Options for LH .22?

If your willing to go "used" you could look for one of the various CZ452's, they pop up occasionally. And as far as the T-bolts go, don't discount a right handed model. About 40 years ago I shot a friends left handed one, and I'm right handed. They are a light enough rifle that I just kept my trigger hand in place, kept the rifle tucked into my shoulder and moved my off hand back to cycle the bolt. It worked really well.
 
jes said:
If your willing to go "used" you could look for one of the various CZ452's, they pop up occasionally. And as far as the T-bolts go, don't discount a right handed model. About 40 years ago I shot a friends left handed one, and I'm right handed. They are a light enough rifle that I just kept my trigger hand in place, kept the rifle tucked into my shoulder and moved my off hand back to cycle the bolt. It worked really well.
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Good advice. I could see how that would work with my dad's T-bolt.
 
Any of the older T-bolts I've shot had acceptable accuracy. I don't think you'd get into the "1/2 inch all day" challenge with one, but for plinking and small game hunting they're fine. The one I have now will shoot between 1/2" and 3/4" pretty consistently
, with good ammo. Which I think is great for what it is. If you do look for a Belgium T-bolt make sure you research "salt wood guns" if you aren't already familiar with that whole thing.
 
Budget depending and what your goal is CZ (if you can find one) older T bolts, Savage makes quite a few models some have wood some don’t. I have a cheap Norinco Jw-20 that I used for rabbits it’s got wood but the blueing is eh. An if you have the budget and want a semi Ruger custom shoot 10/22 competition comes in a lefty. (Not in wood but a nice rifle)

I think it depends on your goals, do you want to get into nrl 22 or CRPS? Or this a plinked ? Or a hunter?

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The Browning is just about ambidextrous, apart from the safety.
Also consider slide or lever action.
If you want a classic, quality, walnut and steel rifle, there are any number of vintage ones out there.
 
My lefty 22lr is a Savage btvlss (I think that's the model). Stainless, heavy barrel, Boyd's thumbhole stock. I wanted a Tikka but the lefty 22lr is taking forever to hit the market, plus it lacks the wood you want. From the research I did, these are hard to beat for the cost, mine was like $500 with an extra mag or two (used of course).

Cz are good, but hard to come by at they never made a lefty 455 or 457 (word on the street is they're going to make a lefty 457 some day, but who knows...)

Only issue I see with the SA-22 is the price - you're looking at like $600 for a well used one from what I've seen, and it isn't going to shoot as well as a Savage bolt gun(nevermind a cz etc). Cool action, totally want one, but the cost has kept one out of my locker.

For plinking, a Winchester Wildcat might be worth looking at. They have a crossbolt safety which I'd normally advise against but it's reversible. That's the next 22lr on my to-buy list.
 
Suther said:
My lefty 22lr is a Savage btvlss (I think that's the model). Stainless, heavy barrel, Boyd's thumbhole stock. I wanted a Tikka but the lefty 22lr is taking forever to hit the market, plus it lacks the wood you want.

Cz are good, but hard to come by at they never made a lefty 455 or 457 (word on the street is they're going to make a lefty 457 some day, but who knows...)

Only issue I see with the SA-22 is the price - you're looking at like $600 for a well used one from what I've seen, and it isn't going to shoot as well as a Savage bolt gun. Cool action, totally want one, but the cost has kept one out of my locker.

For plinking, a Winchester Wildcat might be worth looking at. They have a crossbolt safety which I'd normally advise against but it's reversible. That's the next 22lr on my to-buy list.
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I looked at the wildcat before. Not really impressed. Plastic stock and made in turkey. Not really up my alley.
 
MilitaryCollectorMark said:
I looked at the wildcat before. Not really impressed. Plastic stock and made in turkey. Not really up my alley.
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Yeah sadly there isn't a lot of options for lefty 22s other than the odd bolt gun. And to make matters worse most semi 22s seem to use a blasted cross bolt safety, including the Browning sa22. Not a big deal to everyone mind you, but I don't like em.
 
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Mostly plinking. ....
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Then you should definitely try to handle one of the Browning SA22 rifles - They carry, shoulder and shoot like nothing else to be honest. The design is really unique, and I've yet to find someone who doesn't appreciate it after handling one. You can find new Miroku production models in Canada for around $800 I think. Decent used ones won't save much, if anything. You might find a nice older Belgium production base model for around the same price as new (some say these are the nicest).

The Norinco JW20 clones, while much rougher and nothing to look at, are identical in almost every way.
 
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