Is the loading port on the Lefty TX200 lefty also ? or is the only lefty part of this rifle the stock ? the only pictures i have seen is of a righty rifle .
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TX200 lefty
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A true factory left hand will have a left side loading port, but lots of guys bought left hand stocks and put right hand actions in the LH stock. For some this was a convience and at one time there was a real shortage of left hand actions, so a number of RH actions were installed in LH stocks. This was many years back but there are some still floating around on the used market. If your looking at new you are good, but if looking for used, look carefully.
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Two lovely, lefty ladies. The top rifle is a TX hunter carbine. The bottom one is a Theoben SLR 98. Both are in .22 and both are truly left handed.
The loading port for the TX is on the opposite side of that lovely piece of walnut - as shown in Dart's photo above. The Theoben is magazine fed. Upon cocking, the loading port is exposed and the magazine can be inserted from either side.
I always purchase left hand stocks where available. On single shot rifles, a l/h stock and r/h loading port are not necessarily a bad thing. When shooting from a bench it is, for me, much more convenient for pellet loading.
The loading port for the TX is on the opposite side of that lovely piece of walnut - as shown in Dart's photo above. The Theoben is magazine fed. Upon cocking, the loading port is exposed and the magazine can be inserted from either side.
I always purchase left hand stocks where available. On single shot rifles, a l/h stock and r/h loading port are not necessarily a bad thing. When shooting from a bench it is, for me, much more convenient for pellet loading.
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I agree, my 601 is a RH rifle in a LH stock and as far as I know there were no true LH 300S's, just LH and RH stocks. I am RH but shoot LH so these rifles work well for me from a bench.
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My TX200SR is lefty action but I have it in a right hand stock. I load and cock most of my guns with my left hand so a left handed action works well for me.
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I have a factory lefty, according to AA when I sent them the serial number for info… however, only the stock is lefty, the loading port is on the right side… the stock have the relief cut for the port on the left side, but not the right…
Gun was made in 2002.
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Mike… what stock is yours… I am in need of a stock… current stock is left handed, and I shoot right handed
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It says it above, RH TX200SR and as mentioned yours is not a true lefty because the loading port is on the right side. If you at mine the port is on the left side.
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I guess my ignorance of the various models of the TX200 got me… look like your “SR” is ambi capable, with the cheek rest on both sides… am I seeing your photos correctly? thanks for your reply…
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NOT ambi. the cheek piece is made for a right handed shooter, the SR stands for semi recoilless and mine is a MKII. The action is similar to the FWB 150, 300 etc.
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The lefty TX200 is a true left-handed model, with lefty stock and a loading port on the left side.
Left-handed shooters like me are right-handed with left-eye dominance, thus we shoot with our "good" eye.
The Big problem is the lefty TX200 is hard for me to load with my left hand.....also for others like me. That is a reason some shooters use a left-handed stock that has a right-handed loading port.
Another reason the HW97 is more versatile...as Al Pacino would say.
Left-handed shooters like me are right-handed with left-eye dominance, thus we shoot with our "good" eye.
The Big problem is the lefty TX200 is hard for me to load with my left hand.....also for others like me. That is a reason some shooters use a left-handed stock that has a right-handed loading port.
Another reason the HW97 is more versatile...as Al Pacino would say.
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Very nice Hyedua stock on the SLR. I own one that looks like it could be your SLR's brother.
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Pyramydair has the left hand TX200 only available on special order. I would go for a .22 for ease of loading. The price has gone up again.
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Just wondering how you came to own that lefty SLR? Very interesting in as much as I didn't think Theoben ever made a lefty SLR in Hyedua. Obviously that was an incorrect assumption. Here is mine.
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According to AA...all left hand stocks were made from walnut, no left hand beech..were ever made. A lot of swapping has been done over the year by owners, often owners swap stocks with others to get a true left or right rifle.
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I have a factory left handed beech stock… according to serial number I sent them… but the receiver was a right handed version… it was also described as a MK3 but the stock had hand checkering, not the fishscale lazer etched … I am not an AA experienced owner… just what I git from contacting AA and reading here…
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