Sniper - WWII

[slicknick]

I know that Savage offers a slew of LH rifles, but those are hardly Milsurp

 

[Skippy]

I can't even picture how the hell you would do that!

All you lefties... just buy a damn LH rifle!!!

ANd after the war he used only two rifles for hunting until he died. A BAR .270 and a Remington 740 .280. Both autoloaders that threw hot brass right accross hsi face everytime.

 

[JoeFriday]

ANd after the war he used only two rifles for hunting until he died. A BAR .270 and a Remington 740 .280. Both autoloaders that threw hot brass right accross hsi face everytime.

The threat of hot brass flying at your face would be good motivation to become a good shot fast. lol.

 

[Dimitri]

OK I can't take it anymore.
Your hands have nothing to do with the way you shoot.
It's the dominant eye thing that determines if you
shoot wrong or right I mean left or right.

I'm left eye domiate but right handed.

I shoot right handed (never had a problem as my right eye can focus and "become" the domiate eye even with both eyes open when looking through a scope or iron sights). One of these days I'm going to have to try shooting left handed to see if it works better for me.

I play hockey left handed though.

Dimitri

 

[Bittermansbro]

I wouldn't be able to use a lefty rifle now. When all that was available was right handed stuff, I learned to operate accordingly. Muscle memory makes it difficult to work a lefty rifle. My hands know where they are going and how to get there.

And no, I'm not talking about Palmela and Hangela

 

[canucklehead]

Its pretty slim pickings there. A left hand Remington 700 or Ruger M77 is all that comes to mind off the top of my head.

I have a Browning A-bolt Medallion in LH... but you're right, not every manufacturer makes LH rifles.

 

[eltorro]

I don't exactly recall if it was a Balser or a Sig Tactical rifle, but many of the shooters at the match liked it because it came with both right and left had bolts..... amazingly (or not) te right hand shooters liket the left bolt better as thay didn't have to cange their position to reload......

 

[Hitzy]

Swiss SR's and K31's might be relatively easy for a lefty....

 

[Silverback]

Seeing how being a lefty was generaly discouraged until some time after WWII it probably wasn't allowed in the military then either. Working the bolt as a lefty on a right handed rifle creates a lot more movement and therefore more chances of being spotted by the enemy. Flack jacket on for the ensuing pro lefty barrage!!

 

[Mac308]

Just after the movie came out, I was on course down in North Carolina and the question of working the bolt with the left hand came up.
The head instructor, who was a former Marine Recon type, stated that that's the way the Marines used to instruct their rifle teams. Everyone shot right because they were "locked in" with the sling and rifle in proper position. Lefties had to learn to shoot right.
I figured he was more of an authority on the subject of US snipers then I was, so I left it at that.
For what it's worth.

 

[Unsub]

There are no left handed japanese people.
When I hurt my right arm it took a couple of weeks to make me a lefty and then my arm healed and for a while I was ambidexterous but I did not use my left as much as I should and became a righty again.
The savage Striker bolt action pistol has a left bolt.
More and more modern rifles are available in lefty versions ,just off the top of my head the remington yugo mausers and the AR15 family.

 

[sunray]

Prior to W.W. II, left handed people were forced to do everything right handed in grade school. My ma used to tell me the nuns would whack a lefty for even writing left handed.
Currently, one of the requirements for U.S. snipers candidates is to shoot right handed. A prospective sniper who shoots only left handed will not be selected.