RE: Lefties and bolt guns.
All of my deer huntingbolt actions are lefthanded, I tried the reach over thing and didnt like it. I do have a 77/22 Ruger in 22 mag that is right handed, but its very accurate, and havent ever needed a follow up shot on squirrels, foxes, etc. When I am at the range and having fun with my Ruger, Iam using sandbags so I use my right hand that normally just lays over the barrel anyway to reach back and cycle the bolt. There aresome companies that havemade enough "deer" cartriges in LH like Savage, Remington, Ruger that you should be able to get the normal stuff in a good fitting lefthanded gun.243, 25-06, 270, 30-06, 7mm rem, 300 winny,338 Win, and 300 RUM are all still offered by one of the above companies. If one of them dont tickle your fancy Iguess you could have a smith rechamber an existing left hand action.