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Left handed rifle

Slightly changing the subject, so excuse me please for that, my wife is left handed amd bemoans the gadgets that work well for right handed people but not lefties - such as, surprisingly to us righties, a serrated bread knife - hence we always have sliced bread.

I thought she had finally flipped her lid when she told me about a left handed pencil she had bought.

She showed it to me and it looked just like any other pencil until she pointed out the subtle difference - if you hold an ordinary pencil in your right hand, you can read the maker's name along the wooden barrel normally but, if you transfer it to the other hand, the writing is upside down! A left handed pencil has the writing the other way up so it reads normally when in the left hand but, to us righties, the writing is the wrong way up.

It's a bit of a curiosity, really, as it actually writes OK whichever hand you hold it in of course. She got it from a shop in London that specialises in left handed goods.
 
Did'nt they look awkward, the cadre Sergents always tried to get the lads to use the rifle the conventional way. I struggled with many a new intake to use the normal way and they became good marksmen.
 
Only as good as the person behind the sight.I had a slightly cross eyed lad who could do a ! inch group at 100yds and another who was kicking up the chalk on the hill behind the Butts until I sorted him out then he did less than 1inch at 100yds. All good fun.
Dave Edwards
 
Eddie 14 said:
Only as good as the person behind the sight.I had a slightly cross eyed lad who could do a ! inch group at 100yds and another who was kicking up the chalk on the hill behind the Butts until I sorted him out then he did less than 1inch at 100yds. All good fun.
Dave Edwards
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i shoot eggs at 100 yards but i am not bonk eyed.also i can shoot l/h or r/h.rifles depending on cheek piece and comb.:grinning:
 
dav19390 said:
I thought she had finally flipped her lid when she told me about a left handed pencil she had bought.

She showed it to me and it looked just like any other pencil until she pointed out the subtle difference - if you hold an ordinary pencil in your right hand, you can read the maker's name along the wooden barrel normally but, if you transfer it to the other hand, the writing is upside down! A left handed pencil has the writing the other way up so it reads normally when in the left hand but, to us righties, the writing is the wrong way up.
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Hi,

If that's true, why not just sharpen the other end. And in any case, when was the last time anyone
actually read the name on the pencil whilst they were writing.
And if the 'wrong end' has already been sharpened, it could always be cut off with the left handed
serrated knife!

Kind regards
Dave
 
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I believe that there were some left-handed versions of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L1A1_Self-Loading_Rifle but were very limited with many units only issued with one or two at most so the unusual first-come, first-served rule prevailed. I did not hear of any issues with empty cases as they ejected fast and wide of the shoulder.
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I've never heard of a left handed SLR but I can see how it would've benefitted southpaws. It was a bit of an upheaval all round for us .303 trained squaddies. As well as learning how to fire the beast, we had to learn a new rifle drill, my right thigh got a battering, coming out of The Present Arms !
 
I am left handed but had no trouble firing a .303 rifle during my basic training. Never heard of a left handed rifle, what is the difference ? Eric
 
cookie273uk said:
I am left handed but had no trouble firing a .303 rifle during my basic training. Never heard of a left handed rifle, what is the difference ? Eric
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the bolt handle is on the Opposite Side to a r/h weapon and the cartridge ejects out to the left.1595621873905.png1595621979379.pngr/h rifle
 
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I think you can have lots of left handed things, I had an uncle who had left handed masonry tools, my cousin plays a left handed guitar, I tried, it was impossible to play as I am right handed. We had a very thoughtful teacher, we had to sit where we were told in desks joined together. He made the left handed child move to sit on the other side. I believe you can have left handed golf clubs.
 
Nico said:
I think you can have lots of left handed things, I had an uncle who had left handed masonry tools, my cousin plays a left handed guitar, I tried, it was impossible to play as I am right handed. We had a very thoughtful teacher, we had to sit where we were told in desks joined together. He made the left handed child move to sit on the other side. I believe you can have left handed golf clubs.
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Recently watched a Mongolian rock band called Hanggai and the one chap plays the guitar left handed. Therefore upside down. That was the way he learned, and couldn’t change.
 
Morturn said:
Is it true that Jimmy Hendrix did the same?
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he converted them mort
In 1959, Hendrix joined a band and quickly learned that without amplification, his sound was drowned out by the other members of the band. His father bought him is first electric guitar, a Supro Ozark. It was a right-handed guitar, and Hendrix, being a resourceful Southpaw, re-strung it so it could be played left handed. All of the electric guitars he played throughout his career were right-handed guitars that were converted for his use
then set them on fire
 
I'm left handed but do some things the normal way round, decades ago I went with a relative to have a go at golf, because I'm left handed he went to great lengths to borrow some L/H clubs for me. Needless to say I couldn't use them as I discovered I could only hold them right handed, the problem there is my strongest arm is not doing the power work to swing a club or cricket bat.
In the hippy era I bought an Indian sitar, a beautiful high quality one and it's impossible to play left handed or alter the strings as there are so many pegs all down the shaft. I struggled to build up strength in my right wrist so I could play it and I managed it to some extent. It now hangs silently on the wall in a corner of our lounge.
 
Pedrocut said:
Recently watched a Mongolian rock band called Hanggai and the one chap plays the guitar left handed. Therefore upside down. That was the way he learned, and couldn’t change.
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It would have to be restrung too the other way round. I learned the recorder the wrong way, in that you are taught to put our right hand at the bottom. I taught myself before I had lessons so I was the wrong way round with the hands. Some recorders come in one piece and I can't play them as they are made for the right hand at the bottom as the lowest note has the bottom hole to the left , I think instead of in a straight line. I need the hole on the right with a separate bottom piece.
 
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I did not realise there was such a thing as a left handed rifle, I am left handed a was issued with a standard rifle in the RAF and had no problem firing it. Eric
 
izzy eckerslike said:
I'm left handed but do some things the normal way round, decades ago I went with a relative to have a go at golf, because I'm left handed he went to great lengths to borrow some L/H clubs for me. Needless to say I couldn't use them as I discovered I could only hold them right handed, the problem there is my strongest arm is not doing the power work to swing a club or cricket bat.
In the hippy era I bought an Indian sitar, a beautiful high quality one and it's impossible to play left handed or alter the strings as there are so many pegs all down the shaft. I struggled to build up strength in my right wrist so I could play it and I managed it to some extent. It now hangs silently on the wall in a corner of our lounge.
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Izzy, I am left handed and play golf right handed. While I am not that good a golfer being left handed helped me with my slice!
 
Richarddye said:
Izzy, I am left handed and play golf right handed. While I am not that good a golfer being left handed helped me with my slice!
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I also hold my cutlery the right way round, this means I have the knife in the right hand and end up pulling food apart with the fork in my left hand instead of cutting with the knife. My left handed Grandson does exactly the same.
My right handed sister holds her cutlery left handed
 
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