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I grew up shooting my grandfather's FN A5 in 16 ga. from the "wrong" side. But is worked well for me because the safety was the ambi "front/back" design built into the forward bow of the trigger guard, and the stock didn't have any cast-off.
IMHO stock cast-off is the biggest handicap for a LH shooter stepping behind most RH shotguns. The mechanics of most SXS guns don't handicap a LH shooter, but the stock cast can.
Years ago I found a Merkel M8 12 ga. with a true left-hand stock (including the raised cheek-piece on the right side). Neither the triggers or lever were different from a RH gun. It is now my go-to in sporting clays contests, where sometimes I finish in the top 10%. It really fits me well and the cheek piece seems to help both cheek weld to the stock, and to distribute recoil.
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Odd to be discussing AR-15s/M-16s here, but...most of the newer versions (and all the clones) have a feature that projects out from the upper receiver behind the ejection port (a port buffer?) that deflects the brass away from the face of a left-handed shooter. I carried mine on a job many years ago and this feature wasn't commonly available then (early 1980s).... That feature is the brass deflector, which was added (IIRC, beginning in the late 70s for issue weapons) to the later M16A1 and all subsequent A's. It was added specifically to address lefties' problems with brass in their faces and in their shirts.
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Odd to be discussing AR-15s/M-16s here, but...most of the newer versions (and all the clones) have a feature that projects out from the upper receiver behind the ejection port (a port buffer?) that deflects the brass away from the face of a left-handed shooter. I carried mine on a job many years ago and this feature wasn't commonly available then (early 1980s).... That feature is the brass deflector, which was added (IIRC, beginning in the late 70s for issue weapons) to the later M16A1 and all subsequent A's. It was added specifically to address lefties' problems with brass in their faces and in their shirts. Ya. It doesn't work all that great.
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Odd to be discussing AR-15s/M-16s here, but...most of the newer versions (and all the clones) have a feature that projects out from the upper receiver behind the ejection port (a port buffer?) that deflects the brass away from the face of a left-handed shooter. I carried mine on a job many years ago and this feature wasn't commonly available then (early 1980s).... That feature is the brass deflector, which was added (IIRC, beginning in the late 70s for issue weapons) to the later M16A1 and all subsequent A's. It was added specifically to address lefties' problems with brass in their faces and in their shirts. Ya. It doesn't work all that great. True, but it beat getting second-degree burns on a regular basis.
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i had to laugh when you said about your grandfather having to hold his cigar in his rh while shooting!several of us shoot skeet while enjoying a cigar we always take turns holding each other gars when there is snow or the ground is wet!one guy who has passed away would hold your cigar and when you got done shooting ,turn around and he would have it stuck in his mouth commenting on the quality or lack there of!
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