Dicktracey
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so what is it with left handed holsters and guns seem like the manufactures are a lil hand biost!!!its hard to find good left handed stuff
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Yes, they are biased. I am severely left-eye dominant and have to shoot with my left hand because of it. I have yet to find a pure ambidextrous pistol that has controls where I want them and does not require a manual safety.
ETA: I'm not trying to sound like a troll or a grammar nazi when I say this, especially because I agree with your complaint, but a little bit of correct punctuation, capitalization, and a bit more effort on proper spelling would very much help your cause.
ETA: I'm not trying to sound like a troll or a grammar nazi when I say this, especially because I agree with your complaint, but a little bit of correct punctuation, capitalization, and a bit more effort on proper spelling would very much help your cause.
St8LineGunsmith
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I am south paw and left eye dominant.
and ya gun manufacturers are WAY too right hand biased.
and ya gun manufacturers are WAY too right hand biased.
X-JaVeN-X
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You don't have an option for me...I shoot rifles left handed and pistols right handed...
SunnySlopes
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Biased? That's pretty funny.
It's business. Left handers represent about 17% of the population. Do the math.
I'm a southpaw shooter btw.
It's business. Left handers represent about 17% of the population. Do the math.
I'm a southpaw shooter btw.
ATBackPackin
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kyletx1911
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Im a lefy and black mannnnn im just out all the way round(bwhaaaaa) i just have to come to grips that as far as holsters go good ones are going to be coustom. I deal with a guy cotton couston leather!!! He does outstanding work.
If you go to his site and look mine is the black one with MAJ with his birth date and the year of his passing(my brother) and the price is good
If you go to his site and look mine is the black one with MAJ with his birth date and the year of his passing(my brother) and the price is good
alsaqr
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CZ, Remington, Savage and Weatherby sell good left hand guns.
Hangingrock
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It’s a right hand dominated world. That’s just the way it is. At one time or at least the time I went thru Parris Island the Drill Instructors and or Primary Marksmanship Instructors would suggest to strongly recommending shooting from the right shoulder.
My first left-hand bolt action rifle was a Remington 788 in 308Win. I may be wrong but was it not Savage that first came to the rescue of left handers with center fire rifles. There was a gunsmith in PA that converted Remington center fire rifles to left hand usage long before Remington starting producing the 700 series in left hand. There may have been others also doing this type of work but he got mentioned in the American Rifleman.
The Ithaca M37 with the safety conversion was popular with lefthanders along with the Mossberg 500 when first introduced because of the safety location.
As for pistols I was issued the 1911-A1 along with the standard right hand holster of the period and thus learned to use it from the right hand.
Fast-forwarding to this day things are a lot better then they were but the world is still right-hand dominated.
My first left-hand bolt action rifle was a Remington 788 in 308Win. I may be wrong but was it not Savage that first came to the rescue of left handers with center fire rifles. There was a gunsmith in PA that converted Remington center fire rifles to left hand usage long before Remington starting producing the 700 series in left hand. There may have been others also doing this type of work but he got mentioned in the American Rifleman.
The Ithaca M37 with the safety conversion was popular with lefthanders along with the Mossberg 500 when first introduced because of the safety location.
As for pistols I was issued the 1911-A1 along with the standard right hand holster of the period and thus learned to use it from the right hand.
Fast-forwarding to this day things are a lot better then they were but the world is still right-hand dominated.
Yes, but if for some reason I switch to my right hand (or I have right handed friends at the range with me) then the gun is opposite for them. On the other hand, my XDm has ambi mag release (actual ambi) but no ambi slide release.
If it was truly about money, they'd be adding the ambi parts so as not to alienate left-handed shooters. After looking at the ambi slide stop for the M&P, I don't think it would be that much more expensive for someone to make a gun that has full ambi features.
Mauser lover
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You need a choice for "Both".
I shoot with both hands, but I shoot rifle exclusively right handed, but for my guns that I shoot off the bench, I would really like a left handed bolt and ejection port. That way, I wouldn't need to move my hand away from the trigger when I need to cycle the bolt. Too bad that all of my rifles are right handed...
I shoot with both hands, but I shoot rifle exclusively right handed, but for my guns that I shoot off the bench, I would really like a left handed bolt and ejection port. That way, I wouldn't need to move my hand away from the trigger when I need to cycle the bolt. Too bad that all of my rifles are right handed...
I'm a lefty. For pistols, I don't have too much trouble with the Beretta 92, it has an ambi-safety/decocker, and the mag release can be swapped. I also like Kahr. I don't think the mag release can be swapped, but I can press it pretty easily with the middle or forefinger of my right hand.
Mauser: If you have a thumb hole or tactical stock that would work, but for most hunting rifles with more conventional stocks, your thumb would get in the way of the bolt.
Mauser: If you have a thumb hole or tactical stock that would work, but for most hunting rifles with more conventional stocks, your thumb would get in the way of the bolt.
Wil Terry
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I AM LEFTHANDED and have never had a single problem finding left handed stuff. ON the other hand I am also almost totally ambidextrous now because of living in a left hand world and can shoot sixguns and rifles left or right without even thinking about it.
YOU SIR, do not know a prime advantage when it was dropped right in your lap !!!
And so it goes...
YOU SIR, do not know a prime advantage when it was dropped right in your lap !!!
And so it goes...
whichfinger
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Right-handers are arrogant. Us sinisters are very close to successfully concluding our plot, and when we take over we'll see how all those wrong handers like it when all right-handed implements are banned. 
Let's see how well they get along with left-handed scissors, screwdrivers, and baseball bats. 
Let's see how well they get along with left-handed scissors, screwdrivers, and baseball bats. bluethunder1962
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left rifle rt pistol
MedWheeler
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I'm unable to cast a vote here. I am left-handed, and shoot handguns as such, but I shoot long guns right-handed. I'm right-eye-dominant, and use that eye for all firearms shooting.
But, yeah, I do hate rummaging through gobs and gobs of holsters and such trying to find the occasional "bone" the gun shops toss us. In fact, I recently found a matching pair of IWB holsters for a PF9, one in each hand-configuration. I wanted the LH-ed one, but it was marked seven bucks higher. I took them both to the counter and asked the lady there (the wife of one of the owners) if there was a "seven-dollar left-hand surcharge" in a kidding manner. She did say that their cost for LH-ed stuff is higher, but not by that much, and adjusted to price to match that of the RH-ed one.
I'd like to see gun stores place LH-ed leather and such separately from the other stuff. We don't need much, just one or two J-hooks or a shelf. Any owners listening?
But, yeah, I do hate rummaging through gobs and gobs of holsters and such trying to find the occasional "bone" the gun shops toss us. In fact, I recently found a matching pair of IWB holsters for a PF9, one in each hand-configuration. I wanted the LH-ed one, but it was marked seven bucks higher. I took them both to the counter and asked the lady there (the wife of one of the owners) if there was a "seven-dollar left-hand surcharge" in a kidding manner. She did say that their cost for LH-ed stuff is higher, but not by that much, and adjusted to price to match that of the RH-ed one.
I'd like to see gun stores place LH-ed leather and such separately from the other stuff. We don't need much, just one or two J-hooks or a shelf. Any owners listening?
D Rudd
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I'm a lefty. All my handguns are single action revolvers, most of my rifles are lever action or semi-auto. Works for me.
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doc2rn
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I am a true ambidextrous so it doesnt bother me either way, but I usually shoot rifle right handed and pistol left.
Me too! I am horribly left eye dominant, but right handed... I shoot long gun left handed, and handguns right handed. Been that way since I picked up my first toy gun.
clamman
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I'm right handed and left eye dominant. I shoot rifles lefty and handguns righty. I guess I'm a effed up morphadite, even though I qualified expert my whole USMC career.
St8LineGunsmith
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I do everything left handed except play the guitar and batting when I used to play base ball and holding my cane.
I have adapted well to using right handed firearms left handed and can out shoot most right handers:neener
wasnt dead eye hatfield left handed?
I have adapted well to using right handed firearms left handed and can out shoot most right handers:neener
wasnt dead eye hatfield left handed?
ThorinNNY
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I`m right handed but my left eye is dominant so I shoot long guns left handed.
Okay, I'm a lefty in everthing buy writing. Those darn yardstick hurt when they smack you hand, let me tell you.
If it's a left handed handgun (and reasonably affordable, I'm not made of money) I'll buy it. So how many do I have? Two.
Yep, two. A lefthanded Randall 1911, and a Charter Arms Southpaw. Now the Randall is long gone and the reason is really simple. Left handed shooters have bought into the right handed shooters BS that we don't "need" dedicated lefthand guns. You see according to folks that have guns made just for them (righthanded folks) all we lefties need are a few "extra" controls. If lefties insisted on left handed guns we'd have them. But, when the lefty Randall came out, there weren't enough sales to keep the firm in business (heck, even the mags of the day kept saying it wasn't necessary, so why buy it, have you ever notice that most gun rag writers are righthanded?)
Now there is one type of firearm where the lefties have convinced the righties that it's made just for them, and southpaws have to adapt (great bit of misinformation there). You see, single action revolvers (except for the very few righthanded versions) are actually made for lefthanded people. Yep, we've been pulling the wool over 83% of the worlds shooters eyes for well over one hundred years. If they ever catch on, Ruger is gonna have to redesign their single actions so righthanded folks don't have to change hands when they reload.
Oh, and right now it's 40 lefties to 24 righties. All your poll proves is that right handed folks are so prejudice they won't even open a thread about lefties, much less vote. Either that or the whole 83% righthanded vs 17% lefthanded stuff is BS.
If it's a left handed handgun (and reasonably affordable, I'm not made of money) I'll buy it. So how many do I have? Two.
Yep, two. A lefthanded Randall 1911, and a Charter Arms Southpaw. Now the Randall is long gone and the reason is really simple. Left handed shooters have bought into the right handed shooters BS that we don't "need" dedicated lefthand guns. You see according to folks that have guns made just for them (righthanded folks) all we lefties need are a few "extra" controls. If lefties insisted on left handed guns we'd have them. But, when the lefty Randall came out, there weren't enough sales to keep the firm in business (heck, even the mags of the day kept saying it wasn't necessary, so why buy it, have you ever notice that most gun rag writers are righthanded?)
Now there is one type of firearm where the lefties have convinced the righties that it's made just for them, and southpaws have to adapt (great bit of misinformation there
). You see, single action revolvers (except for the very few righthanded versions) are actually made for lefthanded people. Yep, we've been pulling the wool over 83% of the worlds shooters eyes for well over one hundred years. If they ever catch on, Ruger is gonna have to redesign their single actions so righthanded folks don't have to change hands when they reload.Oh, and right now it's 40 lefties to 24 righties. All your poll proves is that right handed folks are so prejudice they won't even open a thread about lefties, much less vote. Either that or the whole 83% righthanded vs 17% lefthanded stuff is BS.
The Man With No Name
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I think the numbers of lefties is much higher than 17%. Personally I don't shop at any local gun shop that carries only left handed holsters. I prefer a bolt action rifle and semi auto pistol set up for a right hand shooter also.
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