Home Forums Hunting & Shooting The Lefty Forum Do lefties buy RH guns ?

same thing for me but now if i can't find what i want i have it built

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All my handguns are RH, although there are those who think the Colt SAA was designed to be LH.
All my 22's are RH as are a few shotguns.
But my go to guns, (Trap, and main hunting rifles ) are LH

I agree, and to those that say a right hand bolt isn't as fast, must not have practiced/shot very much... I grew up using right handed bolts and well, lets just say I'm not slow at running the bolt...

My only hold out is a nice Marlin tube feed 22 Mag .I love it more than my Savage clip LH 22 Mag .

"If shooting from a rest" RH action operation is more efficient for a lefty since the right hand isn't doing anything anyway and the left hand can stay where it is. Do it a hundred times in an hour and it becomes evident.

That is why right handed BR shooters often use LH actions and ports. As a lefty I by far prefer a RH action when shooting from a rest.

When standing a LH action is most efficient since the right hand is busy holding up the rifle. Otherwise you have to drop it from the shoulder to cycle it...Tom

Afraid so, all my rifles and shotguns are right hand except for a Stag AR. I am about ready to try a left hand bolt action hunting rifle, it has to be stainless. .308 or 280 AI Guys?

I have a Bill Grover Improved No.5 that is Right Hand. Loading gate and ejector rod housing are on the left side.

I have several lefty bolt guns, but this is my favorite...a '55 standard grade .30-06 M70. Never felt handicapped shooting it.
Bob

The old saying "A .30-06 is never a bad choice..." can be extended to say "A pre-64 M70 chambered for .30-06 is never a bad choice..." Even for a Left Hander...

Nice rifle !

Thanks!
Bob

Of course it is. It's backwards. Do you drive your truck in reverse everywhere, too? It may be a finely polished turd, but if you want to run it correctly, it is still a turd.

More to the point, if over 10% of the market had got their backsides off their shoulders, some of those pre-64s would have been made correctly. But, no. People would rather show pictures of themselves with someone else's hot girlfriend when they should be out getting their own.

Being a bit of a minimalist I don't really need another rifle....not that most of us buy because we"need", but been thinking that it's worth learning to shoot RH just to max the use of that one worthwhile purchase,so many great RH available. Escaping gasses, weakening left eye, prone shooting benefits .... Having at least one good RH really makes sense.

Surely it's gonna take no more than a year being proficient in the other side? I shave left and right with a cut throat which took only a few months to master plus do a lot of other things RH, how about a long range prone hunter for the other side? How awesome would that be .... Whole new twist on what we enjoy so much. imagine that first buck shot from the right shoulder.

Well, aren't you a ray of sunshine.... Rest assured, I have more than enough left hand "girl friends" for several life times. However, just because I prefer red heads does not mean that I do not appreciate an attractive brunette when one passes by...

I have shot right handed rifles so long I couldn't figure out a left hand Remington 700 in 22-250 for coyote hunting as I was using my right hand to reach over the bolt to cycle it........

I use my left hand to hold the pistol grip and mt right hand to cycle the bolt, or use a lever action. I guess I'm too old to change!

Just semi autos

Cars are made with the gear stick linked to the transmission in the most logical location. That is to the right of the driver here and to the left of the driver in many British empire countries. Handedness is a non issue. I've driven manual transmissions extensively both here and in England. There's really no learning curve to it. Now, if they switched the go pedal from right to left, that would be a problem.