Chappo wrote:Gunna ask a silly question that I think I already know the answer to but does anyone know if left handed military rifles existed pre ww2?
I have 3 rifles built on Lee Enfield actions and a thought occurred to me today that it must have been hard for soldiers to have to retrain themselves to be able to fight in the armed services back then.
My wife is a lefty and my oldest fun sponge seems to be favouring the dark side as well so I guess I am just curious.
Before the bolt-actions, the Martini was ambidextrous so I don't think it was a problem, except that some of the belt equipment probably favoured right-handed shooting..
Once we went to bolt repeaters I don't think any military made any concessions to the cacky-handed. Keep in mind that they were not training precision shooters, they just wanted blokes that could pull the trigger and feed it ammo.
Ian McCollum on Forgotten Weapons shoots right-handed bolt-rifles very effectively I reckon, brilliant to watch him run the bolts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOUfPX_y4Nk&list=PL9e3UCcU00TTfQquL0MjomFiXIUlaZGm3&index=8&t=0shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZLKtm7HcG4&list=PL9e3UCcU00TTfQquL0MjomFiXIUlaZGm3&index=20&t=0shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAyxLVBK-2g