converted Mod 70) as maybe by Bob Smith, I think

From te looks of it, as I have had them, using a screw for the bolt stop/release, it's a Bob West job.

I still have one, but had Duane Wiebe make a conventional type Mod 70 bolt stop. Also have a Tom Burgess altered one and a Duane Wiebve altered one with a total different bolt release. Nice, but it removes and peep sight option. Probably could go to the other side and fit a Mauser unit.

You are right it was Bob West. When I made that post I couldn't remember whether his last name was West or Smith. Thanks for jogging my memory. I fitted and modified a model 70 bolt stop to mine so that it is under the bolt handle. Mine originally had the screw for a bolt stop.

Mart

Mathieu 340 Wby

Just curious - it's not stainless, is it?

I have a Remington BDL LH in 338 WM. Only one I've seen.

JFE: Thanks for the welcome--I'm not ignoring the request for a photo. I opted to do a studio shoot (I've done some fashion and product photography; "anything worth doing is worth doing well".) I made it to my studio yesterday with the dual purpose of showing my brother how to set up a classic 4 light strobe layout for a model shoot he's doing Friday and experimenting with firearm photography.

By yesterday I had in-adverted to your request for a picture of my left-handed battery--not just the Heym--and then had connectivity/compatibility issues with my brother's full frame Nikon digital camera. I'm in the process of sorting them out.

It dawned on me that photos of all my firearms would be a worthwhile project, so I'm going to start over today.

Here is the list:
CZ 452, .22LR
Kimber 84, .222
Stag 15, .223
Remington 700LH Kevlar Custom, .280
Winchester Model 70, .30-06
Dakota 76, .375 H&H
Heym Express, .416 Rigby

My first two LH rifles (and my other long guns) were stolen in 1973. All of the current battery came afterwards. Although the original post implied current ownership, "the ones that got away" would be in the same league with the ones I and others included in this thread.

I bought a Savage 110 barreled action in .243 at a gun shop in the first year of production. I found a Bishop drop-in stock in another gun shop. It wore a Redfield scope. It quickly proved to me that .243 was not a 300 yard deer cartridge-a heart shot deer ran about a half a mile before he got to a fence he couldn't jump. It would qualify as rare in my collection because the 110, introduced in 1958, is oldest continually produced bolt action rifle made in the US and the LH introduced the next year was the first commercially available LH bolt gun. Adding the combination of a low serial number and the amateur assembly (with no gun smithing) of components purchased from retail sources would I think make it virtually a one-of-a-kind 1 moa production rifle--neither custom nor one piece.

The other was a Browning T-Bolt, also bought at introduction (about 1965) and I believe the first .22 LH available. I don't miss the Savage but I really would like to have the T-Bolt back. Indeed, the CZ is at Briley as I write this, challenging a gun smith to get as much creep as possible out of the trigger and maybe even a clean break (he isn't all that optimistic).

Cheers

David

I forgot my Remington 700 LH in .300 Win. Mag. It's stainless with a gray laminated stock--I doubt if it's rare. The PH I hunted with in SA early December had just bought a new RH one just like it.

In '95 I ordered a Rem 700 BDL LH in .22-250. It was a great rifle and one that I have never got over selling.

Please tell me that's an aftermarket glass stock and that you didn't paint a factory KofO wood stock!

Nope. Chrome Moly. Contrary to what has been sold on GB I don't believe the Mathieu actions were ever made in Stainless.
just my .02

The AA walnut was nice but I like the look of Rustoleum better so the rattle can went to work.
Everyone has walnut, not everyone has an original interpretation of a Jackson Pollock piece on their rifle.





































































Just kidding! It is a fiberglass (Kevlar?) stock of indeterminate origin.
Possibly MPI?
Nice egros, stiff and 19.3 oz.

In case you are not aware, Browning are making T-bolts again and they are available in LH in a number of rimfire calibres.

With my CZ I didnt attempt to adjust the trigger and simply swapped in a Timney trigger. I also fitted a trigger shoe and very happy with the way it turned out. For an inexpensive rifle these are a great option to have available in left hand.

nsaqm, I was about to call you a bad name for painting a factory stock!

Toss-up between a Remington 788 in 6mm Remington with a custom E.C. Bishop & Sons stock or an original Grade I Browning T-Bolt.

About ten years ago I picked up a left-handed straight-pull Ross M10 in 30-06. Had a regular right handed M10 in .280 Ross, too, but I never fired either one.

JFE: I think I bought my CZ before I knew they put the T-Bolt back in the catalog. I remembered some differences between the new and the old so I just checked out the Browning catalog and some posts. The varmint model in .17 or .22 mag is attractive. I think I'm going be on the lookout to replace my original one, though.

My CZ is at Briley to see what they can do with the trigger. They didn't suggest an after market and I hadn't seen any posts that mentioned the Timney. The attraction of Briley is that they do really good work and they're only 15 minutes away. The downside (that comes with being good) is that turn around time is usually slow plus gunsmithing is a adjunct to manufacturing.

As I posted earlier, their gunsmith wasn't terribly optimistic about the outcome of his efforts. If I'm not satisfied with the way it turns out, I'll go for the Timney.

Thanks for the tip!

I still haven't made it out to my studio to shoot (with a camera) my rifles.

Don't know how rare these are, but you don't see many come up for sale. I bought it in the mid 80's when the importer cut the price of the left handed ones by two thirds.

What chambering is that little honey?

I have three left hand Kimber of Oregon rifles, all with the same serial number.

LH Model 82 22rf
LH Model 82 22Hornet
LH Model 84 223

Steve

6.5x55. Very accurate, mild recoil and kills deer without any drama.

LH Mathieu in 340Wby.

Personally, I find it scandalous that left-handed, bolt-action rifles are "rare" at all.
Why isn't there a left-handed version of every right-handed model out there?
Are southpaws the only remaining minority group that doesn't rate any consideration whatsoever?

The issue is that we have not made enough of stink (or paid enough politicians) to become a protected class. Yes, Left Handers are discriminated against. Unfortunately, it is perfectly legal to do so. Several years ago, I thought it might be interesting to investigate a class action law suit against firearms manufacturers to force them to offer the same selection of options in LH rifles as are offered in RH rifles, and to offer them at the same price as RH rifles. But, after thinking about it, one of the potential outcomes would be that some of the manufacturers might simply fold up shop rather than litigate. Since the goal would be to INCREASE selection, an option that might DECREASE selection is probably not the best curse of action.

But, yes, it sucks that we are openly discriminated against, without any recourse.

You guys are kiddin', right? Given that left handers make up only 10% of the population, from a buisiness aspect I'm surprised at the options we DO have.

Uh, no... In this case it is about equality:

Left Handers = 10% of population
Mixed Handers = ~20%
ADA Severe disabilities = 12%
ADA Non-severe disabilities = 7%
LGBTQ = 5% to 6%

Numerically, Left handers are on par with the Severely disabled, and double the LGBTQ population. If you include Mixed Handers, people who switch hands based on the task (in the case of shooters, think cross eye dominant, blind in dominant eye, shoulder injury) the potential left hand population eclipses all ADA and LGBTQ populations combined. However, there is no legal requirement for "accommodation" of the left hand population.

Myself and 30 million other Americans were born left handed. We did not "choose" to be left handed. From a purely numerical stand point, there are much smaller populations of people who receive legal protection because they were "born that way" than left handers.

If I want a LH SS M70 in .30-06, why should I have to pay 2x to 3x the cost of the same rifle in RH configuration, just to put the bolt on the opposite side of the receiver ? We don't tell restaurant patrons in wheel chairs that they have to pay 2x or 3x the menu price to cover the cost of the wheel chair ramp out front. We don't tell restaurant patrons in wheelchairs that they can only choose 20% of the available menu options. But that is essentially what happens to Left Hand firearms owners year in and year out.

Am I going to run out and hire Johnny Cochran ? No. But, the fact that Left Handers are not a legally recognized "protected class" does not mean that there is not discrimination...

nsaqam, My apologies in advance for derailing your thread...

Citations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness
http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p70-131.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States

please keep in mind that my previous post is in the spirit of open debate/discussion. not an attack on tmitch or anyone else... I'm not offended. And hopefully I do not offend no one else.

A voice of reason always seems to rise above the din of insanity. Out of the 10%, how many actually SHOOT left handed? And how many of that actually USE a left-handed rifle?

I have met innumerable people -- anecdotal information that's worth at least as much as any horseshit from Wikipedia -- who are genuinely left-handed without any opposite eye dominance and shoot right-handed because that's how they were taught. (Or in the case of a co-worker, because he didn't want to be "different" when he was growing up.) I had a former co-worker who was genuinely left-handed who would NOT buy anything left-handed, because he was concerned that his children be able to use or sell anything of his when he's gone. (He's also a dunce, but that's another matter.)

If a firearms manufacturer were to offer left-handed models of everything they make in otherwise right-handed configurations, there would be a LOT of guns sitting in warehouses and sold off for pennies on the dollar; i.e., tmitch's Steyr 6.5x55mm. When T/C still had an excellent custom shop, the old Fox Ridge Outfitters, they offered a "custom" Renegade muzzleloader variant, the Fox Ridge Outfitters Rifle. (A Renegade with better than average wood, single trigger, recoil pad, and sling swivels.) I bought one in late 1995 and decided to buy a second in late 1997. The second was numbered consecutively to the first. I asked FRO about this and they flat stated "Our left-handed guns don't sell well. We're planning on discontinuing them within the next year." Which they did as did their parent, T/C, within a couple of years of that.

Take your lithium and calm down.

Uh, no... In this case it is about equality:

Left Handers = 10% of population
Mixed Handers = ~20%
ADA Severe disabilities = 12%
ADA Non-severe disabilities = 7%
LGBTQ = 5% to 6%

Numerically, Left handers are on par with the Severely disabled, and double the LGBTQ population. If you include Mixed Handers, people who switch hands based on the task (in the case of shooters, think cross eye dominant, blind in dominant eye, shoulder injury) the potential left hand population eclipses all ADA and LGBTQ populations combined. However, there is no legal requirement for "accommodation" of the left hand population.

Myself and 30 million other Americans were born left handed. We did not "choose" to be left handed. From a purely numerical stand point, there are much smaller populations of people who receive legal protection because they were "born that way" than left handers.

If I want a LH SS M70 in .30-06, why should I have to pay 2x to 3x the cost of the same rifle in RH configuration, just to put the bolt on the opposite side of the receiver ? We don't tell restaurant patrons in wheel chairs that they have to pay 2x or 3x the menu price to cover the cost of the wheel chair ramp out front. We don't tell restaurant patrons in wheelchairs that they can only choose 20% of the available menu options. But that is essentially what happens to Left Hand firearms owners year in and year out.

Am I going to run out and hire Johnny Cochran ? No. But, the fact that Left Handers are not a legally recognized "protected class" does not mean that there is not discrimination...

nsaqam, My apologies in advance for derailing your thread...

Citations:

Not sure those examples are analogous at all. Making left handed rifles available is not the same as allowing wheelchair access. Not sure one could successfully suit and force Remington to make more left handed rifles. I do everything LH and am Left Eye dominate. never really has bothered me it is just the way it is. I kind of find it fun searching for what I want or building what I want in a rifle.

Two related, but different discussions: Economic vs equality...
First, on the economic front, let me state that I have no expectation that Left Hand firearms will be a treasure trove of profit for the manufacturers. You have to produce what you can sell profitably. No profit, no business. Have run my own business for a number of years. I get it.

But chicken or egg ? Would there be more left handed shooters buying and shooting left handed rifles (greater market demand) if a greater selection of left handed firearms were readily available at parity or close to parity cost ? I am one of the guys you reference above that shot right hand rifles from the left side for 40 years because that was all I knew. Now that I know better, I would like to have the same opportunity to purchase the more unique rifles available to right handers without having to go the full custom route, or scrounging the internet for days/months waiting for one to come up for sale...

On the equality front, why does our society treat left handers as second rate citizens due to our unique handedness ? Why should your coworker above have been treated any differently as a kid for being left handed ? Versus tall, short, whatever ? Where is the "tolerance" for diversity among handedness ?


LOL ! I have often had the same thought after reading many of your rants...

If there were really money to be made in making left-handed rifles, "Winchester" would be making them as opposed to bullshit like "their" bastardized Model '86, '92, '95, and now '73 replicas.

There's not any discrimination, there's not any vast conspiracy, it's simply a dollars and cents, risk versus reward equation.

Right now we have Ruger and Savage filling the gap in that department from a major manufacturer standpoint (and sometimes Remington and Sako) as well as smaller manufacturers like MRC, Forbes, and Cooper for a "reasonable" price. Twenty years ago we had Ruger and sometimes Remington, Sako, and Savage (Savage sort of SUCKED before their current iteration under Ron Coburn's leadership.)

Our choices are about as good as they're going to get. Learn to appreciate them.

Agree on both counts...

Johnny might of been a great attorney but doubt he can do you much good from his grave.

I have a LH Remington Model 788 in 6mm. Not very rare, but the rarest I have.

I don't have any rare left handed rifles, just some that I couldn't easily replace.

Winchester Model 70 Classic Safari Express in 375 H&H
Remington 788 in 308 Win
Zastava Mauser in 458 Win Mag.

Sad, but very true!

Archery companies have been offering left-handed versions of every bow they make for decades.
Why haven't they gone broke?

Different manufacturing process, knothead. Please let me know when you have a real question. Or thought.

All parts are the same except for the risor which just takes a different CNC program. Before all bows were machined aluminum (when they were cast magnezeum) not all bows were available in left hand.

I've sold fishing equipment for may years and every year I watch the left handed reels end up on the closeout list in great quantity because they don't sell except in the Pacific NW but that's a whole different reason. 10% of the population may be left handed but 10% of the fishermen don't use left handed reels, same thing goes for rifle shooters.

I thought I was a pretty good left handed gun owner, I have an A-Bolt that I've rebarreled to 260, a stable of the new T-Bolts and a handful of Tikka's, one of which I've re-barreled to 257 Bob and some Blaser R93's and an R8, all left handed.
But after I saw some of the rifles in this thread, I've decided I'm nothing but a minor leaguer. Wow! There is some incredible stuff here and I'm really glad you guys have taken the time to post photos.
Thanks again.

Not to beat this to death, or Fiddler, but in the mid '80s I was traveling through Nebraska and stopped at the Cabelas in Kearney and Sidney. I think at the time these were their only retail outlets. Perusing through their archery department I notice a large section of bows, possibly 100, all left handed and above them was a sign "All LH bows $50 each". According to the clerk they tried to carry a good selection of LH bows but found they just didn't sell fast enough to justify the overhead, so they were only going to stock a very few of the most popular models in common sizes in LH and special order the rest. I went home with a trunk full for family and coworkers.

I have model 70 left hand classic sporter in a 270... Shoots 140gr accubondsxand h4831 pretty good

I once had a M700 LH long action 6.5 Rem Mag. with a factory barrel on it. I can't remember the lenght but I believe it was 24". A call to the factory verified the action started out as a 7mag but nothing more.

doubt that they're rare, as I have one!

though mine didn't have the bolt lock on safety but had the slot for it, so I ordered an old safety lever from Brownells and installed it, it also resides in a McMillan, and a lot of the blue is worn off of it due to it was my main rig when I was guiding in SW Alaska.

sure enjoying this thread, but am hoping bea175 remembers me in his will and he has no LH heirs!

In addition to the Mathieu 340 Wby, and a Sedgley Springfield, Steyr Model M, and several other obscure LH rifles, I just scored a commercial FN Mauser 98 '06 that was converted to LH by an unidentified gunsmith who definitely knew what he was doing. The rear receiver bridge was cut off, reversed and re-welded. It looks like it grew there. Excellent work. I had to have it. I haven't shot it yet but thinking about a 35 Whelen rebore.

Not sure how rare,but: 4-Savage LH LRPV- 2 in 20 Practical, 1 in 22-250, and 1 in 6mmBR. 2- Rem 700 LH FS(30-06 and 270), LH Win 70 Classic Stainless 300 Win Mag, 375 Classic Safari Express, 458Lott rebarrel of another 375 Safari Express, 2- MRI Mountain Eagle (375 and 270). I was surprised to see someone had the same Rem FSs and Mountain Eagles as me.

Dean

Almost forgot the LH Win 70 Fwt.7mm WSM.and the Rem 700 KS in 35 Whelen I got recently.

1903 Rock Island LH conversion in .270 Winchester.

Beautiful rifle. I was bidding on one like that last year. Got too rich for my shallow pockets.

I have a few rare, or perhaps unusual would be more accurate, left handed rifles.

To my knowledge it's the only one of its kind, a Remington left handed KS Mountain Rifle in 300 H&H magnum.





A left handed flintlock 32 caliber.



A left handed mini Mauser in 6mmx222.



And most everyone has seen the left handed model 70 400 Whelen.

Mart, nice rifles, but the bolts are on the wrong side!!

Use the H & H much?

I recently found a Kimber M84 LH in 17 Rem/223 that's looking for a set of dies so I can see how it shoots.

It used to be my only big game rifle. I saved hard for that one back when we were poor. I was able to talk Remington's custom shop into chambering one of their KS Mtn Rifles in 300 H&H and it was my first left handed rifle. I think it was in 1993 if I remember correctly.

It has taken lots of deer, a few elk, pronghorns and caribou. I carried it last season on a goat hunt but never saw one. It doesn't get as much play as it used to but it's one that will stay with me till I'm too old to go any more. And I plan on taking a moose on my own at 100. I'm 56 now.

mart, thanks and great luck on that moose hunt!!!! At 68, I am planning one more elk hunt, then I think I'll be pretty much though with that.. Deer, antelope and birds will get most of my attention.. Best of luck, and enjoy your posts.. Think some of us mentioned you should write a book!! Have a good one..

My "rare" LH rifle is a McWhorter .338 in a McMillan stock. As with all McWhorter rifles, it is a wonderful gun in all respects.

What I think makes it "rare" is that is built on an Ed Brown action. I don't believe Brown is now doing long gun work. The action is smooth as a baby's behind.

I love this rifle.

If rare is defined as a factory configuration that was made in small numbers, then I probably do not have any. My MO is to buy a plain-Jane gun and then switch the stock, barrel, or both to create what I want. So most all my guns are one-off creations, but not "rare" in the strict sense.

I mean, how many Lh Mausers in 7x57 are Mannlichers with a maple stock?

Oh my, that is very nice!

I have a Kimber of Oregon Custom Classic model 22 and an Anschutz 54MS.

Here's my first lefty and my rarest..... LH VSF in .223

Not bright enough to post a picture but have owned one or two that you may not see too often.

Alpha arms in 284 didn't quite make it to the safe.

My most scarce is a Sako in 22-250 factory very few lefty short actions that I have seen.

Just acquired a second action of the same style now the big decision is what caliber will fit the stable. Leaning toward a 243 light weight.

a friend of mine need to see this thread

Some years back I decided that I wanted a left hand flintlock so I built one.

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Mossberg L43 with the LH Lyman 57 sight and the LH Mossberg L6C scope and mount. They made about ~230 of the rifles but the scope and mounts are extremely rare.

Beautiful rifle. If you told me that was the only rifle I could hunt with for the rest of my life, I would not bat an eye....

Have had a few:

The limited run Ruger Hawkeye SS .308- Didn't keep it as such. Turned it into a .260. So, it's even more "rare". But, it has moved on.

Krieghoff Big 5 500 NE LH- One of those guns bought just because I was younger and certainly not wiser, with no trips to Africa planned. Fun to say I owned and shot one though.

Kimber 84 .223- Not exceptionally accurate, but shot well. Beautiful stock though- had great figure with even some red and green coloration. The action always seemed kinda rattley and not real smooth. Great looking gun though.

Dakota 450 with a Bastogne stock that almost gave me cold sweats when I used it, for fear of messing it up. By far, the nicest wood of all Dakota's I have had.

Dakota .280 Ackley- Never did get the real story on this one, but from what a former employee said, it was a rebarrel, after the fact. It had a free floating Lilja, which wasn't really something the factory offered. Another beautiful stock as well.

But, now practicality has taken over, and most are stainless/composite working guns. Most rare could be a 280 Ackley Tikka T3, but that is a project rebarrel gun I did. So, can't really be considered "rare". BTW, the McMillan swirly is coming next week for that one- only about 8 week order time, instead of the quoted 3-4 months. It helps to pay the order in full when ordering.

Holloway Arms HAC-7L.
There were about 20 rifles like this made, and 30 carbines.

Tony

I have a few that are not available anymore, on some of the most standard actions.

2 Rem LH 700 Stainless Laminate, one is a unique .270 that came from the factory with a barrel 2" longer than any other LH .270 they have offered before or since - was available for only a short time. The other is a 338 RUM. I thought I wouldn't shoot the 338 RUM that much since I did not want to brake it, and it's in standard sporter design so I only purchased 50 pieces of brass. Might be nice to pickup some additional 338 RUM brass as it's like hen's teeth. Funny thing is I bought this gun new because the dealer was discounting it so heavily I offerred $50 less than the sale price and they sold it to me. Not sure why the 338 RUM has been displaced by other 338 mega-kickers, but I like it.

Also the LH 788 - in both 6mm and .308. Not rare - but not seeing too many for sale anymore. The 788 reputation for accuracy is present on these 2 rifles.

Most unique would be one that has seen the fun-smith. Savage action, with a very nice, high figured custom walnut stock in 35 Whelen. It's a pretty one, just no pic at the moment, will try to edit in later.

Best shooting has also been to the fun-smith. A Ruger 77 Varmint. The 22-250 barrel was shot out on it when I purchased the gun, so I put a 26" 250 Savage AI heavy barrel on it. Shoots really well through 300 yards so far. Looking forward to setting up ranges up to 800-1000 this summer to see what it can do at ranges longer than I have ever shot before.

Resurrecting this thread before it's buried so deep it's gone, left Hand Winchester 52 Sporter, David Yale conversion...Tom

Now that is a cool gun.

Even though I posted this in the custom rifles forums when I got it, I will add it to this collection



Lenard Brownell stocked Rem 700 in .270 Win.

Picked this up last year. LH PO Ackley Mauser. Had it re-bored to 6.5x55.

2 LH Zastavas in 7x57 and 9.3x62
2 SS Ruger MK IIs in 7x57 and 9.3x62
2 M70 Classics in 06 and 300 win mag

Not sure what to do with the M70s. Thinking a 300 H&H and 400 H&H. Or maybe a 300 win mag and a 416 rem mag. or a 338-06 and a 416 taylor. Those are the ones which really make me want to do something.

Left hand 700ks in 35 Whalen and a LH 700 FS in 338 Win.

Dean

I have (maybe too) many rare LH rifles! I include both LH bolts and LH cheek pieces as qualifying. I don't have time for pics so here are a few verbal descriptions:

- a J. Jongmans, manufactured 1982 in New Zealand! 7mm-08. Rare as a unicorn there and here. Reportedly a total of less than 500 rifles were forged by this custom builder, with the number of LH actions unknown. Almost all are still in New Zealand and Australia. Octagonal receiver and barrel, tang safety;
- a RH Sako Vixen 22-250 in a factory LH stock;
- a HVA true LH in 25-06 factory barrel. Found in a middle-of-nowhere MT gunshop;
- a M1903 Mannlicher Schoenauer in factory Vienna LH stock and claw-mount scope, with a sequentially matching RH version provenanced to an Austrian Countess;
- a Winchester M70 Classic rebarreled to 338-06 Lilja in a take-down configuration, with a second 25-06 barrel/forend built for it.

I think I'd be bored if I was a RH shooter. It is much more fun searching the world for the unicorns of the LH rifle world!

I couldn't sell the pair or the take-down, but if anybody is intrigued by the others, let me know.







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I'd love to see a photo of your New Zealand built 7mm-08

I guess that would be my lefthanded 788 remmy in 6mm. the one I just bought is fairly rare Remington 700 cdl with brake in 300rum. you don't see many of them.

+1 ... Would also love to see pics of the HVA and Win take down set.

Yep pictures of the take down would be greaty appreciated.

Thanks Chris

Rare to me only because they don’t make it any longer. Browning A-Bolt stainless stalker in a 280 Remington.

Mine are probably my left handed Model 700 KS in 300 Wby and my left handed Sako 308 in a mannlicher stock.

I have a LH Sako 22-250 in a mannlicher stock that I suspect would be my most rare rifle.

After reading all the way through this thread, I have concluded that I own one LH rifle which appears to be truly unique: A Ruger Hawkeye, originally in 7mm Remington Magnum, now rebored and rechambered to .358 Norma Magnum. Sort of a modern day version of my .350 Rigby Magnum.

I have yet to hunt with it, but I am satisfied that it will do anything the .35 Whelen can do, and more. Almost in the class of my .350 G&H Magnum.

Had a LH Sako 358 NM and it gives you a good solid 200 fps over my 35 Whelen, it should have been at least as popular as the 338 WM and 375 H&H. Maybe if it wasn't a European round it would have done better here. Great round for sure.

Got a LH Carl Gustav in 25-06. Bought for my wife 15 years or so ago but she hasn't really hunted it. I'm thinking of taking it out this year even though it's "wrong" handed for me!

Although I don't exactly refer to it as rare, one doesn't see left hand 22 hornets often. This one is a Kimber of Oregon.

And there's this Sako 22-250, imported by Stoeger.

Having a 275 Rigby made up now on a LH commercial 98.

Some of the lefties, just run of the mill Ruger, Savage, Montana Rifle, CZ, Remington, DPMS, Winchester, etc.

I have a Kimber of Oregon LH model 84 in 6x47 (.222 mag necked up to 6mm) with a fiberglass stock painted like the rifle in one of the first posts in this thread. At first I thought they might be the same rifle, but I think that one is a matt and the blue on mine os glossy.. but it could have been: that post was from 2013 and I bought mine around 2016.
A very great many interesting left-hand rifles have been posted and discussed here. I think my other rarest rifles are once again from Kimber of Oregon: two Model 82 Classic rifles in .22lr and .22 Hornet; and two Model 84 Classic rifles in .17 Rem. and .222 Rem.

Holloway Arms HAC-7L

Thank you for the interesting post, and lot's of great LH guns mentioned. I have a few to mention, that might be better described as black sheep, but somewhat unique in their own way.

First - what has become a custom gun, I have a LH Ruger 77 heavey barrel, that I made a poor purchase of a worn out 22-250. I had a Shilen barrel put on it chambered in 250 Ackley. I really like this gun, and it shoots well.

I have a couple of 700 Rem LSS guns that I guess are now somewhat rare for different reasons. The 338 RUM, they just don't make guns in that chambering at all. Chances of me shooting out the barrel in this lightweight sporting rifle, in 338 RUM are next to 0. It's a thumper. Shoots and groups great. One has to be very aware of proper shooting form to pull the trigger on this one. It's always puzzled my how the 338 RUM went the way of the dodo bird, and the 338 Lapua was introduced later, and is comparatively established. Good thing I have 150 pieces of brass for this one. Brass is getting hard to find, thankfully I'm not looking for more.

The other LSS is rare in another way. I have a LH .270 700 LSS that is factory barrelled with a 26" barrel. Everything I've ever seen written is the LH LSS 700's all came with 24" barrels, I don't know how, why, or what the story is, but it is absolutely factory 26" barrel on a 700 LH LSS .270. How? I just dunno. Great shooting gun, I hunt with this one more than most of my others. Well, more than any other than my 7 Rem Mag Savage with Bishop stock, love that gun.

I also have a Savage 110 35 Whelen that is built with a shouldered barrel. Someone else had a gunsmith build it, I purchased it used - as I was going to build a 35 Whelen on a savage action anyway, and this one was less expensive than building one plus a nice piece of walnut stock already there. I would have never put a shouldered barrel on a Savage action, but someone did. I have some stock work to do on this one to get it shooting well. The barrel is not free floated, and it shoots like it. IMO, really poor accuracy, with reasons for that lack of accuracy. Not fond of the pressed in Oak leaf checking on the stock, but I guess it's unique.

Again, not so rare in it's day, but seems to be more rare now - 2 different savages with Bishop Stocks, (I really like the Bishop Stocks), one in 300 Win Mag that had the area in the barrel half way down that is larger diameter than the barrel before or after. Not sure what it's called. The unfortunate thing is the chamber is in poor condition. I'm thinking to have a smith custom build a replacement barrel for this one to revive it. Basically this 300 Win Mag was a basket case when I bought it, and I paid basket case price. But I like Bishop stocks on my savages so well I end up having a hard time walking away from any Bishop stock on a LH Savage action.

Others have mentioned them, so I'll list them too, Rem 788, both the 6mm - which shoots lights out, and the .308 - which I have not shot. Would love to rebuild with glass stocks, but that might be difficult to find.

Last one to mention, again mostly because no longer available, with no hope of resurrection, is a Winchester 70 LH blued on wood, with BOSS in 7 Rem Mag. Probably the most common in LH model 70 offerings. In most every way it is a poorly fitted gun, that I had to have smith fix several items that should never have gotten through QC, but in it's own way, it's a great gun to carry in the woods. Shoots like a Winchester, which means good luck- accuracy is less than impressive, but good enough to hunt with.

Seems like just being left handed, means it's going to become rare at some time. When they do build them, seems like unless it's Savage, they don't build them for long. I have several other Savage LH guns, mostly stagger fee blind magazines. The Stagger feed seems like it was something that worked that got replaced with center feed that has no benefits? Other than making the stagger feed design obsolete.

Mine are nothing near what others have posted, but have some characteristics of being rare or unique in their own way.

If anyone has any information on how a Rem 700 LH LSS in .270 with 26" barrel was made, I would be interested in hearing what you have to offer. I've always wondered.

I recently put a deposit down on a Jongmans LH rifle in 223. The scope on it (8x56 Kahles) has been sent back to the factory for a refurb and don't expect to see the rifle for another 6-8 weeks. The rifles were made in NZ back in the 80's and there were never that many made. They were well made though and had nice NZ walnut stocks. The action is a 3 lug design and the small action is a petite little action, similar in size to a Sako L461. Perfect for a walkabout varminter.

The firm made a brief comeback about 10 years ago, setting up in Queensland, Australia. I recall seeing them displaying their actions at a local gun show in Melbourne. At that time they were producing huge actions to take 50BMG and various other cigar sized cartridges.

There is another member who posted in this thread that owns a LH Jongman 7mm-08. He sent me photos to look at and it is a beautiful rifle.

LH 1996 Magnum Research
Ordered new in 96.
Less than 200 rounds
7mm
Stainless
Factory muzzle break, not aftermarket.
Kreiger barrel
H&S stock

Was told by techs at MRI it was 1 of 1 about 4 years when I called on it for some details..

Best 1 hole puncher in all of my custom collection... period

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I've had a couple LH MRI Mountain Eagle rifles. I like 'em. Good for you for holding onto yours.

Not a big bucks rifle, but pretty rare since they are no longer made: Tikka T3 9.3 x 62.

Over four months without a post; I figured (as I did with my prior post) I'd post something before this great thread falls further behind.

Since Anschutz won't make a LH 54 Sporter, I rolled my own...

One of a kind Anschutz 22LR that started out as a LH1907 Match action converted to a repeater by Mark Chesebro, who also re-barreled it with a Lilja/Sako P94S barrel that I index tested for accuracy before being fitted to the 1907. The barrel was threaded for the suppressor by the Hit or Miss Gunshop in Halifax PA.

I fitted the rare stock from an Anschutz LH 1732 (22 Hornet) and added a basket-weave Pachmayr Presentation butt pad; the same pad Cooper uses (not the pad shown below). The stock was refinished by Gostomski's Gun Shop.

The 5018 Match trigger (2 ounce) was replaced with a 5020 Sporter weight (12 ounce) trigger...Tom

Nice to see this thread pop up.

RIP Ken. (Nsaqam)

Carl Gustaf lefty. Kills Swedish moose quite well.
Bob

Nice !

Lefthanded Hawken probably. Or possibly my vudoo.

I'll second that nice.

Hey OSU Sig: see Classifieds this evening. I've decided to put my LH Jongman's up for sale. Regards, GrouseChaser

Had one like that as well. Had a squirrel carved in the stock.

A nice customized Ruger 77 in .30-06
Bob

I don't think I have posted this in this thread...

A Remington 700 action in .270 that was modified and restocked by Lenard Brownell about 1974.


If the weather is not too brutal in about 10 days, it will come elk hunting with me.

Those Brownell rifles just exude class all over. Very nice rifle. Thank you for posting.

Hey RGK: what is the cartridge? GC

9.3x62. Pretty popular in Europe.
Bob

A post-64 Winchester 70 Classic Sporter in 30-06

Mine is my MRC XAR that's going back to the factory for a refund. According to the rep they only made 50 of them and I don't know how many of the 50 were LH.

Right now my rarest LH rifle is an early '90s Win M70 SS/Walnut in .300WM.. I bought it new, circa '92.. It has less than 100 rounds down the bore.. I don't use it.. I need to sell it.. It might be on Gunbroker by early next week... Wish I had the original box, but like a moron I got rid of it... Dang.

Even though I'm LH I have used RH rifles all my life and a LH action is just really, really strange.. FWIW..

Redneck, do you reach over for the bolt or shoot right handed? I'm left eye dominant and made the switch to shooting left handed. Shot right handed when young but with rifles that kicked less and had lower combs. First time I tried that with a bolt action 30-06 with a higher comb, I didn't like it so much so made the switch. Always wanted a M70, but waited too long to easily find any LH classics in 30-06. So I ended up with a LH 300 WSM fwt which were easier to find after New Haven folded. One of these days I'll get around to mounting a scope and using it.

Incorrect. Left-handed Model 70s weren't introduced until 1997 and the stainless versions were made in 1997 ONLY.

Probably my most common lefty rifle. 700 BDL in 7mm mag, tuned by Hill Country Rifles. It also has a Williams steel guard and floorplate that really makes for a nice upgrade over the Remington pot metal alloy.
Bob

LH 280 Rem custom shop KS don,t see many LH KS in 280 Rem, stock has been repainted

That's a great looking 280.

Yup. Paint job is awesome.
Bob

Shipped my LH KS 280 to young man in WA state for Christmas a father bought it for his son. Nice dad.

Funny, I've owned two of them and my buddy has one still. His has a jeweled bolt, neither of mine did. All .280's of course.............

Not mine, but a buddy has a left handed Kleinguenther K-15 chambered in 25-06.....a real unicorn...

I saw a Winchester 52 converted to L/H for sale some time ago I think it was your one

When I first started shooting there weren't any left handed rifles, so I ended up using lever actions.
I'm envious of some of the rifles in this thread, one is the left hand Anschutz .22 back on page 9 of this thread, I've lusted after a left hand Anschutz with the Match 54 action for almost 30 years, ever since I saw the right hand version.
The first left hand bolt action I saw was one of the real early Savage 110's, well it followed me home but it only stayed until I learnt (and could afford) a new Remington BDL in 270W (pretty rare back then).





Since then I've owned a few rare rifles, 3 Jongmans a Lightweight Hunter, it had the Octagonal action and a round barrel with a pretty plain stock, a Varmint model, Octagonal action with Octagonal barrel and a nice piece of English Walnut, the last was a round action with a stainless barrel in 6mm PPC, another New Zealand made rifle that is pretty hard to find now that I owned was a Bradley .22. It was the only left hand .22 that I ever saw, except for pictures in books. Eventually I found a L/H 581 Remington very accurate, far more accurate than the Bradley.

Over the years I've managed to own a few left had rifles, I'm always looking for them and sometimes the looking pays off, this was probably the rarest I've owned a Cooper 57M in 22WMR, Cooper was the only manufacturer that I've ever seen produce a left hand 22WMR



Sometimes while looking you come across rifles you'd just love to own but either finances or other factors got in the way, I have searched for years for a L/H KoO model 84, I missed out on this one, it was sold before I got my email away



And I could never find one of these for sale, a Dakota .22



I've seen a few right hand actions converted to left hand, like this wee Sako



I've always wanted a left hand Sako, and one of the luckiest finds I had was when someone looking for a left hand .22 had a left hand Sako M591 Battue for sale, a swap and a bit of cash and I then owned a Sako. The Battue seems to be pretty rare as I've never seen another L/H M591 Battue or Carbine for sale, but have seen a few Varmints and rifles with the longer barrels for sale.

It took quite sometime to find a left hand Cooper model 38 for sale (it only took 5 years of searching), this Jackson Varminter in .17 HeeBee turned up and I was quick enough. It now looks like the model 38 is no longer produced.



There are a few left handed rifles available now, far more than there was 30+ years ago, but even some of those that have been available have only stayed in production for so long and once out of production they seem to become very hard to find, the Browning 22 Hornet is one of those. I've seen mention of a left hand Anschutz in this thread but have never seen one for sale and I've been looking for a l/h bolt action rifle that is as petite as the hornet cartridge for quite some time.

One final pic is a Cooper Varmint Extreme that I managed to purchase some years ago while looking for the model 38



Recently I've been looking for a left hand 222, but there are only two manufacturers that I've heard of in left hand, the Sako 85 and the Schultz & Larsen Legacy, a Sako may come up for sale and the Schultz & Larsen is special order and pretty pricey in NZ $.

Winchester Safari Express in 375 H&H

Hello Lefty Fans!:

Months ago when I first saw this thread, I mentioned having a Jongmans from NZ in 7mm-08. It is likely the rarest LH rifle I own (especially in the U.S.) I've hunted it a little in Pronghorn weather (dry), but not enough to ding it up much. It has incredible design and craftsmanship (like the hand-built rings), is quite a shooter, and comports itself well. Nice to see there are other LH fans out there! Regards, GC

Presently I'm having no luck attaching a decent picture. I'll work on it. Try this: Jongman

My rarest would be:

LH Stainless Model 70 in 270
LH Kimber Model 82 Custom Classic in 22 Hornet
LH Model 70 in 30/06
LH Model 70 in 375 H&H
LH Kimber Model 82 Custom Classic in 22LR

As far as I am aware the LH Anschutz rifles in 22 Hornet that are seen very occasionally started life as Exemplar pistols in 22 Hornet. They had a LH action, however they were meant for RH pistol silhouette shooters. The pistols were a sales flop and a number were returned to Anschutz to be re-purposed. They were rebarrelled and offered as LH barrelled actions in 22 Hornet. The 22 Hornets were based on the 54 action and the 22LR Exemplar pistols were based on the 64 action.

I picked up a rifle in 22 Hornet that had been stocked. It’s a sweet action with a very light target trigger and a medium weight target barrel.

LH Win model 70 in 270wsm that has custom shop roll mark, 2002, supposedly for SHOT show and intro of the new wsms, (trying to confirm that with Browning/Win folks), Serial GWSM008. Now I need something to shoot.

I have GWST009, chambered in 300 WSM, so I would be curious to hear what you learn.

Will do 708. A gwsm009 in 270 wsm sold awhile back and seller claimed 1 of 10 but could not glean why from them. Paper records and all that.. I know where they shipped mine so writing pretty please letters lol

Was a .243 but now a .25-284.

Just picked a Remington 700 left hand. Left side barrel stamp RW with seven digit serial number on receiver.

Factory LH Remington 700 KS in 35 Whelen and a factory LH Remington 700 FS in 338 Win. Sold the 338, kept the Whelen. I may sell that one too. I have not shot it since I got it. I have other guns I use more.

Dean

The only two I have are both Classic Winchester 70's with controlled feed and nice walnut stocks: One in 30-06 and the other a 270 WSM. I would have preferred a standard 270 but ya gotta get whats available.

My LH KS 270 is my "go-to" rifle. Significantly tweaked. However, if you put it back to box stock, would still be my go-to rifle.

Is the ruger Hawkeye LH standard still discontinued?

If so, then I would like to consider mine as my most rare LH rifle.

I just picked up a factory Remington 308, 700P LTR LH; HS stock, 40x trigger, fluted 20" 1-10, 5r-- seems like they are a more recent production but not common. Just wish it took AICS mags!

LOL that works for me.

Kimber of Oregon 82 Custom Classic and an Anschutz 54MS. Priceless to me. Very rare I never see them offered.

Almost a year without a post to this great thread; I figured (as with my prior posts) I'd post something before it falls into obscurity.

I hope no-one minds a 22LR hybrid. Being the only one it probably qualifies as rare....

Left Handed CZ MS-R Silhouette ??

I wanted a lightweight Silhouette rifle. I had a left-handed Anschutz 54MS, the king of Silhouette rifles, although quite heavy and only a single-shot. The Anschutz MS stock is perhaps the most copied stock out there for good reason. The 54MS is very heavy for casual use. I wanted a repeater without all the pork.

I started with a well used left-handed Anschutz 54MS stock and trigger guard. While having contemplated it for a while, I now had to decide what to use for the light-weight donor action.

The contenders were a LH Savage, a LH Remington 581, LH CZ 452, or a LH Anschutz 1416. The main criteria were trigger location, bolt handle location, and action diameter. It turns out the beefy CZ 452 actions are the same diameter as the Anschutz 54 action (who would've thought) and the bolt handle was also the closest fit (to the bolt cut-out) of the bunch. Since I didn't know what I was doing, I didn't want to spend a lot given it might end up as a tomato stake.

Next I had to decide LH CZ 452 American or Lux. I have an American but the action mounts meant I couldn't use the Anschutz trigger guard without really complicating things. The 452 Lux mounts actually simplified things quite a bit.

Since the comb is too high for the sights and I wanted to thread the muzzle, the sights were removed. It shoots great!...Tom





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I have a 350 legend on a 700 receiver waiting for me at the smith’s when I get home. Trying to decide if it will go in a walnut BDL take off or if I’ll stick it in a B&C I’ve got squirreled away.

Unfired M70 Classic Stainless BOSS in .30-06. Likely as rare as it's ever going to get for me, I like my Hawkeyes.

Got me drooling on that one. Though, I would have the BOSS cut off. Nice piece of furniture too.

Probably my Kimber 84 LH in 17 Rem-223 Improved. The rifle didn't cost that much but I still need to suck it up to get the dies for it.

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My rarest is probably a 700LSS with a factory 257 Weatherby chambering. Only one I’ve ever seen.

Don't know if it's consider rare but for me it is:

left handed CZ 452 American 22lr. Have McMillian rimfire magnum varmint stock for it. I had to send it to McMillan to get it inlet for my left hand action.

Don't know the answer but I have a lefty in 7 mm that shoots great, also have a lefty Remington 1100 12 ga with a slug barrel made in 68,

absolute beautiful

My guess is he built it, too.

Yeah those lefties are "mine' in the same way a son or daughter is yours forever. They are owned by the customers now, but I stull think of my creations as "mine".

I am not left handed but 11% of the population is. However about 1/4 of all the guns I make are LH guns.
People have learned I will do one in left-hand if they ask, so they tell other left handed shooters, and I ended up making a lot of them. Word of mouth, shooters talking to shooters. It's brought me a lot of business over the last 40 years.

Not rare per say, but scarce. Bought it because of this, for my lefty son in law, but he is craving a lefty tikka in a .270 so it sits !
......................700 Bdl in .308..................................

Is your BDL a lefty?

Probably my lowest number produced lefty. Ruger Hawkeye .450 Bushmaster

Thanks for sharing. New lefty member here from Northern Arizona. I would love to share pics of my rare rifles but the pictures are too big. I have a few Coopers, Anschutz and custom 700s. I tried to downsize them but it’s a lot of work and me being in my 40s, is a lot to understand so I gave up. I almost have to get it done on a computer rather than a phone or iPad. Do any of you know of an easy way to downsize them? Is there a way I can get excused from downsizing on my posts?

You can post to the 24hcf thread on here and then link them.

Did you buy the lefty .450 Bushmaster from Randy's in Michgan?

I have a LH Win M70 Classic, customized into a takedown with two barrels and forends in 338/06 and 25/06. Fills a lot of needs!

Grouse chaser
Do you have any pictures that you can post.
I always like to see takedown rifles.

Hal

I have a Kimber of Oregon 82 Custom Classic and an Anschutz 54MS in LH.

Unfortunately, no, not accessible at present.

Not rare but rare to me I guess you could say.Brother picked up a mint left hand Remington BDL in 308 for me that he found at a gun show. Like it better than the Hawkeye 7mm simply because of the recoil factor.

I have a couple of A-bolts and a Ruger 77 hat are Leftys but the only thing that I have that's anywhere close to rare is a Remington 788 LH. There's only one thing that makes it different from the 6mm's and 308's already mentioned and that's the fact that someone before me had it re-bored to 358 Winchester and failed to remark the barrel.
It was originally a 308 Winchester and since it was marked that way I loaded up a few and went and shot it. I couldnt hit a barn with it and the recoil was almost nonexistent. When I picked up a piece of the fired brass the picture all came together and I realised what was going on. It shoots fine but the thing just doesn't fit me well.

Goat

My "rarest" which it's not really rare but as expensive as some custom guns nowadays(eventhough I got it for $875 and it had been shot like 5 times) is a Weatherby LH Mark V Accumark in 257 Wby

These are great guns. It seems like all Left handed guns are rare. I'm having a hard time finding one I'm looking for.

Anschutz 1416L Custom Classic

This is basically a regular 1416DKL with the stock extensively reworked to be a sleek sporter.

The Anschutz Classic stock is very blockish, almost like a Varmint stock. The last picture shows the same stock unmodified...Tom

Carl Gustav 9.3...detachable mag. Popular in Sweden.
Bob

Nice photo.

That is a proper hunting rifle right there. What a beauty!

TMitch

When I first came to Alaska 1984 I think local gun store had a few of those Sauer Manlicher LH rifles always wish I would have bought one!

I never thought any I owned were rare, but some were hard to find.

In no particular order: LH T-2 Browning, LH Kimber 82 and 84 (.223), two 57 Cooper Classics (.22 LR and Mag), a M21 in .222 and a .22 LVT, ULA M24 .270, ULA M20 .22 LR, Sako in 7 Mag, Remington 700 FS .30-06, Remington 700 KS .280. There are probably a few I’ve forgotten over the years.

My favorite was the Kimber of Oregon 82, beautiful rifle (Custom Classic) it never shot as well as I thought it should. I bought it from Prairie Shooter’s Supply about 1985 I think.

The Coopers I really tried to like, but nothing felt as slick as the 82. The ring spacing always put me off.

The ULA .22 is more accurate than any rimfire I’ve owned, but it doesn’t have the feel of the Kimber. The M24 .270 was a real shooter, put three of anything factory inside an 1”, not bad for a rifle that weighed 5 lbs 12 oz scoped.

I only have the ULA M20 .22 now, bought it in 1997 from Melvin.

A left hand Remington 581. My wife bought it for me. It shoots very well.

Those 581 are great rifles. And a tough find in lefty.

Have a lefty 58 Hawken I like a lot. Not many of those around. Percussion gun. Kind of like a partner to it in flintlock someday.

I have a Rem. 581L and a left hand Browning T-Bolt in .22 LR. Not sure if the Browning is rare. Also have a left hand TC Renegade.

Winchester M70 Safari Express .375 H&H

Since I only have one and it's for my wife. The rarest one I own is a Tikka 7-08.

I have a LH kimber of Oregon.22 Hornet.

My rarest lefty firearm is the one I can never find...........................

Here in Australia my Winchester's , a Safari Express in 375H&H and Classic Sporter in 30/06 and CZ 550 Safari Magnum would be the the most rare

My Rarest lefty's are Rigby double rifle in 470 NE with some exception wood. Even better I was able to by it brand new in the box unfired. Got a hell of deal on it. Got the factory take down case to top it off.

My other rare rifle is a left handed Rigby 416 Rigby double bridge with removable scope mounts. It holds perfect zero off and on. It was listed on a fine gun site. Negotiated back and forth on the deal for a year. It took the guy a year but I was able to get it for the original offer I made.

Sorry I don't have any pics handy. They are both Paso Robles guns not English made though.

I don't know how "rare" they are but I have 2 that, to my knowledge were never cataloged.
1. a 1 of 100 Ruger Alaskan in .375 Ruger. This is one of the first released, no barrel band sling swivel, no brake just a tidy little "carbine".
2. a Browning LH A-Bolt SS in .280. Killed several deer with it but just don't use it anymore. Truth be told I wish the barrel was marked .270.

Got two of those Ruger Alaskans 375 and one 338win and an lefty Winchester M70 338win mag.

Holloway Arms HAC-7L rifle. One of only 20 made. There were 50 total L/H guns made. 30 were carbines and 20 were rifles.

Nice
I remember years ago when they were a new thing.
Like a lot of other things I drug my feet and never
did get one

I don't get into rare factory offerings. Both of my lefty bolt hunting rifles are custom built to my liking. The only factory LH rifle I own is a CZ 452 .22....but even then, it's cut and threaded at 16" for a suppressor.

If I had one it be rare, but it’s looking like one of my grandsons is gonna be a lefty. I may be buying a left handed rifle before too long.

Mine is a Magnum Research, Mountain Eagle.. LH stainless, sako, Krieger barrell. Muzzle brake and H&S stock 7mm

Bought in 1997 new and ordered it. They have told me it is 1 of 1.

Best shooting rifle in my arsenal

With any bullets

I'm pretty set now having 270win, 308win, and 30-06 LH to use. Problem now is putting them into action enough thru the year.

The original MRI Sako Mountain Eagle rifles were very under rated jewels. Have owned two factory rifles, and built one custom. All three were accurate and reliable. Not the lightest, but reasonable. Gave one to a grandson a few years ago. He is not "gentle" on anything. The rifle holds zero and kills deer every year.

Not sure about “rare” as anyone could have one built but here goes:
Back in the late 1980’s I was checking the racks at Great Northern Guns in Anchorage, AK. Found a left hand 450 Ackley built on a Rem 700 action by Brown Precision and was wearing a BP stock. It was light and most likely weighed in around 6.5 pounds. Rifle looked unfired. Memory tells me I paid just under $600 for it.
Bought some die’s and formed some brass and headed to the range. First shot about knocked my teeth out and bruised my shoulder and jaw. Didn’t have to worry about a second shot as rifle wouldn’t feed anything. It was apparent whoever built it at BP never did a function test.
Mailed it back to BP and they fixed it and I had them add a brake. It helped, but not enough. Sold it soon after and glad I did.

Reminds me of the story regarding a guy trying to sell a big kicker with a box of ammo. Three fired cartridge cases in the box of ammo. Buyer asked the seller if he only fired the rifle three times? Seller responded "No. Third owner..."

That made me laugh...

Probably my rarest is an Anschutz 1808L 22lr running boar rifle. It has a thumbhole stock and barrel extension (bloop tube) with weights

Only have one. It's what my wife shoots a Tikka 7-08. Pretty rare huh.

I have a Winchester M70 Safari Express in 375 H&H and I am currently having CZ 550 Safari in 375 H&H re-barreled into a 404 Jeffery.

I sure would like on of those Kimber 82 rimfires, beautiful

Mine is a 7mm Mashburn Super Mag.

I posted in this thread four years ago, and just now I read all of it again.The man who started this thread, nsaqam (Ken) passed on sometime before 2016.
And I have the rarest left-hand rifle of them all - Ken's garishly painted Jackson Pollack left-hand Kimber Model 84 chambered in 6X47.
Rest in peace Ken. As long as this thread lasts you are gone but not forgotten

flyer898, With a whopping 27 posts in 7 years, you appear to be a man of few words.

But that's a nice homage to Ken in a thread that's still alive 10 years later.

I'm guessing now my two Coopers are my "rarest" rifles since Cooper was bought out and future production is unknown.
One is a Jackson Squirrel rifle in 22 mag and the other is a Custom Classic in .22LR. The Custom Classic is pretty decked out with XXX wood, inletted sling swivels, checkered bolt, fancy butt plate, etc.

still have it but age and health will soon be the reason it will go to a new home. been a great rifle to roam mtns and valleys with.

Hello fellow lefties,
Currently my collection of left hand bolt action rifles contains,
1. Remington 581 22lr, my uncle bought this from a retired scout master in 1988, it was new in the box, I think he paid 35 bucks for it.
2. Winchester model 70 LH 30-06 Sporter. I bought this new in the box in '97 from Riley's Gun shop in Hookset NH. I traded another model 70 chambered in .225 Win for it.
3. David Gentry custom Mauser 338 Win. Mag. Stainless McGowen barrel, nickel plated action, McMillan stock. I didn't order this rifle, but it fits me very well. I'm not sure how many rifles he built, but the serial number is two digits.
4. I have a Montana 1999 LH stainless action that is in the process of becoming a 9.3x62. I had a zastsva LH m70 9.3x62 but couldn't develop any warm feelings for it, so it was sold.
5. 62 caliber flintlock muzzleloader, something my dad built in the 80s when he was into that sort of thing. Shoots a 340 grain round ball into minute of deer in front of 130 grains of FFG.
I will get you some pics as soon as I can. Enjoy your day!

I did not always agree with his politics. However, I appreciated his choice of rifles. I still own my first Rem 700 KS rifle that I purchased from Ken. IIRC, I am the fourth or fifth 24HFC owner of the rifle. And it ain't going anywhere. RIP...

I discovered some other rare left-hand rifles. In 1937 Mossberg became the first rifle manufacturer to manufacture and sell a true mirror image left-hand bolt action rifle. They even made a dozen or so for Montegomery Wards.
The left-hand rifles did not sell very well and I think the total production was less than 400. Mossberg did not put serial numbers on .22 rifles in those days, so it is difficult to know.
I have three left-hand Mossbergs including one marked as Western Field (Wards).
All three of mine are in very nice condition, especially considering their age.
Does anyone have an older left-hand rifle?

I have a LH Remington Model 700 factory chambered for 8 X 57 MM, in a gray laminate stock. It was made in the early 1990's exclusively for distributor "Bill Hicks Inc". They were offered only in metric calibers (6.5 X 55 MM Swede, 7 X 57 MM Mauser and 9.3 X 62 MM). It's the only one I've encountered in twenty years of searching. I purchased it off of GB from a gun shop in Montana ten years ago. I tried to some information from both Remington and Bill Hicks Inc with no success.

Mine, not sure rare though, Savage 110DL in .264 Win Mag.

Remington Model700LH from the custom shop in 270 Win. 24" bbl, matte finish, tiger tail walnut stock W/rosewood forearm tip and grip cap, Old English pad, made in 1983. I lucked into it at a gunshow about 20 years ago. Unfired, $450. You must be kidding!

All these nice “sounding” guns with NO pictures. Such a shame……lol