lefty pump shotgun options

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I'm looking at getting my first shotgun, based on price and availability the only ones that suit my left eye aim are the Browning BPS and Remington 870 Express. Am I missing any lefty shotguns for under $800?

Currently I'm leaning towards the 870 since it is truly tailored to a lefty.

Thoughts?
 
You can also get a mossberg 500 lefthand. Very popular shotguns worth a look. P&d in edmonton stocks them
 
BPS or remington 870 in left hand or mossberg 500 or a hatsan escort in left hand. I have a mossberg and the BPS is thé best option.
 
krchov said:
I'm a lefty. always shot a right handed gun never any trouble
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Ditto, especially with a pump shotgun. The only thing that's not as straight forward is the safety, taking it off safe just takes a bit of extra practice as you have to reach under the trigger guard with your left index finger but I'm more than used to it now.
 
I'm a lefty but use a right handed 870 Wingmaster. I don't have to reach under the trigger guard to change from safe to fire. I just use my thumb. Once I practised it at home with an empty gun a bunch of times it quickly became pretty instinctive. This gives me a lot more options. Most modern North American guns have neutral stock cast too, which is important.
 
Butcherbill said:
Ditto, especially with a pump shotgun. The only thing that's not as straight forward is the safety, taking it off safe just takes a bit of extra practice as you have to reach under the trigger guard with your left index finger but I'm more than used to it now.
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There's a left-handed safety made for 870's ..

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Suputin said:
Same. It is simply beyond me why anyone would want to find a left hand shotgun?
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I'm right handed yet feel same.

While transitioning to "weak side" shooting I don't find it to be a big deal using a right handed shotgun on my left side.
 
Suputin said:
Same. It is simply beyond me why anyone would want to find a left hand shotgun?
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For starters, maybe because they don't like having their eyes directly behind and 7" away from a combustion chamber exploding at 15K psi... Got off easy from shooting my RH Mossberg 500 and would only get the occasional ember or unburnt powder flake in my eye, a couple of times. High passing shots on geese were mostly the culprit. Then I got to thinking of the ultra-rare cases of cartridge case separations and bolt failures, went to a bottom-feed and eject BPS and never looked back. Have since auto a true-left semi and am super-happy with it.

In addition, why should I have to fiddle with a factory safety? RH guns have RH safeties and that's the way they should be. Borrowed guns at the range or the pit blind with cross-referenced safeties are a recipe for disaster.

Some bonafide LH guns have cast-on stocks and are made to properly fit lefties, newer guns can be shimmed adjusted.

All these reasons combined with the fact that there's a certain pride of ownership associated with a "custom" action, suited to me, a "sinister" minority shooter have made me go left. Oh yeah... also the fumbling and the weird look on a right-hander's face when they try to manipulate a LH action gun...
 
guido said:
It is beyond me, why someone would settle for a "wrong" handed gun when there are proper alternatives.
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Because like it or not, it is a right handed world out there and as the minority it behooves us to adapt and overcome to the world around us.

Trying to sell a left handed gun to only 15% of the population is problematic and what happens when you need to borrow or for whatever reason use a right handed firearm? Or if in an emergency your right handed compatriots need to use your firearm?

In 30 years of shooting sports I have only owned one purpose built left handed firearm and that is a flintlock, for obvious reasons. Otherwise I simply cannot see the purpose of left handed firearms.
 
Suputin said:
Same. It is simply beyond me why anyone would want to find a left hand shotgun?
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Im right handed and I shoot with a left handed shooter. Its certainly nice to have his spent shells flying out opposite to me in the boat or duck blind....and vice versa. Other then that...to each their own! What I'm more concerned with is that I like shooting the gun Im using and that my partner is comfortable with the gun he/she is operating.
 
Suputin said:
Because like it or not, it is a right handed world out there and as the minority it behooves us to adapt and overcome to the world around us.
There is no need to "adapt" to a right handed world when there are left handed options available.

Trying to sell a left handed gun to only 15% of the population is problematic and what happens when you need to borrow or for whatever reason use a right handed firearm? Or if in an emergency your right handed compatriots need to use your firearm?
I have never purchased anything for myself thinking that someone might need to borrow it, and I should by it in there "hand" instead of mine.
Yes, a left hander may have to use a right handed gun at times. Does not mean he has to purchase his own wrong handed gun.

In 30 years of shooting sports I have only owned one purpose built left handed firearm and that is a flintlock, for obvious reasons. Otherwise I simply cannot see the purpose of left handed firearms. I have buddies that are also left handed. They sure converted to left handed guns once they shot mine. You should try it.
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madashell said:
There's a left-handed safety made for 870's ..

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S&J will have one available this year for the Remington line up as well iirc, might have to get one for my grizzly but my go to 12g is my Fabarm. I've got quite used to the right hand safety, it's no big deal to operate it once you get familiar with the movement. I find being a lefty with a right handed shotgun to actually be a good thing, take reloading for instance. My support hand is on the right side and I don't have to reach over the reciever to do combat reloads, I'm always able to inspect the chamber with minimal rotation of the gun.
 
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