Are we like the outcasts of the shooting world ? I'm a lefty shooting right hand guns. I recently contacted Weatherby about a possible left hand model in their Vangaurd 2 since my right hand .243 shoots 58gr hornady rounds sub moa, which is great off the bench or a standing coyote(i use shooting sticks to cycle rounds). The response was tooling costs. Yaaah! So you go through all that trouble to improve on the vanguard (koodos to you) and take your slice out of the working mans gun market but forget us lefties. I looked through a copy of a 2010 Savage catalogue and found several models in left. Even if some are since discontinued , i know they still make a few models.What about tooling costs? Now enter the economically priced Ruger American and Remington 783. I already have enough rapped up in my TC venture in .22/.250 and the Vanguard. I need to know if Remington or Ruger are making those in left for 2014 . I've also considered going to the Savage 11 XP trophy hunter in .243 . I heard the gun is not bad(what ever that means) but that weaver scope sucks. I'm also hearing local prices in Ontario, Canada are going up to the $650 range. What is the twist rate on the savage and has anyone put those Hornady's thru their gun with sub moa success? I know a few guys that i hunt with for coyotes that have more expensive guns in .243 win., that can't shoot bullets under 75gr.You can tell by the amount of general inquiries on this sight that i'm definitely not alone in my search. This is not about bragging rights over this or that. I did my research on these guns and it paid off for me. If anyone can honestly suggest a left hand model for 2013/14 that will give the same results for $500 or less regardless of brand, i'd greatly appreciate it. P.S. I would have considered older guns in .243 cal or a 6mm rem. But it's just as hard to find lefts in good shape at those prices.
What's the deal with Lefties !
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I clicked on this thinking it was a new thread bashing lefty leaning piliticos 
My friend, us lefties are just outcasts in general when it comes to tools, cars, etc.
Remember, left means 'Sinister' in Latin. In my parents day, writing left handed in school would get you a smack on the back of the hand with a ruler or yardstick.
Remember, left means 'Sinister' in Latin. In my parents day, writing left handed in school would get you a smack on the back of the hand with a ruler or yardstick.
I recently went through this, all I can say is, there are rifles out there. It just takes some looking. Calling Weatherby is a great thing, perhaps it will bubble up to someone that makes decisions. "We could address another 10% of the market if we just made a few lefty models."
Checkout Tikka, they make them in the Lite and Hunter. I've never bought from Prophet River so I'm not endorsing them (or unendorsing them), but they have a number of lefty Hunters on the their site.
Persistence is the key.
Checkout Tikka, they make them in the Lite and Hunter. I've never bought from Prophet River so I'm not endorsing them (or unendorsing them
), but they have a number of lefty Hunters on the their site.Persistence is the key.
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One could learn to shoot right handed.
Or everyone else could learn to shoot left handed
Or everyone else could learn to shoot left handed
Everyone else being the other 90%.
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Can you teach me to see out of my right eye again too?
Yes probably but it will involve an eyepatch.
I shoot right, but I'm left eye dominant. I started off shooting left because it just felt more natural and comfortable, but I've trained myself over a while to shoot right just because everything is easier. However, now that I think about it, my favorite rifles are ambi. Most of them eject their cartridges either upwards or forwards so it shouldn't be a problem, but I don't know if I will bother switching back since I don't think I'm going to be any kind of tactical operator soon.
I began shooting off the left shoulder, using right handed guns, because, at the time, I didn't know left handed guns were available. I am somewhat ambidextrous (and no, that doesn't mean I get by with both oysters and snails, as required) but as I have learned, my fine motor skills are left sided and my gross motor skills are better served by my right appendages. I swing a bat on the right, play hockey and golf (when I have to) on the right, throw an axe or baseball on the right and my right cross is a fearsome thing; when I need to finesse anything ( clitoris, trigger, pen) its left all the way. Frankly, I can't shoot for #### using my right index finger. A left handed rifle is a tool I can be effective with; a right handed one would require that I be stealthy beyond comprehension - I'd have to use it as a club. But that's just me...
I'm an ambidextrous righty that had a detached retina in my right eye that forces me to shoot left. Even after 10 years I still feel more comfortable doing in right handed, but I think I'll lose that in another ten. I ditched all my right bolts after the surgery in favour of lever guns. I have since found that I actually prefer right handed bolts when shooting left handed. All it took was lefty Remington 700 Varmint in 223 to convince of it. I hated it from about the fifth shot. If you are shooting with a supported position, you can do it faster and with better control shooting left with a right handed bolt. Savage actually makes right handed bolts with left ejection as evidence to some of this. You can cycle the bolt quickly with your right hand while keeping your left hand engaged with the pistol grip and trigger. If you shoot your right handed bolt from the left side primarily offhand it sucks. Just try to pretend its a single shot with benefits.
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Let see double your tooling costs for 17% of the market, that is not to hard to ignore. Especially when you consider 85% of that 17% is probably to cheap to absorb the additional cost of manufacture .
There are a number of factors that enter into this equation.
Canadian golfers are about 30% left handed because of our hockey history and that is not the case in the US.
Eye dominance is another factor but with scoped rifles many left eye dominant shooters never recognized that as a problem.
Since most rifles used in Canada are manufactured in the USA, they do not see a real need to cater to left hand shooters on either side of the 49th.
Looking at the selection in gun stores, they don't see the need to cater to a significant percentage of the population either.
Track is right when he suggests the ambidextrous solution . . . a Ruger #1.
When you see a left handed shooter try a right handed rifle there is a level of comfort missing as they do not fit quite right.
Most shooters will recognize this when they see a south paw hold a rifle as demonstrated by a right handed shooter. They hold it the same but want to put the butt against their left shoulder.
Canadian golfers are about 30% left handed because of our hockey history and that is not the case in the US.
Eye dominance is another factor but with scoped rifles many left eye dominant shooters never recognized that as a problem.
Since most rifles used in Canada are manufactured in the USA, they do not see a real need to cater to left hand shooters on either side of the 49th.
Looking at the selection in gun stores, they don't see the need to cater to a significant percentage of the population either.
Track is right when he suggests the ambidextrous solution . . . a Ruger #1.
When you see a left handed shooter try a right handed rifle there is a level of comfort missing as they do not fit quite right.
Most shooters will recognize this when they see a south paw hold a rifle as demonstrated by a right handed shooter. They hold it the same but want to put the butt against their left shoulder.
