Left Handed Moisin?

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I was watching a WW2 documentary this morning and I spotted some film showing a Moisin sniper that was left handed. I have never heard of this and thought I might share this with other CGN'rs and perhaps see what comments and information anyone can share. The documentary is titled Apocalypse:The Second World War.

Cheers all. Steve.
 
stevejones said:
I was watching a WW2 documentary this morning and I spotted some film showing a Moisin sniper that was left handed. I have never heard of this and thought I might share this with other CGN'rs and perhaps see what comments and information anyone can share. The documentary is titled Apocalypse:The Second World War.

Cheers all. Steve.
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If the rifle appeared to be left handed the photo was probably flipped. I could be wrong ( I often am) but I don't think there were any left handed rifles.
 
oh, you betcha; it was just flipped in editing- done properly, the sprocket holes end up in line with the others too- done poorly, the motion end up backwards
i have a springfield 03 that had such a flip and i know for a fact there were none made in l/h- however, there is such a thing as a "mirror mauser" 98: the ejection port, extractor, etc are all mirrored to the norm; it is also possible to convert a r/h 98 to l/h with a bit of re-welding and monkeying- this used to be popular in the states in the late 60's but with the upswing in l/h rifles, no longer necessary
 
t-star said:
oh, you betcha; it was just flipped in editing- done properly, the sprocket holes end up in line with the others too- done poorly, the motion end up backwards
i have a springfield 03 that had such a flip and i know for a fact there were none made in l/h- however, there is such a thing as a "mirror mauser" 98: the ejection port, extractor, etc are all mirrored to the norm; it is also possible to convert a r/h 98 to l/h with a bit of re-welding and monkeying- this used to be popular in the states in the late 60's but with the upswing in l/h rifles, no longer necessary
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:redface:Ok this makes sense...I could not understand why the Soviets would even care about such a thing as a left handed rifle when the allies didn't....

Cheers everyone.
 
What's wrong with this picture? :D

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Grizz
 
When making contact prints, you always place the copy material emulsion-to-emulsion with the material being copied and then illuminate for your exposure.

Placing emulsion-to-film side will give you images which are totally reversed.

This is the kind of thing which happens when people who don't know anything about film photography start making copies of old film...... and it REALLY gripes me. If I could do it right when I was 12 years old, why can't these highly-paid, unionised, degree-carrying PROFESSIONALS get it right?
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smellie said:
When making contact prints, you always place the copy material emulsion-to-emulsion with the material being copied and then illuminate for your exposure.

Placing emulsion-to-film side will give you images which are totally reversed.

This is the kind of thing which happens when people who don't know anything about film photography start making copies of old film...... and it REALLY gripes me. If I could do it right when I was 12 years old, why can't these highly-paid, unionised, degree-carrying PROFESSIONALS get it right?
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because 12 year olds cant work a ruler these days

i recently talked to a junior high shop teacher, and he was having difficulty teaching kids how to make a straight line with a ruler and make a line perpendicular with a T square because they only have the fine motor skills to operate a cell phone or x-box controller. in junior high, i used a mirror to make my own T square once, and im not even 30.
the future is bleak
 
When the BBC made its The Great War series in 1964 it adopted a convention that footage of the Central Powers troops were generally shown advancing in a opposite direction to film of the Triple Entente armies, even if it meant whole armies of left-handed soldiers.
 
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