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maybe i'm reading this wrong, but Gene refers to LH shooters cycling an RH bolt with the left hand, with the right arm remaining in a sling...the dominant hand (in this case, the left) has to reach over the top of the rifle to operate the bolt and thus, leaves the grip...unless i am missing something...
i had a Winchester Model 700 that i used to shoot that way....it seemed natural at the time...
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You got it right lksteve.
I've never fired a LH bolt rifle. The action of cycling the round and having my damn hand in my face somewhat annoyed me on Rh bolt rifles. Other than that small annoyance I didn't find it to bad to shoot them. Because I didn't want to pay abit more money for a left handed bolt I chose to buy the M-14. (IIRC the Army field manual for the M-14 {TM 9-1005-223-12 I think?} even states that if you are a left handed shooter you need to correct your ways and shoot right handed). And to answer your questions about my defunked ways on shooting I do everything with my right hand...write, shoot pistols, throw rocks, etc. Luck has it that I'm left eye dominant and I find it more comfortable to fire rifles and shotguns left handed. Don't even get me started with pistols. I apologize Reaper if I hijacked this thread for a bit.