Leftys

[Ozzie9962]

How many of you lot are leftys

[JoeB]

How many of you lot are leftys

I am.

I have a LH block MFR and a RH block mk2 with LH stock.

[KCE]

A genuine lefty are rare as hens teeth.
I think that the internals were also left handed in the very early rapids.
I'm sure KevG will shed more light on this.
Regards Kev.

[JoeB]

A genuine lefty are rare as hens teeth.
I think that the internals were also left handed in the very early rapids.
I'm sure KevG will shed more light on this.
Regards Kev.

Yes. The valves have the locking hole drilled on the opposite side!  And that is on a latest model mfr with mk4 trigger.  I only found this out after contacting Kev when a valve I bought from him was different!  I had no idea the hañd of the gun would affect n internal part! It's as if theoben used a crude cad system and just mirrored everything!  The best bit is when I bought the gun back in about 2009 it was on guntrader for ages so I put in a cheeky offer and got it with a bushnell scope too.  I think I paid £525 :-)

[Ca_Varminter]

Here is one.... one of the Moderators on the old AirgunAdvice was a Souhpaw....


Stuart

[Tim_B]

Yes, I'm a lefty although prefer the bolt on the right hand side when off bipod/bags.  I nearly bought a lefty block a little while ago, knowing they are rare but wasn't enough to make me buy it.

I seem to be getting a collection of lefty mfr stocks now though 

[Scott]

Last year I was talking to Kevin the owner of Origin Knives who said he has one of the first real lefties.
Apparently he had been badgering Theoben for years to get one and they eventually gave in.

I gave him KevG's number back then as it wasn't holding air and Id like to think he had it repaired.

[daystatesniper]

Pure lefties are quite rare ,but even rarer are Impact pure lefties .

atvb' Mick

[davesims]

I am a leftie and have a number of rifles with dedicated left hand stocks but I only have one air rifle that is a true left hander,

My FAC Air Arms S310 that I bought from new and have had for over 20 years is fitted with an original left hand walnut thumbhole stock and a left hand bolt.

I have just purchased a nice FAC MK 2 Rapid 12 (though I havn't got it in my hands as yet) with a right hand bolt and right hand stock. It is my intention to get a left hand stock made by Custom Stocks when funds allow.

I am quite suprised at just how many left hand shooters there are out there.

In my case I was forced to use the left shoulder as I have a left master eye and shoot a lot of clays with a 12 bore shotgun.

[JoeB]

Here is my true lefty MFR.  Although I must admit that off the bipod I prefer a rh action as quicker to reload.  Gets damn confusing switching between rifles!

[Replay]

Loving the stock Joe

[JoeB]

Loving the stock Joe

Cheers.  Having high mounts I needed to raise the cheek piece.  Rather than take the easy option of buying a bolt on raiser, out came the saw.  All I had to do then was give one of the machinists at work a slice of cake to get him to make me some bosses which could accept the shoulder bolts to allow for the adjustability.  Its obviously not an original MFR stock, I got it from someone on the old forum as I fancied a thumbhole variant.

[Minty]

Yep fellow Lefty here too 👍🏻

Cheers

Mark