Left Hand Stag Arms AR
- Thread starter RielM
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A Buddy of mine has one and loves it. 16" upper with an Elcan 1-4 and it will shoot.
Being a lefty he won't enjoy shooting anything else at this point. May not be a top tier contender in many peoples eyes but not having brass and hot gas hitting him in the forehead lets him shoot better. No problems to this point as well. It's a good piece of kit.
Being a lefty he won't enjoy shooting anything else at this point. May not be a top tier contender in many peoples eyes but not having brass and hot gas hitting him in the forehead lets him shoot better. No problems to this point as well. It's a good piece of kit.
You need a LH BCG. Gas ports and forward assist (like anyone uses it today) are vented out the left side and the bolt's extractor and ejector are reversed so that it ejects to the left instead of the right.
I'm a LH rifle shooter and have never had the need for a LH AR15 upper.
Lexthedestroyer
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I've never shot an A1 upper, but my understanding is that a lefty (myself included) could eat some brass in that situation...
But yes, never had a problem with brass hitting me, and I find the mag release and bolt release are not a handicap. Like any other right handed design, the southpaws will adapt...
I'm right handed, but I often find myself shooting left-handed depending on the circumstances... never had a problem with brass or gas to the face. The left-handed upper seems like a solution to a non-existent problem. I don't doubt that they work well though, as my right-handed Stag upper has been great.
MapleSugar
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I used to have one and I got tired of the hot brass landing between my coat collar and my neck.
I've shot an A2 upper and it was peppering my friend sitting on the shooting bench to my right.
I was contemplating buying a LH Rock River Arms until I noticed that the mag release button is still on the right side of the receiver.
As others have said, you can set up a RH AR-15 to be ambidextrous and you'd have an easier time finding spare parts too.
However, if someone made a mirror image of an A2 I'd be all over it if it was reliable and affordable.
Rock River Arms makes as much of a mirror image lower as possible. The bolt catch is on the right hand side and with a Norgon mag release its all set.
The dust cover opens downward with this setup which I would like as on the Stag it has to open upwards and it often rubs on scope mounts and brass catchers etc.
The question we ask is... For Right Handed shooters, if the AR15 was always historically a left ejecting rifle, putting the ejected brass and gas across and in your face, would you not switch to a right hand ejecting model if one finally came available, that worked just as well? No more gas and brass and ejection port in front of your face?
I'm a RH shooter, who has shot LH AR. When a RH shoots a LH AR15, it is an eye opening experience suddenly having all the gas and residue from the ejection port in your face. Frankly, it sucks vs. shooting the RH rifle. If I were LH shooter, conversely shooting the RH would be the same.
There is more to safe and effective (and pleasant) operation than the cartridge deflector ensuring the brass doesn't actively hit you in the face. The LH user of a govt owned Stag-SBR-L shorty told us that when shooting RH guns suppressed, he's out of the fight after 1 mag with gas in his eves. The Stag-L solves this. Also, he noted operating a RH gun while shooting out a passenger side door sucks vs the Stag-L. They apparently love their Lefties.
Those who own them, seem to like them a lot. Those who don't own one say the gun they own works fine. While I am sure their current RH gun works great, if they could magically make their rifle eject to the left I'd bet most would discover it's more pleasant to shoot, if nothing else.
In the case of a cartridge/bolt kaboom, one is clearly a safer situation.
Stag Arms complete rifles include lifetime warranty and infinite shot barrel warranty. We are asked to do virtually no warranty work.
My 2c.
I'm a RH shooter, who has shot LH AR. When a RH shoots a LH AR15, it is an eye opening experience suddenly having all the gas and residue from the ejection port in your face. Frankly, it sucks vs. shooting the RH rifle. If I were LH shooter, conversely shooting the RH would be the same.
There is more to safe and effective (and pleasant) operation than the cartridge deflector ensuring the brass doesn't actively hit you in the face. The LH user of a govt owned Stag-SBR-L shorty told us that when shooting RH guns suppressed, he's out of the fight after 1 mag with gas in his eves. The Stag-L solves this. Also, he noted operating a RH gun while shooting out a passenger side door sucks vs the Stag-L. They apparently love their Lefties.
Those who own them, seem to like them a lot. Those who don't own one say the gun they own works fine. While I am sure their current RH gun works great, if they could magically make their rifle eject to the left I'd bet most would discover it's more pleasant to shoot, if nothing else.
In the case of a cartridge/bolt kaboom, one is clearly a safer situation.
Stag Arms complete rifles include lifetime warranty and infinite shot barrel warranty. We are asked to do virtually no warranty work.
My 2c.
The question we ask is... For Right Handed shooters, if the AR15 was always historically a left ejecting rifle, putting the ejected brass and gas across and in your face, would you not switch to a right hand ejecting model if one finally came available, that worked just as well? No more gas and brass and ejection port in front of your face?
I'm a RH shooter, who has shot LH AR. When a RH shoots a LH AR15, it is an eye opening experience suddenly having all the gas and residue from the ejection port in your face. Frankly, it sucks vs. shooting the RH rifle. If I were LH shooter, conversely shooting the RH would be the same.
There is more to safe and effective (and pleasant) operation than the cartridge deflector ensuring the brass doesn't actively hit you in the face. The LH user of a govt owned Stag-SBR-L shorty told us that when shooting RH guns suppressed, he's out of the fight after 1 mag with gas in his eves. Also, he noted operating a RH gun while shooting out a passenger side door sucks vs the Stag-L. They apparently love their Lefties.
Those who own them, seem to like them a lot. Those who don't own one say the gun they own works fine. While I am sure their current RH gun works great, if they could magically make their rifle eject to the left I'd bet most would discover it's more pleasant to shoot, if noting else.
In the case of a cartridge/bolt kaboom, one is clearly a safer situation.
Stag Arms complete rifles include lifetime warranty and infinite shot barrel warranty. We are asked to do virtually no warranty work.
My 2c.
Most of what you say makes sense. The part in red has been very different from my experience though. I really don't see what the gas in the face complaint is... I've not experienced it. Or at least haven't noticed it. Shooting suppressed may be a different story.
Still alive
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I agree. I love shooting my right handed AR support side all the time and I’ve never noticed any problems either. A Tavor 21, now that’s a different issue!
I've never had a problem with any firearm because I'm a lefty, never been bothered by gas or shells ejecting, but as I mentioned to you, I will be buying a Stag arms lefty for two reasons,,,one, because it's a Stag,,,and two, just because I can
There are so few things in this world made specifically for lefties,,, I just gotta have one lol
I overstated that.
If I can restate... When this RH first shot a LH AR15, it was a different experience. I was not used to having all the action happening in front of me. It works. I can see why people might say it's nice to see your bolt is position etc because it's right there in front of your eyes, but I'd rather not have it in front of my eyes if I have a choice. As a RH shooter I wouldn't choose to shoot a LH rifle over a RH one. All things being equal, I can't imagine a LH shooter wouldn't appreciate the experience of a LH AR15 over a RH one.
