Need help on left hand rifle

[David Clark]

I need your guys help. my best friend's son just called me and asked me some questions that I could not answer, guess he thinks I know it all LOL

He is planing a trip next year to canada and wants a new rifle. He must have a left hand gun and wants it in 300 mag. What brand left hand rifle and who all makes one and would you get the 300 win. mag or the 300 WSM.
Thanks for any thoughts you might have
Dave

 

[Awsomepossum]

I have an Lh tikka its great and lightweight.

 

[Abel]

Browning X-Bolt

 

[Chuck Dye]

Savage makes southpaws. The best friend and the honorary nephew (BF's son) have three. None will win beauty contests, all are quite accurate. Great value.

If a single shot will suit, there are quite a few out there from economy break actions through falling block and rolling block actions I cannot afford.

There are also doubles from moderately priced to I-can't-trade-my-house-and-everything-I-own-for-one prices.

 

[groundhog34]

i am a southpaw as well. I have a Weatherby Mark V in 300 weatherby mag. It is MOA accurate. Savage make a good rifle for the price. Spend at least $500 on a scope I recommend Leupold VXIII.

 

[ejpk]

If you would like an AR-15, Stag Arms offers several left handed models.

 

[greyling22]

most companies make a lefty in a long action these days. savage will make the best bang for the buck, tikka is good as well. Nothing wrong with remington, ruger, weatherby, browning, winchester.

 

[Ar180shooter]

If you would like an AR-15, Stag Arms offers several left handed models.

Only problem with that is the OP said that his friends son will be bringing the rifle to Canada (I assume on a moose hunting trip), and the AR-15 is a restricted firearm up here, so range/competition use only. That, and most provinces do not allow you to hunt big game with a rifle of less than .23 caliber.

OP, either a Tikka or a Browning would serve him well. Both are well made rifles, and should be readily available in one of the calibers you listed. Do you know where he is planning to go hunting, and what he will be hunting? I may be able to provide some more insight on caliber choice as well as scope selection.

 

[Andrew Wyatt]

What is he hunting?

 

[David Clark]

He said he will be hunting whitetail near carrot river where ever that is !!

 

[David Clark]

He said he will be hunting whitetail near carrot river where ever that is !!

 

[Ar180shooter]

Ok, that's in Saskatchewan, so flat, relatively open country. 300 win mag or WSM is, IMHO, a little over kill for whitetail, even at the distances we're talking about. Might he be willing to consider something like a 270 Winchester or 270 WSM? That's what I'd want if I were in his situation. Reduced recoil and a flatter trajectory to boot.

My choice would be a Browning X-Bolt in one of the 270's I mentioned above. For optics, I'd choose a 3-9 or 4-12 of some sort. A Swarowski or Zeiss of some sort would be my #1 choice (I've owned both in the past, fantastic scopes), but a Bushnell Elite or Leupold VXIII would also do well, or maybe a Vortex Viper or Sightron Big Sky II of some sort. All are decent optics, and should serve him well.

 

[Ar180shooter]

I should also note that semis are generally good to go, and a bar IN 270WSM would be a great rifle (I'm a fan of semis).

 

[David Clark]

How acc; is the SA

 

[Ar180shooter]

Usually 1-2MOA for 3 shot groups, depending on the ammo used.

 

[T Bran]

Go to Buds Guns and see if they have a Savage in 300 Win Mag lefty. I just recently bought an American Classic model 114 300 WM that is scarey accurate from them for a very fair price. I am a rightie but saw lots of lefty guns on the site.
LUCK
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[OdinAEon]

I would like to chime in, seeing as I had to spend quite a bit of time looking myself. I have two winchester lever actions, both made before 64 (model 94, and model 64) love them both, but they aren't known to be the "safest" starter rifles. I looked high and low at lefty bolts, and found that no one was making one I wanted at that time, however as of this post ruger is making one dynamite rifle in .308 http://ruger.com/products/gunsiteScoutRifle/models.html that I wish had been on the market when I bought my model 70 in .270 wsm, not that I regret that purchase, I love my model 70. I found that I liked the browning and tikka rifles, they were both very well made, and looked mighty fine in wood. The new rugers I have handled have been seemingly very high in quality. I haven't actually been able to handle a browning short-trac, but I really liked the Long-trac. I think really any new rifle that is being made is high enough quality for hunting and most other types of stuff. One doesn't really need 1MOA accuracy anyhow. As long as you can hit a pie plate 10 out of 10 at 100yds it will take alot of game.

That may have been four cents actually....

 

[Andrew Wyatt]

For whitetail, a .308 will do just fine, and there a significant number of very good bolt guns available for it.