Pirate of Love Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 A Question for You Left Hander’s. Do any fellow lefties shoot with a “Right Handed” semi auto? Do the flying carts distract you? Is it dangerous? Looking to buy a semi, but am restricted in the second hand market for a good left handed gun. Also they seam to be more expensive when found!! Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks, POL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushjob Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 (edited) I'm a southpaw and shoot a right hander and no it doesn't bother me with the right handed ejection. I spent £80 on a Gamba S/A and I use it far more than my much much more expensive O/U. HTH Edited October 31, 2011 by Rushjob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 There is also the potential cast issue to consider on Right handers, not all, and some have spacers you can adjust things with. Thre are of course a handful of dedicated Left hand semis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majordisorder Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I've got a RH Benelli SS and don't even notice the shells flying across my face. I'd wear glasses though as you can get a bit of junk in your eyes otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishermanpaddy Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I shoot with a borrowed R/H mossberg now and again, I have to say the flying shells I don't notice at all but I just don't like the idea of the slide handle travelling so fast toward my eye. I'm after a semi myself but the L/H versions are hard to find if you find one and it works 4u then don't let it go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdSolomons Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I'm a left gander and all my pigeon guns have been rh semis, I don't even notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I'm a lefty and had a R/H Remmie 1100 back in the seventies when I knew nothing and found the faceful of crud when the cartridges ejected and the wind was blowing into my face not pleasant. If I was in the market for a semi auto nowadays I'd certainly get one with a left handed eject mechanism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangey Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 A Question for You Left Hander’s. Do any fellow lefties shoot with a “Right Handed” semi auto? Do the flying carts distract you? Is it dangerous? Looking to buy a semi, but am restricted in the second hand market for a good left handed gun. Also they seam to be more expensive when found!! Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks, POL im a lett hander and do most of my shooting with a right and semi.most semis dont have much cast anyway,and most come with cast spacers anyway,although i never bother with them.i never notice ejecting shells,so if you pick up a semi and it feels right dont worry if its a right hander makes no difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoope Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Hi, I am a lefty and shoot a left handed Hatsan Escort. I've shot two right handed guns and seen my averages rise by 10-15 when I bought a true left hander. I picked the gun up for £300 brand new with a 3 year warranty, never jammed yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon123 Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Dad shoot's my right handed semi sometimes and he get's a better score using my gun over using his O/U which he's been using for years, but he doesn't like the cartridges ejecting across his face ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canis Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 As a left handed shooter I have owned a left handed ejection s/a and shot a couple of right handed s/a's. AFAIK the only left hand eject S/a's available are hatstands, Webley & Scott 810s, Remmington (1100 and 11-87)and various models of benelli's. If you want a if you need a cheap left hand semio auto you want a Remmington and if you have more money to spend buy the benelli. A lot of semi auto's have negligible cast and many(particularly the man made stock variants have shims to alter the stock, making it easy to alter the cast yourself. If you are going to use a right hand eject s/a make sure you wear shooting glasses ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholiath Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 I have used both with no problems other than on a R/H gun the safety catch is generally on the wrong side to quickly operate it to 'fire' with your trigger finger! My main gun is a Benelli Montefeltro L/H i love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 American guns (e.g Remingtons) have no cast at all on them, so a RH would fit you ok. It's a matter of choice if you want the shells ejecting in front of your eye. My 1100 is LH so I don't have that worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat-Cap Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 (edited) Wouldn't recommend it - here's why: Picture borrowed from The Double Barrelled Picture Company http://www.doublebarrelledpicturecompany.co.uk/ Edited November 23, 2011 by Flat-Cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat-Cap Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 I was walking through one of the local clay shooting grounds a month or two back and saw a chap shooting a left handed semi auto... from his right shoulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucas Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Just a quick one, why dont they make them eject downwards rather than out to the side? Surely this would make it easier to collect carts and make these more ambidextrous. I dont mean moving the mag and changing the whole mechanism but maybe some sort of deflector plate? I know you could possibly go even further and have the used cartridges returned to the magazine somehow and then empty when full but surely downward ejection would be a good thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat-Cap Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 (edited) As you rightly say, the magazine is in the place where the cartridges would eject if they are going downwards. I'd also expect the design evolved this way round to stop people accidentally putting their hand over the port accidentally, or slipping over by standing on a spent cartridge. Semi-auto design are/were heavily military driven, and it's probably best flinging that cartridge as far away as possible when you're a soldier on the move rather than stepping on it. The Beretta UGB ejects downwards: Edited November 23, 2011 by Flat-Cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartB Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 I use a left handed Benelli Montefeltro. excellent value for money second hand and hardly used (£700). Improved my shooting by about 30% having a left handed gun. I have used right-handed semi's without too much problem, but the dramatic improvement clearly indicated to me that you need to right tool for the job if you want to improve. Mart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 my shooting friend has a hatstand and i'd never used a semi auto before, his was right handed and i shot it left handed for a grand total of three carts, i saw no problem with it, and there was noticbly hardly any recoil which alowed me to shoot faster and more confortably, never caused a problem for those three cartridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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