CRPS production class for a lefty?

Alpheus said:
The smallest target at the first match was 1" at 100yds, part of the prone KYL stage. It's more important to have solid dope all the way out and ammo with very consistent muzzle velocity than group size.
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redneckchris said:
The smallest target this month is 1/4” at 50 yards, it’s a KYL stage. That’s tough shooting, especially off a chair back!
Most often if you can hit 1” at 100 yards you should be fine. The target sizes are usually quite generous, the focus is more on position building off strange props and barricades and engaging multiple targets on a time limit.

I have seen a few lefty shooters running a right bolt and make it work! By mastering this the shooter barely has to break the shooting position....
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1”@100 and 1/4”@50 eh? That’s going to be very difficult for almost any production (<$500) 22. I’ve got a Mk2 w/Diamondback 4-16FFP that with Eley Club level ammo is 3/4”@50 and 1 3/4”@100 on a good day. Off a chair back.., I think I’ll leave that to the open guys, until my wife gets mad about the Savage and decides we need an Anschutz.
 
emerson said:
1”@100 and 1/4”@50 eh? That’s going to be very difficult for almost any production (<$500) 22. I’ve got a Mk2 w/Diamondback 4-16FFP that with Eley Club level ammo is 3/4”@50 and 1 3/4”@100 on a good day. Off a chair back.., I think I’ll leave that to the open guys, until my wife gets mad about the Savage and decides we need an Anschutz.
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I wouldn't completely agree with that assessment. I've seen many people at the Rimfire PRS, CPRS/ORPS matches run a variety of Savage rimfires, and quite honestly with the right ammo, they will likely shoot well enough for you to be pretty competitive. As mentioned, the smallest targets were 1" @100, and 1/4" @ 50 - not easy targets to hit. But no stage is purely made up of just extremely small targets. If you can run every other stage well enough to get 70-80% (or better) impacts on all targets, then all of a sudden those two small targets wont mean much to your overall score, even if your gun is 100% at fault for missing them.

The biggest downside to most of the Savage guns is not their accuracy potential, it's their stock. Poor cheek weld, poor fore-end stiffness, and poor fore-end support will all affect your ability to make good hits far more than the mechanical accuracy of the barrelled action.

To the OP, I run a right handed Bergara B14r, I'm both left eye and left hand dominant. Does it mean I have to sometimes break a position that I otherwise wouldn't if I had a fully left handed gun, absolutely. But not once have I felt particularly disadvantaged by running a right handed rifle as a lefty. In certain stages, I can be faster. Buy what you can afford, get a lefty if you can find one if thats what you want, but either way you'll probably figure out pretty quickly what you like and don't like.

Most importantly, show up to a match with what you have - people will be more than willing to help, probably share gear with you (bags etc) and more often than not, matches will allow coaching during a stage if your brand new, until you get the hang of things. I don't think anyone at a match wants someone showing up only to be discouraged and never return.
 
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