For Rt Handed long range shooters

[Gene Econ]

You South Paws out there or fellows who are North Paw but want a left handed bolt gun.

Well, at a prone match today a fellow had a beautiful Pre-64 Model 70 left handed action on a nice Match Rifle stock. He is a South Paw of course and although his performance was not so good, I did admire the rifle.

Didn't occur to me until today though that if you are a right handed shooter and intend on firing with the right hand -- but want a left handed bolt action -- you best get a unisex stock. This particular Model 70 Match Rifle had a left handed stock in terms of design and manufacture. A right handed shooter would have extreme difficulty in obtaining a consistent position with this particular stock.

Gene

[kachingchingpow]

But I was searching for something and stumbled across it.

I'm a lefty shooter as well, and find it just a big PIA to deal with right handed bolt guns. I've adapted, but there *is* a whole list of issues to complain about using one in the field, not to mention the fit issue that Gene described above. It's been mentioned, but you can absolutely forget about not moving your cheek off the stock to cycle a round... defies the laws of physics with a long action. That being said, there *has* been a trend for quite some time for bench rest shooters to shoot reverse handed actions. About 10 years ago, a fella purchased a lefty Savage 110SP that I owned chambered in .300WM for the sole purpose of building a custom right handed stock for it, and shooting competitively with it. I supposed the ease of use comes into play when you're sitting at the table, can only load one round at a time, and the rifle is essentially stationary. There's not "much" moving you have to do from the bench to observe the chamber, load or clear the action when the ejection side of the action is facing you while you're seated.

Other than that... PIA. Last year I purchased a Leopold VX-III Varmint reticle target knob scope for my Rem 700. Didn't think about it at the time, but the side parallax adjustment (left side) is a royal pain for a lefty. With the rifle shouldered on the left, eye looking through the scope, my left arm cannot reach the knob (and I'm 5'10). The only way to operate the dam thing is to attempt to do so by reaching across the top with the right hand, which is not possible unless the rifle is sitting on a rest or bag. Nice. I'm already pondering when this piece of optics finds it's way to e-bay.