View Poll Results: Left handed shooter shooting a right handed rifle
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January 15th, 2008, 09:27 PM #1
Lefty shooting a right handed bolt rifle
I would like to know if any one is a left handed shooter and you shoot a right handed bolt action rifle.
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January 15th, 2008, 09:45 PM #2
Re: Lefty shooting a right handed bolt rifle
I'm left handed, but right eye dominant, so I have to shoot from the right shoulder. My first gun was a righty bolt action given to me by my grampa and shooting it has never been a problem. However, I choose lever and slide action for hunting and trap now.
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January 15th, 2008, 10:24 PM #3
Re: Lefty shooting a right handed bolt rifle
I am the oppisite of you I am right handed but left eye dominant. I am asking because I want to get a rifle for shooting from a bench but they do not make many left handed models in the .308 caliber with a heavy barrel.
The truth shall set you free.
They can have my guns when they pry them from my cold dead hands
I can not wait until NJ sinks in the ocean and PA has ocean front property
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January 15th, 2008, 11:00 PM #4
Re: Lefty shooting a right handed bolt rifle
I'm a lefty shooting a right handed bolt rifle. Granted, I don't try and rapid fire stuff with it, but I just hold the rifle with my left hand at the grip (finger OUT of trigger well) and work the bolt with my right hand. It's a bit awkward, but it works.
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January 16th, 2008, 12:03 AM #5Senior Member
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Re: Lefty shooting a right handed bolt rifle
cross eye here. Right hand left eye shooter who made the change to left side shooter.
Get a savage 10FLP and be done with it.
Once you use a left hand bolt gun, UNLESS YOU ARE EXCLUSIVELY on the bench, you won't go back, as follow up shots will require you to break check weld.
An EXCLUSIVELY supported shooter (bench, snad bags, bipod) can get away with a right and bolt, because the right hand is not needed to hold sling/support stock, and hence you can shoot left and cycle bolt right.
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January 16th, 2008, 08:07 AM #6
Re: Lefty shooting a right handed bolt rifle
im a lefty using a ruger m77 righty...
not so bad to use but if i found a good enough deal on a nice lefty 30-06 id more than likely jump on it...
i have a lefty ar-15 and a lefty savage .22 and the advantages are great.
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January 16th, 2008, 08:48 AM #7
Re: Lefty shooting a right handed bolt rifle
Pacer that is excatly what I do now. I have a Savage 11gl for hunting. I am looking for a rifle that would be only for benchrest shooting. The right handed rifles have more options then left handed rifles. So that is why I am thinking of going with a right handed rifle
The truth shall set you free.
They can have my guns when they pry them from my cold dead hands
I can not wait until NJ sinks in the ocean and PA has ocean front property
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January 16th, 2008, 11:23 AM #8Member
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Re: Lefty shooting a right handed bolt rifle
I'm a lefty who has never shot a left handed bolt rifle. I started on a right handed rifle when I was a kid and never had anything else. Never had any real problems.
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January 16th, 2008, 11:42 AM #9
Re: Lefty shooting a right handed bolt rifle
Remington makes a left handed 700 in a couple of models. I'm left handed and right eye dominant, so I have no problems.. but my brother is the opposite. We both use lever action rifles, so working the action isn't nearly as problematic. He used to shoulder the rifle on his right shoulder and lean the whole way across the stock to look through his scope with his left eye. Just recently he's figured out how to shoot it looking with his right eye..
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January 17th, 2008, 03:03 AM #10
Re: Lefty shooting a right handed bolt rifle
Honestly, shooting a right handed bolt gun for a south paw like me has its advantages. I can keep on the rifle, and then make fast follow up shots in the prone without taking my finger away from the trigger.
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