Yes, I always buy LH guns if they have a cheek piece. You also have to be careful they don't put some cast off in the stock.

That's why I liked the Renegade. Straight stock with no cheek piece.





Bronko....He wants to use conicals. Otherwise the GPR would be a good choice, but then he'd be better off with a .54.

i'm spoiled by left hand guns. For years i used right handed rifles. In 1966 i traded a Winchester model 1873 1 of 1,000 that likely been dug up for a nice Weatherby left handed rifle in .300 magnum. It was made for Weatherby in the early-mid 50s by a company called Mathieu. Liked that gun and started accumulating more left handed guns. All my go to centerfire rifles i are left hand including my AR-15. My Savage model 93 .22 magnum is a lefty.

Two of my inlines are right handed guns; the third is a TC Encore. My go to muzzleloader is a CVA StagHorn: its awkward because i have to use my right hand to take it off safe.

falcon - I can symphathise with your desire for left handed rifles. I also have a bunch of left hand bolt action CF rifles. And I too have a LH AR and a bunch of lever guns and single shots. The bolts are LH simply because of the easier cycling for a second shot without going through too many contortions. But even then I've (fortunately) rarely needed a second shot at game. But as for the ML - there usually ain't going to be a second shot. So IMO a LH ML has no advantage and they cost more.

Well if you think you can shoot a straight stock right handed percussion rifle.. and you need one that shoots conicals.. I have had good luck shooting T/C New Englanders and Black Mountain Magnums (1-28 twist) with conicals.

Even a GPR/GPH?

Thanks, Bronko. Today or tomorrow i'll make a run through the Lawton pawnshops and see what they have to offer.

I don't get why you're thanking Bronko? The stock does make a difference in the the gun you asked about, and the price is the same for LH or RH guns.

Yes, even in a GPR. The LH is at least $25 more.

Other than the cheek piece there is no stock difference. There is no casting on a ML stock like on a shotgun. And all the cheek piece does is elevate your cheek. If I refinish a RH stock on a ML, like a Lyman GPR or T/C Hawken, I may completely remove the cheekpiece.

Say what you want about the cheek piece. It lines up the sights better. Why should he buy a gun and have to sand off the cheek piece, and then have to refinish it? The gun is very comfortable with it.

Not to mention it's not a bad copy of a Hawken. Which as you know. Had a cheek piece.

As I mentioned earlier. The Renegade is fine shooting from either side. My Renegade was a RH gun that I shot left handed, but that stock was symmetrical. The GPH isn't.

As a side note. If you put a peep sight on the gun. It gets in the way of having to reach over with your left thumb to cock a right hand hammer.

It just makes sense to buy the GPH LH gun he can get below wholesale. I like buying from that guy, because he's had those guns for awhile, and they are the older ones with the dark stain. They seem to be a better fit and finish than the ones being made now. The two that I bought were perfect in every way.