How many lefties here shooting with a right handed upper?

[SideShow Bob]

I am right handed but have shot rifles left handed all my life.
And I am so used to shooting a right handed AR that when I tried a left handed one it felt totally weird. Also none of the controls were where they were
supposed to be. I guess after retraining myself and a lot of practice I could get used to everything being backwards on a lefty AR.

[peteg]

I got a right-handed Sabre, no problems shooting it.

[Ah Pook]

Southpaw raising hand.

I shoot righty ARs with no problem. I added an ambi thumb safety but still use the right hand side most of the time. The only thing I would like to see is an ambi mag release.

[YammyMonkey]

I don't see much point in the lefty guns. I'll get a little excess lube blown off onto my glasses but that's about it. If something goes down on my gun I can easily get a high quality replacement. The AR, as is, is a pretty lefty friendly setup anyway.

[StagLefty]

I don't see much point in the lefty guns.

I do JMHO.

[Cofaler]

I'm right handed, and shoot everything left handed due to eye dominance. I bought a couple lefty bolt guns in the last couple years and hate shooting them. I do have a left handed Rem 1187 for trap that's works well for me.

I'm careful what guns I choose to shoot, and all the handguns I shoot regularly, 1911s, Glocks, Buckmarks, and SAA Colts all run better for me lefty. Garands are a bit of a pita, but I deal with it ok, and I've never seen the op rod cycle back at my face. Righty bolt guns are no problem, I guess I'm just used to them.

I started shooting ARs in boot camp in '82 and they were giving us those stupid plastic brass deflectors, which were supposed to keep brass from hitting us in the face. I've never got a piece of brass in the face, civilian or military, the worst I've experienced is an occasional piece down the sleeve of my BDUs since the army found it necessary to have us roll our sleeves down on the range.

As far as a lefty AR, I've thought about it but dismiissed the idea, figuring it would take me the rest of my life to relearn to shoot it. I have an ambi thumb safety that I really like. Mag release I work with my right thumb, and I very rarely use the forward assist.

I'll shut up now. I guess I took the long way around the barn.















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[Ranger]

I shoot left handed with a right hand lower, never really bothered me. In the Army I remember the DI figured I would get powder burns and we took some preventative measures at first but it never happened. Tens of thousands of rounds later, still no issues.

[OneGuy67]

I'm a lefty and it was an issue when I was in the Army back in the 80's with the A1 and the first A2's, but when they added the brass deflector "nub" to it, I haven't had a problem since with any that have been issued to me through the Army or my own personal ones.

The added bonus of being a lefty and using a righty is that you can see into the chamber through the ejection port and see immediately if you have an issue or are in lock back and can remedy the issue much faster than a righty, who has to remove the weapon from their shoulder and transition it to look at the chamber.

My $.02!

[02ducky]

I shoot left handed too; I have no issues except that it costs a little more to buy a gun that caters to left handed shooters. So all my guns are right handed, one of these days I will stop being a cheap ass and buy one that is specific for the left handed shooter.

[jmg8550]

All my guns are right handed except for my Savage 10. Cost the same as a righty although not as many options for barrels. No problems yet.