Any lefty AR shooters out there?

[CobraGT]

Quick question - do any of you who are left-handed shoot standard A2/A3/A4 ARs? If so, do you end up eating the spent casings, or does the case deflector keep you from getting hit??

A fellow who's looking at getting into ARs asked me this, and I'm not sure whether to tell him to get into the Stag Arms 'lefty uppers', or whether a normal one would work OK for him.

Edited to add: Thanks for all the replies, appreciate everyone's feedback!

thanks
Rog

 

[Armament]

I have no problems. If he's worried he can always get a stag lefty.

 

[mattfrombc]

No problems here...

 

[BC_Guy]

Never had a problem, brass goes to about the 1 o'clock position. Deflector works like a charm.

 

[lookout]

definitely not an issue.

 

[NaOH]

HeliDoc has never had a problem when shooting my ARs.

 

[Striker]

The odd time I've had a brass bounce off my cheek..but it's a rare occurance.

 

[werewolf]

The odd one ends up in my jacket, but the deflector works fine.

 

[t-star]

me too - never even had an issue with a case- but i have the bump version ie an a2

 

[SA85M1]

No,...no problems here.even with an A1 without the deflector...R...

 

[daedra83]

I have a lefty Stag (Charlène) and she works great for me.

 

[SparkyWonderDawg]

Never had a problem.
Had a few casings go down my shirt but probably was the guy next to me.
As for manipulating the saftey, mag release ect, you adapt to it. I can manipulate the rifle as fast as a righty can now.

 

[Paulinski]

Thats weird the casings eject on the left side of my Stag thus me beeing a lefty I never had a problem with brass hitting me in the face.

 

[Snapshot]

Not an issue with a Colt A2 - most problems caused by brass bouncing off port fittings / shields / etc. when shooting indoors.

But Stags are hard to beat, and for a left hand shooter the Stag leftys are a good choice. I'm very pleased with my 15-L.

Snapshot

 

[lcq]

The AR was designed to be as ambi friendly as possible. If you get a really early model without the case deflector it is brutal (personal experience). Normal Ar's are a non issue for lefties.

Brian

 

[Striker]

The AR was designed to be as ambi friendly as possible. If you get a really early model without the case deflector it is brutal (personal experience). Normal Ar's are a non issue for lefties.

Brian

All of ours at work are SP1 vintage with no deflector..I hear ya on the brutal..