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Originally Posted by Gene Econ
I know left handed bolt rifles are about twice as expensive as right handed ones.
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not really...i'd say the mark up is more like 10% if you go out of the box, like Remington or Sako...my 7mm RemMag is a Remington 700BDL LH, my .338WinMag is a Sako...my 12 gauge is a Remington 870 LH...
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Originally Posted by Gene Econ
As for eye dominance -- I recall more than one 'eye dominance' guy forcing an otherwise good shooter to become a leftie when he was right handed and vice versa because of this peculiar idea of eye dominance.
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as long as i consistently trained with both eyes, i didn't have much of a problem going from left eye to right...we practiced shooting from both sides in Weingarten and other CQB locales...the problem is that we didn't always have the luxury of practicing from both sides...i was as good with an M60 Machine Gun from the right side as i was from the left...in a lifetime of shooting, however, the left eye is still very dominant...extremely dominant, to the point an idiot optician in the Army was thinking about "correcting" my left eye, as it was much more farsighted than my right eye...(this is not to say that farsightedness is an indicator of eye dominance, it just was in my case)...now that i don't worry about switching sides, being shot at from my weak side, etc., my right eyed abilities are not what they used to be...in fact, they are pretty weak...but until game animals are issued guns, i should be okay...
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Originally Posted by Gene Econ
I figure a fellow who has his own rifle at home has the time to train himself to be a weak handed shooter. Fellows in the military who depend on the military for their fireams work may be better off sticking to what is natural for them. I have seen right handed guys shoot left handed for no reason other than they shoot left handed. Very uncommon but I have seen it.
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time and training are the keys to shooting with either hand...given the limited time we had to train and the limited resources we often faced (range time more so than ammuntion), i tend to agree that one should work with their dominant side...as a lefty, i can shoot right handed, also ( a matter of necessity when it comes to crew served weapons)...but i had to train alot to be able to do it effectively...
i am not sure a righty should spend the money on a left-hand bolt action rifle, except to maybe sell it to me at a discount...