I avoided bolt actions like the plague except for bench rest shooting, where it comes in handy slipping a cartridge into the open chamber. I learned to shoot them right handed when I had to use one. Then I lost the vision in my right eye, and it has been southpaw firearms ever since. I even bought a left handed pump shotgun, but was never bothered by the ejecting shell before I got it. Now that I don't see from the right eye, autos are no problem. I have found that some ambidexterous firearms are in reality right handed ones. Try to slip a cartridge under a low mounted scope on a Ruger #1 with your left hand.