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    Default left handed hunting rifle

    Hi Guys,
    Im in the market for my first hunting rifle.
    I am left eye dominant therefore i have grown up shooting rifles left handed.
    Would you suggest getting a left handed rifle or just settling with the dominant right handed?
    Your suggestions would be appreciated!
    Cheers.

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    Default Re: left handed hunting rifle

    W O

    Are you also lefthanded ( settling with the dominant right handed?). If so I would go for a lefthanded rifle. f you are righthanded use an eyeflap to cover your left eye and see what works best for you

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    Default Re: left handed hunting rifle

    Shoot left handed and left eye dominant - no use in adjusting something that works. You have two options: a left handed stock on a standard rifle, or a complete left hand bolted rifle. Ruger made a complete left handed rifle at the same price as the standard right handed rifles at the same price but I don't know whether this was available in SA.

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    Default Re: left handed hunting rifle

    They are indeed available. Handled one at Savuti a while back, but having grown up using righthand bolt rifles, it just did not feel right. I still shoot from my left shoulder and sight using my left eye, but I cycle the bolt with my right hand. No use trying to teach this old dog new tricks I suppose

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    Default Re: left handed hunting rifle

    I battled with r/h rifles for some 30 years before biting the bullet and buying a l/h Remington, now in .308W and have never looked back. I still have .22lr, .223 and 9.3x62 in r/h but that doesn't bother me. I recently added a l/h Ruger African in .375 Ruger and loving it. As mentioned, they are priced the same as the r/h unlike the CZ550 Magnum l/h which is double that of the r/h.

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    Default Re: left handed hunting rifle

    Depending on your hunting terrain...my brother started off with a lever action 30-30 win and used it for many years successfully out to 200m. There are some other non tubular magazine lever guns out there too like Browning and Savage for reasonable prices.

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    Default Re: left handed hunting rifle

    I have the same situation ended up going with the Browning BLR 308 lever action

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    Default Re: left handed hunting rifle

    The ruger no. 1 rifle is also quite suitable to left handed shooting. Decide wheither the lack of a magazine is a disadvantage to you.

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    Default Re: left handed hunting rifle

    Many years ago I built myself a hunting rifle. At the time left handed rifles were not readily available.
    I did find one or two with left handed bolts. I found this to be weird.
    So I bought a K98 Mauser action at Classic Arms. Put a Ferlach barrel on in 7.62 and bought a left handed stock at Armtech.
    Been shooting like that ever since.

    The other consideration was possible sale in future. You going to struggle to sell a lefthand bolt rifle. It's a little easier to sell a righthand bolt with l/h stock, for someone just to change a stock to suit them.

    Hope my rambling makes sense.

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    Default Re: left handed hunting rifle

    I'm a lefty and I shoot left with right handed rifles. I'm so used to working the bolt the wrong way around now I tried a lefty rifle in a store once and it completely confused me. It's the wrong way around. If you can stick to shooting left with right-handed rifles, do so. Main reason is because everyone has right-handed rifles so you'll always be able to shoot with other rifles as well (without confusing you).

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