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Jani may be thinking about the CZ mini (micro?) Mauser. They're nice, but in the left hand configuration, it gets away from your comment about a turnkey rifle. Take a look a picture or two. It's a nicely scaled down action with a little packaging disappointment of the magazine.
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Jani may be thinking about the CZ mini (micro?) Mauser. They're nice, but in the left hand configuration, it gets away from your comment about a turnkey rifle. Take a look a picture or two. It's a nicely scaled down action with a little packaging disappointment of the magazine. Yes, that is a bit unfortunate, for lack of a better term.... Best, Ted
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Ted,
Cooper makes 222s and LH rifles. Kimber, the Oregon version, made the 84 in LH and 222 was an option. I don't know how many were made in that chambering. I have a Kimber Custom Classic in .223 (serial # LH66) that I bought when they first came out and it is accurate, light and a wonderful little rifle. You might consider those two options.
Thaine
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Zastava Mini Mauser is not a bad choice. Some were imported by Remington and others.
Cheers,
Jani A long time ago, I looked at a Mark X barreled action at a gunshow. It was a lefty, I dont even remember the caliber, but, I walked around for about 5 minutes, and when I went back, it was gone. It was the only lefty Mauser turnbolt I have ever seen. Best, Ted I bought a Mauser Mark X left hand barreled action years ago. I took it to my then gunsmith (Ted Blackburn) - it would not feed cartridges. The polite version is that he told me to come back when I had a better prospect. Remington imported the Zastava Mausers in LH for a couple of years and labeled it the 798. Not many around. I have the same problem - left handed. Think about a Dakota or Kimber.
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Jani may be thinking about the CZ mini (micro?) Mauser. They're nice, but in the left hand configuration, it gets away from your comment about a turnkey rifle. Take a look a picture or two. It's a nicely scaled down action with a little packaging disappointment of the magazine. Jani was not thinking a CZ. The MiniX can make a great custom rifle, but they are pretty clunky out of the box. Here's a lefty I built several years ago. https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/2451295/1
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Zastava (CZ - Crvena Zastava) Mini Mauser or model 85 (it hit the market in 1985) was called model 799 by Remington. I think they were also imported by Charles Daly and others. CZ or Ceska Zbrojovka micro Mauser is something else and I was not refering to it. Once I was shooting Zastava M85 in .223 Rem. They were/are also available in other short cartridges, such as .222 Rem, .222 Rem Mag, .22-250 Rem, 7,62x39 and possibly others.
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Another .222 Rem that might be considered ambidextrous would be a Thompson Center Contender. A couple years ago, I bought an aftermarket 21" .222 Rem barrel for my T/C Contender, along with the buttstock and forend to complete the carbine conversion. I already had a 14" bull barrel for this T/C Contender pistol in .222 Rem., so when I decided to get something that would reach out a bit further for groundhogs around the house than the .22LR rimfire, the .222 Remington rifle barrel was a natural choice since I already had plenty of brass and reloading dies.
I'm still not sure what Thompson Center was thinking when they replaced the Contender with the Encore. Does stronger have to mean uglier too?
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Thompson Center Dimension Hallucination would be a more fitting name for it. Great price though.
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Mike,
That was a dirty trick to play on us. I thought the name of this forum had "Classic" in it. Sadly someone years down the road will probably think that title fits the TC.
Now James Anderson's rendering truly fits that title today IMHO.
Thaine
It ain't ignorance that does the most damage, it's knowing so derned much that ain't so! J. Billings
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