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For all those who say FX doesn't care about left handed shooters.....
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Can be made left hand friendly but it takes some doing I switched a friend's to left hand for him
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IMO - not so much without work. It's the mag well and the huge mag that sticks out the right side. Elis has done some 3D printing and made a mag that I believe is lefty friendly. Without something like that - the Impact, Maverick and Wildcat are NOT lefty friendly guns.
And before anyone says use the compact mags:
- Why should I have to?
- They don't help that much. You still have a mag in your face. There are so many other gun airguns that I have no interest in making the sacrifice.
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You can get a printed mag for left hand cut mag holder flip it over install longer screws and a blanking plug in the rear then put the gauge up front on a angle adapter and some file work to get the mag well to fit it takes some time to do but I have done it
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Good points, I forgot about the mag. I guess that shows how dominant hand non-inclusive I am
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Too many FXs are not left-friendly, and neither is Brocock. Why should I have to do anything,just sell a left-handed model !!!.OK sure you can do this and that, truthfully unless I get a steal-of-a- deal....I am not buying.
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Hi
I am a very much right-handed person, but have had to shoot left-handed for nearly 55 years because of a vision issue - so left hand shooting is "natural" for me.
I have a Crown in 177 and about 18 months ago had some spare cash and purchased a M3 for offhand shooting. Yes, I well knew before the purchase that the Impact was not the most ergonomic rifle for offhand and certainly not left-handed friendly! But I bought it anyway, and have hand lots of fun with it in shooting metallic silhouette and some bench-rest targets.
I subsequently got around to modifying my M3 - see pictures. Also, at my range the rule is "single load" so magazines are not allowed - have never used the magazine once. So I purchased a single shot loader and made a left-handed cheek piece. Also, purchased a Saber Tactical adjustable buttstock, which I subsequently modified to get a better alignment between shoulder-fit and eye onto the scope.
I am seriously thinking of selling the M3 once I have overcome an issue with loss of velocity and will probably purchase a Crown in 22 for offhand metallic silhouette shooting.
Cheers
Matt
I am a very much right-handed person, but have had to shoot left-handed for nearly 55 years because of a vision issue - so left hand shooting is "natural" for me.
I have a Crown in 177 and about 18 months ago had some spare cash and purchased a M3 for offhand shooting. Yes, I well knew before the purchase that the Impact was not the most ergonomic rifle for offhand and certainly not left-handed friendly! But I bought it anyway, and have hand lots of fun with it in shooting metallic silhouette and some bench-rest targets.
I subsequently got around to modifying my M3 - see pictures. Also, at my range the rule is "single load" so magazines are not allowed - have never used the magazine once. So I purchased a single shot loader and made a left-handed cheek piece. Also, purchased a Saber Tactical adjustable buttstock, which I subsequently modified to get a better alignment between shoulder-fit and eye onto the scope.
I am seriously thinking of selling the M3 once I have overcome an issue with loss of velocity and will probably purchase a Crown in 22 for offhand metallic silhouette shooting.
Cheers
Matt
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i'm a lefty and i have a maverick sniper coming.....its going to be interesting to see how it works out !!
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Matt, i also have a vision problem since 2018 and had to learn the lefty style.
it has proved to me that i'm a better shot left hand even with only one eye.
you have done some nice things to help lefty's with fx guns !!
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Remember that elis has a left handed magazines as well as a cheek pad for the mk2 and m3
Allen
Allen
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A company with as much engineering talent as FX has can certainly make a magazine that can be inserted from the left side of the gun. Like the Prophet which can have it's magazine inserted from either side. I was serious about a Crowne but then I bought my first P35 and I don't want a conventional gun, I like bullpups. I guess FX just thinks the market is too small to be worth their time.
But they had time to design the Panthera, a gun to compete against 22LR but seem to have forgotten that 22LR competitions do not permit airguns to compete. With powder burner companies sponsoring the competitions that seems unlikely to change.
But they had time to design the Panthera, a gun to compete against 22LR but seem to have forgotten that 22LR competitions do not permit airguns to compete. With powder burner companies sponsoring the competitions that seems unlikely to change.
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Hi Allen
Who is Elis? And do you have a web address for them? I would be interested in having a look at any left-handed products they make.
Thanks
Matt
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Elis (Elis5173) and the super cool, air gun related products he makes.
As a left handed shooter, sometimes it’s hard to get our guns set up exactly right. On my Impact MKII, I have a left handed, adjustable cheek rest but unfortunately, they’re not available anymore and I wanted something different for my M3 anyway. So, I reached out to Elis (Elis5173) who had made...
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A few months ago I did a few mods to make the impact a little more lefty friendly. It uses a redesigned magazine and cheek riser . I even managed to move the magazine release. I needed a true lefty to test it out couldn't find one.
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Many thanks for your prompt reply - much appreciated.Elis (Elis5173) and the super cool, air gun related products he makes.
As a left handed shooter, sometimes it’s hard to get our guns set up exactly right. On my Impact MKII, I have a left handed, adjustable cheek rest but unfortunately, they’re not available anymore and I wanted something different for my M3 anyway. So, I reached out to Elis (Elis5173) who had made...
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I have an AGT vulcan 2 tactical. When I got it, it had the cocking handle on the left side, and the mag can only be inserted from the left side. Since I am right handed I moved the handle over to the right. But as far as I know the gun come as standard for "lefties", even the majority is right handed. Maybe eastern europeans use theire guns differently? Doing a quick google search on vulcan guns, the majorities off the pictures have the cocking handle to the left
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It is not practical on some FX guns to have the magasines on the left side, as the mag itself is asymetric, and the action is angeled down to allow the mag to not interfer with the scope. Had you tried to insert a mirrored mag, the scope on the gun would interfer with it.
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