Bakes

• Winchester M-70
• Remington 700 (in .300RUM, not .300WinMag)
• Savage 111FL and 111GL
• Weatherby Accumark
• Tikka Master
• Ruger M77

The LH Sako 75 may be available in Oz, but it isn't here in the States.

I may have missed someone, but I don't think so.

George

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Shoot straight, shoot often, but by all means, use enough gun!

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Regards, Wayne E.

The accepted percentage of left handed people in the United States is 11%. This is the number if the definition of left handed has the lest wiggle room in terminology.

But the shooting population shows higher numbers. It seems that shooters have been correctly called the "sinister sixth" (a play on the latin term for left) as shooters are 16% left handed.

Even more interesting are the results I have had for a smaller group -- all of which are dedicated hunters. They show 20% left handed.

jim dodd

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"if you are to busy to
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Shoot straight, shoot often, but by all means, use enough gun!

I have been looking for a left handed short action deer rifle for some time for my girlfriend as her vision in her right eye is impaired and is forced to shoot lefty. Unfortunately Remington has not offered it's Model Seven in lefty yet, but I am still waiting.

I may be forced to buy one of the little mausers and barrel it to 250-3000 for her.

Maybe there needs to be an email campain for a short action HUNTING rifle for the short calibers. What are you supposed to do for a left handed youth or small statured female???

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Shoot straight, shoot often.
Matt

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Bakes

http://www.savagearms.com/centerfire/weather_warrior/16fss.htm

I have no idea how well Savage stocks lefty short-actions, but they seem to put in a lot more effort for lefties than Remchester.

Ben

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Originally posted by burnrate:
Who makes a short action, true feather wt., left action. rifle??? Thanks

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I'm getting a short actioned, <6 lbs, left-handed 300WSM made right now by Ultra LIght Arms. Should be here this month. Not cheap, but should be light and accurate. Jeff

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Originally posted by Kimmo E:
Sako offers lh rifles in 222 type action, 308w type, 3006 type, and 375hoh type.

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If this is true, I could find no mention of them whatsoever in their web catalog.

RSY

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Originally posted by Kimmo E:
Sako offers lh rifles in 222 type action, 308w type, 3006 type, and 375hoh type.

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As I said above, they are not currently being imported into the U.S.

George

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Shoot straight, shoot often, but by all means, use enough gun!

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Originally posted by Deerdogs:
Heym do a left handed action. Exceptional quality for a factory rifle.

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I forgot to mention Heym (~$1700US) and Blaser (~$1700-2500), too.

George

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Shoot straight, shoot often, but by all means, use enough gun!

I looked over both the U.S. AND non-U.S. product lists at the SAKO website, and could find no lefties. I think they've relegated us to Tikka, at this point.

RSY

As Kimmo says, they do offer them elsewhere. I know of a LH Sako .243 for sale in the U.K., but you'd have to go through the import process.

George

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Shoot straight, shoot often, but by all means, use enough gun!

//Jens

The Charles Daly reincarnation of the Mark 10 will soon be available in LH.

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The original heavy barrel is standing by to go on my match rifle when its barrel can be set back no further. It shoots that well!

I really like the few Tikkas I've seen, but I'm having a harder time justifying them to the wife....

I've never seen any comments about those rifles,and, was wondering what opinions anyone else may have about them.

GC

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Originally posted by Customstox:
bakes,
Don't rule out the Ruger #1. They are a great rifle and those that tell you that you don't want a single shot have never hunted with one. You can take more than one shell, you just don't need them all in the rifle at one time. You can shoot these very quickly and very accurately.

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Ruger #1 rifles really aren't ambidextrous. They have a low wall on one side of the action, with a high wall on the other, in order to facilitate loading by a right handed shooter. It isn't a big probelm for a left-handed shooter (at least not for me), but it isn't left handed.

I have had long and short action Savage, short action Remington and long and short action Sakos ( 3 each,A series). The Sako's are a pleasure, real left handed with a palm swell on the "correct" side, accurate, etc., the Remington was very accurate but didn't show the level of craftsmanship, and the Savages were great value. I will pick up a Cooper classic .22 on Monday. From the sinsterility side, it is a shame that the industry does not value our segement of the market enough to make a full line of calibers and models available. Heck, I buy as many riles as I can, but some of you port siders must not be spending enough to entice the industry to recognize us as a real market infulence.

Antonio Zoli AZ 1900, and
Sabatti Rover 870 M

come as factory left-hand rifles as well.

Regards,
carcano91@hotmail.com

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Originally posted by Gold Cup:
I used to own a 1970's vintage LH Mauser Model 3000 in .270 Win. It was a push feed with a "California" type monte carlo stock.
Although it wasn't a CRF,it was a genuine Mauser product. I traded it off for something I thought I wanted more(bad decision!).

I've never seen any comments about those rifles,and, was wondering what opinions anyone else may have about them.

GC

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