Left hand unsafe for a Righty?

[Repairman]

In keeping my options for bargains open... I was wondering is it unsafe for a Right handed person to be using a Left Handed shotgun (semi or pump), or is it just for convenience?

 

[sherlockbonez]

I wouldn't say it's UNSAFE, but you'll definiatly be eating more powder then you should.

 

[JamesM]

Its mostly a convenience thing, you may catch an empty off your nose.Generaly speaking left handed guns comand a slight premium over right handed guns.

 

[gallen270]

lefties cost more. but now and then someone has them cheap in a small community when there are no ther south paw shooters. if you get a deal on one, sell it and buy RH.

 

[riderpride55]

un safe

its only as unsafe as us lefty's using right handed firearms for years. its nice to see some good left handed stuff lately

 

[straightshooter]

I wouldn't call it unsafe for most designs, but it could negatively affect your shooting.

"Cast off" refers to when the butt stock is bent slightly toward the outside shoulder (bent to the right for right hand shooters, as you look down the barrel from the breech; to the left for left hand shooters). "Cast on" means bent towards the center of the chest.

Good shooting of rifles requires accurate aiming which, in turn, necessitates getting your eye squarely behind the sights (and not off to the side even slightly). When the stock is cast off, it's easier to get your eye squarely behind the sights, as the breech bends slightly toward your head. One doesn't 'aim' a shotgun so much as 'point', but pointing is also improved by correct eye placement.

Some gun stocks have no cast and are no advantage to left or right-handed shooters.

Do you have a line on a left hand model shotgun? I'm in the market for a left-handed trap gun for my daughter. So, in the unlikely event that you've found one, perhaps I can buy it and find you a right-handed one (assuming you're right handed).

 

[Grouse Man]

Don't forget that the safety is going to push the other way as well, from the wrong side.

 

[ABCZAR]

Not unsafe. As mentioned above us leftys have always fired right handed shotguns with no issues.

 

[wheelie]

I am a lefty and fire mostly right hand guns. Bolts are a little more troublesome. Got a lefty shotgun maybe we could work out a trade.

 

[canadaman30]

I am a Lefty and have owned mostly right hand guns,...semi rifles, pump shotguns, lever rifles. Never had a problem and I shoot alot. My face rests on the stock not the action so it really makes no diff. Safety switches are backwards but you adjust.

 

[suits me]

As a lefty the only gun that ever gave me greif was a winchester model 94 with angle eject that would throw spent shells at my forehead.