Left handed milsurp?

diopter said:
Knew a couple left handed Swiss shooters.
...roll the K31 rifle close to 45° to the left and use their left hand to operate the bolt. Shooting prone lefthanded, right hand and elbow supporting front of rifle.
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That works ok for a rifle that is equipped irons, but as soon as you scope one, that method can be problematic.
 
Thinking on it other military rifles which would be ambidextrous would be things like some of the single shot rifles (such as Remington Rolling Blocks or Henry-Martini's), or even some of the rifle-muskets (my Parker Hale P61 repro is fine to shoot left-handed with no issues).
 
I Dont Care About You said:
Can be fired by and left handed are not the same thing. Any right handed rifle can be fired by a lefty but those are not left handed rifles.




What is left handed about this rifle?
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I had shot my Dad's mossberg chuckster, looked through the scope using my left eye but cycled the bolt with my right hand. Worked ok on a shooting bench...
 
Yes, I am a lefty and have never owned a dedicated left handed firearm, with the exception of my LH flintlock. There is no reason modern firearms cannot be shot left handed. IMO left handed firearms are pointless.
 
I Dont Care About You said:
Yes, I am a lefty and have never owned a dedicated left handed firearm, with the exception of my LH flintlock. There is no reason modern firearms cannot be shot left handed. IMO left handed firearms are pointless.
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And to counter this, I've owned a few left handed firearms, namely bolt action, and there's a world of difference at least with those. If you think a lh firearm is pointless, you must live life on a bench, or you don't realize how fast/smooth an operation it is. Again, this is regarding bolt action, everything else doesn't really matter, except for the gas handling abilities in the event something goes wrong.
 
Yeah, I have 2 Lh rifles, it does make a difference if your shooting off hand, rh rifles you have to tilt, breaks the cheak weld and is clumbsy, shooting from a bench is completely different.
 
saskgunowner101 said:
And to counter this, I've owned a few left handed firearms, namely bolt action, and there's a world of difference at least with those. If you think a lh firearm is pointless, you must live life on a bench, or you don't realize how fast/smooth an operation it is. Again, this is regarding bolt action, everything else doesn't really matter, except for the gas handling abilities in the event something goes wrong.
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I don't live on a bench but none of my bolt rifle shooting requires "fast/smooth" so it really makes no difference for me. I'd bet 99% of right handed bolt gun shooters can't or don't cycle the action "fast/smooth" from their shoulder so it makes no difference for them either.

As an example, watch people shooting lever actions. That is an action that cries out to be cycled quickly from the shoulder yet the vast majority of people bring the rifle down from the shoulder to cycle the action anyway.
 
I Dont Care About You said:
I don't live on a bench but none of my bolt rifle shooting requires "fast/smooth" so it really makes no difference for me. I'd bet 99% of right handed bolt gun shooters can't or don't cycle the action "fast/smooth" from their shoulder so it makes no difference for them either.

As an example, watch people shooting lever actions. That is an action that cries out to be cycled quickly from the shoulder yet the vast majority of people bring the rifle down from the shoulder to cycle the action anyway.
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But again, you seem to think LH rifles are pointless to LH shooters, when it's based only on your lack of ability and nothing else. Are new Corvettes pointless to own compared to a mid size sedan, just because your driving abilities can't match the car? I'd bet you're wrong on the "99% of shooters" things as well. Again, life away from the bench will show you differently. Just because you know some yokel who can't cycle a rifle from the shoulder doesn't mean everybody is lacking in this department.
 
saskgunowner101 said:
And to counter this, I've owned a few left handed firearms, namely bolt action, and there's a world of difference at least with those. If you think a lh firearm is pointless, you must live life on a bench, or you don't realize how fast/smooth an operation it is. Again, this is regarding bolt action, everything else doesn't really matter, except for the gas handling abilities in the event something goes wrong.
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I own three LH bolt actions. Wichita Palma rifle, lh bolt lh port, a 788 deer hunting rifle, lh bolt rh port, and an A Bolt 2 lh bolt lh port. It's more obvious with the Palma rifle as your elbows don't have to change position as u work the bolt. The A Bolt is in 22 Hornet and with 60 degree bolt lift it's the fastest reloading action by far of all my bolt actions. You can keep a moving target within your scope in repeat shots on movers. Huge advantage IMO. The deer rifle 788 its less obvious the advantage, as most first shots are the only discharge required.
 
Claven2 said:
It's hilarious watching a righty try and work a LH sporting bolt gun. Now you know how we feel, right-handers.
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This is the honest to God truth!:d:d:d I remember back in the day at a few 3 gun comps, and the one guy in charge at the time would throw in a weak hand stage now and again aka use your wrong side, I would almost die of laughter.
 
Claven2 said:
It's hilarious watching a righty try and work a LH sporting bolt gun. Now you know how we feel, right-handers.
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Well, we lefties have an entire lifetime's experience adapting to right handed tools and implements. Right handers never have to adapt in such a manner so its not surprising they are really bad at it.
 
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