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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.