15% of all shooters are lefty but...
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Nice collection! It’s hard being a lefty. I’m always on the look out for nice left hand guns
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I actually prefer the cocking handle on the right side, just find it easier to see what I’m doing.
but I agree i find it hard go find lefty stocks
but I agree i find it hard go find lefty stocks
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lefty here too.....(not by choice) forced that way 4 years ago and i think im a better shot this way.
when i bought my uragan .30, i thought it would be cool to move the side lever to the right side.....but i got used to it on the left and i like it better than my other right side levers !!
lefty stocks are kinda rare, thank goodness for ambi stocks which are buckin fugly !!
i've always wanted a AA s510 lefty in .177, i missed out on a few in the past.
when i bought my uragan .30, i thought it would be cool to move the side lever to the right side.....but i got used to it on the left and i like it better than my other right side levers !!
lefty stocks are kinda rare, thank goodness for ambi stocks which are buckin fugly !!
i've always wanted a AA s510 lefty in .177, i missed out on a few in the past.
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We are a privileged few.
Not just anybody can buy a left handed stock from Daystate. If you want to be part of this special breed, you have to pay an extra $100 to join.
Not just anybody can buy a left handed stock from Daystate. If you want to be part of this special breed, you have to pay an extra $100 to join.
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I hold left handed people in high regard! Especially in the shooting, martial arts/boxing and guitar world.My Dad was left handed but it was beaten out of him by a crazy teacher in grade school. He went on to be ambidextrous and was a fabulous pistol and rifle shot as a career Marine. By chance my best friend is left handed and we have been shooting/sparring together for many years. He shoots handguns left handed and rifles right handed as he was taught in the Corp. Anyone else in here right eye dominant but left handed? Or shoot/or do anything else ambi? Bonus points if your red-headed.
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@MACTEN - I guess I'm the exact reverse - right handed and left eye dominant. I shoot pistols righty (with my left eye) but rifles lefty.
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I can shoot a shotgun right or lefthanded because my eye dominance is nearly neutral. But I prefer righthanded for rifle because the loading, cocking etc is done with my dominate right hand. I would recommend to any new shooter that the gun needs to be on the dominate eye side shoulder/hand no matter what you are shooting.
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@ctshooter I think that counts even reversed (bonus points for red hair? ) LOL @ kball I agree about eye dominance, and you being neutral seems ideal. And so ambi is more common than I thought which is interesting! I know I tried going south paw when we used to spar because it's very difficult for a lefty and righty to have fight that isn't confusing. I failed but he was always better at switching to right handed.
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Here's the question for those responding to this thread - who among you owns an Impact - LOL.
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I shoot pistols right-handed and rifles left-handed! I am somewhat ambidextrous, but I eat and write left-handed. I can shoot a rifle right-handed, it is just not as comfortable to do so.
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I am also a left-handed rifle shooter and a right-handed pistol shooter. Lot more Ambi-stocks out there nowadays.
My goal now is to keep my favorite air guns and stock them with proper left-handed stocks.
My goal now is to keep my favorite air guns and stock them with proper left-handed stocks.
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Left handed on my firearms right handed with a bow.
If you want to play with something that's fun to shoot wrong handed or left-handed as it were try an M60. Feed tray catch sits right on you left cheekbone and at 550 rounds a minute it grinds in there pretty deep pretty quick unless you grasp the weapon with your right hand between your cheek and the feed tray.
I don't understand manufacturers not offering an Ambi option to everyone. It's just good business.
If you want to play with something that's fun to shoot wrong handed or left-handed as it were try an M60. Feed tray catch sits right on you left cheekbone and at 550 rounds a minute it grinds in there pretty deep pretty quick unless you grasp the weapon with your right hand between your cheek and the feed tray.
I don't understand manufacturers not offering an Ambi option to everyone. It's just good business.
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I shoot exactly the same way. I am also right handed and left eye dominant. Another reason I use my left eye is because I can't close my left eye and leave my right eye open but I can close my right eye and leave and leave the left one open. I bet I'm the only one here with that condition.
For a couple of years I did shoot with both eyes open but after awhile it felt like my eyes were straining. I'm just more comfortable shooting with my left eye.
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Actually you are not the only one. When I was around 10 at sleep away camp, the first time I got to shoot .22, I shot lefty because I couldn't close my left eye by itself. I had no idea about eye dominance at that time. I spent about a year at one point actually training myself to close both eyelids independently and now I can do either side at will, but still shooting on my right side with a rifle feels completely awkward.
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for over fifty+ years i shot right handed and right eye dominant. (im 62)
in 2018 i lost vision in my right eye and had to have surgery on my left so i could see to drive.
my left was my worst eye.
today i can count the horns on a buck @ 100yrds and further !!
my ophthalmologist was a miracle worker and rebuilt my left eye so i could function.
my right eye will never regain sight, so he fixed me up and i learned to shoot left handed.
and can do a great job of it !!!!
in 2018 i lost vision in my right eye and had to have surgery on my left so i could see to drive.
my left was my worst eye.
today i can count the horns on a buck @ 100yrds and further !!
my ophthalmologist was a miracle worker and rebuilt my left eye so i could function.
my right eye will never regain sight, so he fixed me up and i learned to shoot left handed.
and can do a great job of it !!!!
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ctshooter, I did try to get myself to close my left eye and keep the right open but I couldn't do it. When I was shooting rifles with both eyes open I actually got pretty good at shooting right handed but like you I'll always feel more comfortable shooting a long gun lefty.
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