Left handed teenage boys rimfire rifle

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Was thinking about what make model of rifle to get my son I like the ruger 10/22 but he shoots left handed. He has learned on a Ace single shot and a mossburg bolt action 17HMR (right handed model) thinking about looking for a autoloader rimfire any advise for good buys for the left handed shooter would be great Thanks in advance.
 
For a left hand friendly semi-auto the only one I can think of is a browning SA-22. Or you could do the far cheaper thing and get him to shoot right handed. :>)
 
im a lefty and my dad got me a Ruger 10/22 when i was 12 or 13, still have that gun today, love it!
i thought you where gonna ask what bolt action to get him, but since your asking for semi's go with the 10/22
you wont regret it.
they are by far the best ones out there for the money.
plus there are a bazillion after market things you can do to them.
my Ruger 10/22 is 28 years old and i just finally started to do some stuff to it now (new hogue stock, new internals, new barrel)

for the $250 price tag ya cant go wrong.

here, here is a 28 year old 10/22 shot by a left handed kid that has just been refurbished because i love the gun so much.

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Only right handed people would think a right handed semi would be a problem for a left handed shooter. Been shooting semi auto's all my life never a problem. LOL

Scott
 
hometownhero said:
Exactly. All I shoot is right handed guns. Left handed ones feel wrong to me.
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isnt that the truth!

i just noticed a year or so ago that i can shoot bolt actions faster then right handed shooters, cause my right hand cycles the bolt and i still have my left hand ready to go near the trigger, where as the righty has to use his shooting hand to cycle the bolt.

but there IS a semit auto that you dont wanna be shooting too much if your a lefty.... a AR
i have 2 of them and for some reason they constantly strike me in the right side of the face when i shoot them.
i fixed that by putting a brass catcher on them, but everyone at work could always tell what i was shooting the day before when id come in with a red mark on the right side of my face!
 
Thanks for all the great Info He is getting his first gun for his birthday right hand bolt that he can call his own. Still might try to find him a 10/22 i love them.
thanks
 
Im left handed, and own a 10/22. Theres is no issue with shooting it at all. Not sure why you wouldnt want to stick with it?
 
hometownhero said:
Exactly. All I shoot is right handed guns. Left handed ones feel wrong to me.
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Not to mention cheaper, parts are every where and the parts are cheaper.

Get the 10/22 you and he will not regret it. I am a lefty and only shoot right handed guns as well, some are even easier to use for a lefty.

Shawn
 
KRJ said:
until you have one fire out of battery & get a face full of brass.
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Ive been shooting right hand eject rifles my whole life, Being left handed, I had no option. During my time in the reserves, I shot the FN C1A2 for years, never had a problem. Also shot right eject shot guns, 2 or 3 thousand rounds out of my 10/22, again never had a problem, Im with CSC and have to shoot the right handed eject Colt Ar15 (223 and 9mm), and my own 16 inch, DPMS I shoot in competitions, I elected to go with a right eject, just because I can see the rounds leave the weapon, (I shoot both eyes open) so if I get a F.F. or fail to eject I see it right away and can fix the problem in a flash. For you right hand shooters, shooting right hand eject, if you encounter a F.F you have to take your eyes off target, remove weapon from the shoulder, swing the weapon over, then fix the problem, before getting back on target. I just cycle the action, and shake, then back on. I think thats what has helped me do well in cqb matches. Failure to feed, or jams that I get are fixed in a flash with out alot of moving the weapon around, and back on target again. I.M.O.
 
Get him a left handed CZ 452 Lux or an American and he'll treasure it.

Hell, get him one of each!:D

There are still some floating around, while the right handed versions are almost all gone.

I have a southpaw Lux And two Americans and absolutely love them.
 
steveb67 said:
Ive been shooting right hand eject rifles my whole life, Being left handed, I had no option. During my time in the reserves, I shot the FN C1A2 for years, never had a problem. Also shot right eject shot guns, 2 or 3 thousand rounds out of my 10/22, again never had a problem, Im with CSC and have to shoot the right handed eject Colt Ar15 (223 and 9mm), and my own 16 inch, DPMS I shoot in competitions, I elected to go with a right eject, just because I can see the rounds leave the weapon, (I shoot both eyes open) so if I get a F.F. or fail to eject I see it right away and can fix the problem in a flash. For you right hand shooters, shooting right hand eject, if you encounter a F.F you have to take your eyes off target, remove weapon from the shoulder, swing the weapon over, then fix the problem, before getting back on target. I just cycle the action, and shake, then back on. I think thats what has helped me do well in cqb matches. Failure to feed, or jams that I get are fixed in a flash with out alot of moving the weapon around, and back on target again. I.M.O.
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Have you ever had one fire out of battery? I have shot left hand rifles and thought they where a pain but with time I am sure it would become habit. I have a 22 that if it FTE the second shell will hit the first & the pin will hit the primer. I had it fire like that once & needless to say I wouldn't want to be left handed picking pieces of brass out of my face isn't something I want to do. This being said on a bolt or pump or lever I wouldn't be worried b/c I have never seen one shoot with the action out of battery but a semi is different. The odds of it happening are silm but I have seen it.
 
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