Re: Left handed shooter and bolt action rifles
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:23 pm
I have a left handed 270, I like it over the right handed stuff I have shot. Looking to add a 22 soon.
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So can bigotry. The old “It’s a XXXXX thing, you could’t understand” argument is bull, and always was. It’s just a way to pretend someone who may not agree with you has an inferior intellect. It is possible for good, reasonable, and intelligent people to disagree. I'd like to think that is the case here.The Annoyed Man wrote: So I discount the opinions of right handed shooters on this topic because those opinions have no bearing on the realities for a left handed person.
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It is my observation that right handed people tend to be dismissive of the concerns of left handed people in the market place.
That's the basic “us versus them” mentality showing its head as well. You're advocating insisting on actions by people whose opinions and therefore ideas you have discounted, and who you've generalized as dismissive?The Annoyed Man wrote:The more left-handed people who insist on the availability of left handed products, the more left handed products will be easily available in the marketplace.
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Manufacturers are going to always follow the path of least resistance, and the only reason they aren't stepping up is because we left handers have let them get away with it.
Well, you irritated me pretty strongly, and then I reconsidered my answer and went back and edited it. Are you saying that I am laterally bigoted? I'd like to have that part out in the open, please.threoh8 wrote:Nice stealth edit, TAM.
You might want to look up the term. It is not confined to race. It can include laterality.
Remington LH modelsRugerboy50 wrote:This thread was opened for a very simple reason.
I contacted a major local Firearm merchant and two large online supply houses. None of them could tell me when or if left handed bolt action rifles would be available or could be found.
This did surprise me. With everything that's out there i didn't think this would be that big of a deal.
I'm a lefty and i'm not interested in having brass fly across my face or have the bolt in my peripheral vision.
I have a 15-22 and everytime i shoot it i wind up with powder stings on my face.
No, I am not saying that. I said “The victim mentality sure can sneak up on one, can’t it? … So can bigotry. “ I did not say you have either, yet. I did detect a trend in that direction in your post and pointed out a slippery slope – as friends do.The Annoyed Man wrote: Well, you irritated me pretty strongly, and then I reconsidered my answer and went back and edited it. Are you saying that I am laterally bigoted? I'd like to have that part out in the open, please.
flechero wrote:A lefty can shoot a RH rifle with no trouble... you see it every day on every range. But if you take a scenario like hunting where a quick follow up shot might be needed or you might be forced to shoot on the move or something- it's a very different ball game.
I shot righty all my life with no trouble... even prided myself on being able to make pretty quick follow ups... but the day I bought and shot my first LH rifle, I knew I would never shoot right handed rifles again... it really is THAT BIG of a difference for most people.
On page 1, I wrote:I'll never buy another right handed bolt rifle as long as I live. Once you've had a chance to try one, you'll never want to go back. It is that big of a difference.
On page 1, canvasback wrote:Although us lefties can adapt and shoot a right handed bolt just fine, if you ever get a left handed one, you will wonder why you spend all that time shooting a backwards rifle
4 left handed shooters, all of whom have had experience shooting right handed rifles, and all of whom own and prefer left-handed rifles. That ought to answer the OP's original question. The guy at the gun store is just trying to make a quick sale of whatever he's got on hand. Try asking him if he can order a LH rifle for you, and what that would cost.On page 2, michael e wrote:I have a left handed 270, I like it over the right handed stuff I have shot.