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Old 04-14-2008, 05:10 AM
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ButchA
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Default RE: Lefty's hunting with right handed bolt actions?

I shoot lefty and always used righty firearms. My Savage .308 rifle is a righty bolt action. It doesn't bother me one bit. My Remington 870 12GA is also righty. And my old boyhood Marlin model 60 .22 rifle is righty as well. When my dad taught me how to shoot the old Marlin, he showed me how to bend my right elbow down a hair, so I wouldn't get biffed by ejecting shells. The other firearms are fine as they are bolt and pump actions.

As far as being backwards... Think of it like this: Jimi Hendrix played a righty guitar, flipped upside down and restrung lefty, and made some fantastic music with it! [8D] Using a righty bolt action rifle is no different. You can still bag a beautiful 10 point buck shooting lefty with a righty firearm.

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