left handed shooter

[J.Boyette]

Re: left handed shooter

The best setup for a lefty manually operated rifle is this.

Left bolt, right eject.

Same is true for a right handed shooter.

Right bolt, left eject.

Mike, the bottom line is this. You can make it work in more then prone. So can I. But that does not make it right or easy.

So its a pointless training topic honestly Its a easy cat to skin with a left bolt, right eject and better world all around.

John

 

[Mike]

Re: left handed shooter

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J.Boyette</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The best setup for a lefty manually operated rifle is this.

Left bolt, right eject.

Same is true for a right handed shooter.

Right bolt, left eject.

Mike, the bottom line is this. You can make it work in more then prone. So can I. But that does not make it right or easy.

So its a pointless training topic honestly Its a easy cat to skin with a left bolt, right eject and better world all around.

John
</div></div>

Sorry John but I disagree. If I have to take my grip away and my finger off the trigger to cycle a bolt, that's just another position I have to rebuild. I don't understand how one can justify removing one of the most important contacts with the rifle (grip and trigger) to cycle a bolt when it can be done easier and faster with the other hand.

 

[J.Boyette]

Re: left handed shooter

Mike,

This is whats so great, many options and what floats your boat, might not float mine. But the bottom line is, when the chips are down you know we will be shoulder to shoulder.

Even with your jacked up rifle

John

 

[Mike]

Re: left handed shooter

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J.Boyette</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mike,

This is whats so great, many options and what floats your boat, might not float mine. But the bottom line is, when the chips are down you know we will be shoulder to shoulder.

John</div></div>

Amen brother.

 

[Lindy]

Re: left handed shooter

I think it's all a lot of crap. I'm a left-handed shooter, and...oh, wait, I'm a right-handed shooter...

OK - I shoot either way. It's easier to find guns with the bolt on the right, but I really don't care, otherwise.

Are we having fun, yet?

 

[tacshooter223]

Re: left handed shooter

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Northern50</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm a lefty and as much as I like shooting prone with a right handed bolt all my rifles are left handed bolts. Something just feels right with the left hand bolt. </div></div>
To many lefts rights and lefts and more rights.. head is spinning!

 

[Sooner Joel]

Re: left handed shooter

I'm a lefty... when I hunt with a right handed rifle and sling it over my shoulder (left shoulder), the ball of the bolt either 1. digs in my back, 2. gets caught up in the strap on my pack, or, 3. I'll not pull the safety all the way over after loading it and the bolt catches my belt or pack and opens up and dumps my rounds. I'm about 50/50 left and right handed rifles but I've stopped hunting with a right handed rifle... I've about lost one or two trying to get my rifle off my shoulder when it tangled....

 

[Orion2000]

Re: left handed shooter

greenron15,

If the only bolt rifles you have ever fired have been right handed, firing a left handed bolt rifle will not initially feel "natural", even if you are left handed. However, if you shoot a left handed bolt rifle regularly, over time, I beleive you will become accustomed to it... to the point that you will prefer left handed bolt rifles.

I am 53 years old. Started hunting when I was 9 or 10. My first .22 was right handed. I always shot right handed long guns from the left side. I did not understand that there were left handed bolt rifles available until about 15 years ago.

Since I became aware of left handed bolt rifles, my collection has gradually "transitioned" from right bolts to left bolts. The only right bolts I still have are keepsakes or belong to my kids. As mentioned above, there are FAR FEWER left bolt rifles than right bolt. There are far fewer options (calibers, stocks, grade, etc) for left handers than there are for right handers. And they frequently cost more for the same options. However, they are out there. You just gotta dig for 'em.

You are getting ready to plunk down a bunch of money. You are the only one that can decide what is best for you. But, this would be a good opportunity to purchase a quality left handed bolt rifle and find out what you been missing...

I have never shot competition. I have never been part of a law enforcement or military shooting team. I can not explain the physiology or psychology of working a bolt with the same hand versus the opposite hand.

However, I have walked where you're walking... And I can honestly say that I have never regretted selling a right bolt rifle to buy a left bolt rifle.

Warren