Just curious if anyone has experience with the mechanics of it. Not really for BR or anything other than curiosityit seems to me, at least as far as bench shooting goes, that one could be more efficient running the bolt with the left hand while keeping the trigger finger right near the trigger. I also get that BR shooting is rarely about speed. But I'm hardly a rifle guy at all, let alone a bolt gun dude. heaven forbid bench rested.
I wish I had the money to do that!!.....I don't own any bolts right now, really want a lefty in .308, or 7.62x39, but money isn't there....For bench rest I can see the point.My dad was a lefty and had a few left bolt rifles. He kinda said screw it and went Ruger falling blocks.
A little of topic but I've heard stories in ww1 we're there took British 303 rifles and did some cool stuff. The actions were so smooth that the men would operate the bolt with index and thumb and pull the trigger with there middle finger. Supposedly they were shooting them so quickly the Germans thought they were up against machine guns.I hear different stories occasionally about lefties learning to use a right handed bolt by operating the bolt with their support hand getting off quicker follow up shots.
Curious if any right handed shooters here have ever tried the same with a left handed bolt?
Yes, it is easier to do thins like that and shoot more rapidly with a cock on closing design like the Lee Enfields.A little of topic but I've heard stories in ww1 we're there took British 303 rifles and did some cool stuff. The actions were so smooth that the men would operate the bolt with index and thumb and pull the trigger with there middle finger. Supposedly they were shooting them so quickly the Germans thought they were up against machine guns.
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I hear different stories occasionally about lefties learning to use a right handed bolt by operating the bolt with their support hand getting off quicker follow up shots.
Curious if any right handed shooters here have ever tried the same with a left handed bolt?