Flintlock left handed shooters?

[Ed Smurf]

Is there any safety issues if you shoot a flinter left handed.....the flash is on your eyeside. Just wondering.

 

[chasseur]

I ve shot right side flinters left handed for years and have never had a problem

 

[WRENCHGOD]

I have shot both left and right with them but I think that would come down more to what model your shooting. I wouldn't want to say you'd be good on all of them. I see Traditions makes a left hand version although it has no style or class that the older models have.

 

[RedCable]

I ve shot right side flinters left handed for years and have never had a problem

Same here.

 

[mooncoon]

I have shot a right handed flinter upside down but shooting right handed. That is very similar to shooting a left handed lock with a right handed hold. It does capture your attention effectively that the flinter will spray into your extended left arm. In reply to the obvious question of why? it was in a match where you had to shoot through a loop hole but the gun could not touch the loop hole. The hole was high enough that I could only see my sights if the gun was upside down.

cheers mooncoon

 

[tjsudbury]

the Lyman Great Plains Rifle comes in a left hand flintlock version if your skittish of right handed flintlocks. I'm sure there's others out there as well

 

[Suputin]

I had a left hand Jaeger rifle custom made because I didn't feel comfortable with all that flash going off right in front of my face. While you certainly can shoot a right hand flinter off the left shoulder, it's prob not a great idea long term.

 

[maple leaf]

The big issue is powder flash and the possibility of a shard of flint breaking off and hitting you in the face. I know this for a fact when it happened to my wife taking a picture of me. She got a nice deep scratch on her face.