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Yesterday, my 12 year old grandson passed his Hunter Safety Training Exam. Now grandpa needs to outfit him with a couple of starter guns. He is strongly left-handed, so that’s a big factor in the decision-making process. Remington makes the 700 and the 1100 in LH. Browning makes the A-Bolt in LH. But I’d like to fit him out with a 20 gauge side by side (first choice) or an over-under, that is totally left-hand-oriented. Is anyone familiar with a make and model in which the top lever swings to the left rather than to the right?
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Blaser F3 over-under can be configured totally lefty. Lh stock, LH top lever. Also can be ordered with 20 gauge barrels instead of the 12's. This is how mine is and I love it. JW
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I first would make sure that he is left eye dominant. I do most things left handed but I am right eye dominant.
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I gotta tell you Ron--as a life time lefty--I tried that route and had guns with a left opening toplever. After many years of shooting conventional guns, the right opening lever is actually more comfortable for me to use. I'd set up the boy's gun with the correct dimensions--cast on if needed etc., but would not worry about the toplever. You will pay dearly for this option and I think the money is better spent elsewhere. If you must have it--then the Spanish makers will make one up for you in a SxS. Good luck!
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the right opening lever is actually more comfortable for me to use. I'd set up the boy's gun with the correct dimensions--cast on if needed etc., but would not worry about the toplever. I'm left handed and couldn't agree more.
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Ditto what Bill said. A lefty's thumb works pretty well either direction. I've heard of guns being built with reverse barrel sequence, reverse toplever, etc, but, it is a waste of time/money to do that.
Just concentrate on getting good stock dimensions in a normal, production gun (that will cost enough, all by itself).
My lefty guns are a Darne 12 (restocked in St. Etienne, France, to my specs, while I watched) a Tobin 16 double (restocked by Randy Murray, in The Dalles, OR) and a passle of Ithaca 37s with lefty safetys. The Ithaca people, by the way, will bend over backward to get you a new model 37 that fits-I just bought a stock from them, and must say, I'm beyond pleased.
Good Luck.
Best,
Ted
PS If you are lefthanded, jOe, why was the rifle photo you posted a righthanded gun, with plastic stock, no less?
Another thing, did you notice how nobody gave you a bunch of crap (like you would do) for posting a photo of a non-double gun?
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Teddy you got any questions for me go ask them in your non-double gun vidalia onion scope thread.
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I'm a hardcore left hander, but am cross eye dominant, hence I have to close one eye while shotgun shooting. Definitely make sure you get him started off right as that's been a handicap to me all my shooting life.
He should learn to use right handed shotguns, that way he can shoot anything anybody gives him. I don't even swap the safety around on an auto or pump, learned to reach around the trigger guard when I was a kid and it just makes life more simple.
A left handed person can learn to do things right handed a lot easier than the other way around as we're used to living in a right handed world.
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I have a true left handed double,a W C Scott SLE, and have trouble using it as I have shot right handed doubles most of my life. Fortunately I'm left eye dominant so I can shoot with both eyes open. The only firearms I have anything reversed on are the magazine releases on semi-auto pistols. Jim 
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I gotta tell you Ron--as a life time lefty--I tried that route and had guns with a left opening toplever. After many years of shooting conventional guns, the right opening lever is actually more comfortable for me to use. I'd set up the boy's gun with the correct dimensions--cast on if needed etc., but would not worry about the toplever. You will pay dearly for this option and I think the money is better spent elsewhere. If you must have it--then the Spanish makers will make one up for you in a SxS. Good luck! I am also a lifetime lefty shooter. Bill is right on. Not only is a top lever no problem but I think right handed double triggers are better for lefties (assuming the triggers are not bent lengthwise). Make sure the stock fits. Leave the rest alone. RCC
R. Craig Clark
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