Lloyd
I entirely agree that training yourself to shoot a rifle off either shoulder is a worthwhile exercise.
If you are sat in a small high seat and a deer appears behind your wrong shoulder , being able to switch your shooting shoulder very much beats toppling gracefully to the forest floor whilst twisting to take the shot.
Our current British service rifle is a bull pup, can only be shot right-handed and puts the troops at a severe disadvantage when negotiating unfriendly right hand corners.
I appreciate that you won’t want to take a rasp to the stock of your Father in law’s rifle but as a left-hander I would want to put some temporary padding between myself and the sharp edge of that cheek piece.
First World War snipers used to tie on a sealed first field dressing package that did the job nicely, although in their case the problem was no cheek support rather than the wrong shape.
Last edited by Parabola; 10/30/21 12:18 PM. Reason: Afterthought
