[Canuck Bob]

How many lefties regularly shoot right hand flinters?

Opinions please?

 

[@bullseye]

Well my dad shot left handed but was right handed. I shoot right handed but use a fishing pole left handed. My dad used a fishing pole right handed. I am right handed too. Confusing huh.

 

[oldbull]

are you shouldering the rifle on the right shoulder or left? need a bit more information.

 

[Gil Martin]

Been shooting right hand flintlocks for years

I shoot them off the left shoulder without a problem. All the best...
Gil

 

[flintlock62]

I am a lefty, but shoot right handed. I developed that habit at an early age when my father took me out to shoot for the first time at age six. He had a bolt action .22 and it hit me in the cheek. It was so uncomfortable, I had no choice. Everything I do is left-handed except for shooting! Did I say that?!

 

[Canuck Bob]

Sorry for being a little confusing. I am wondering about shooters who shoulder left but shoot right handed sidelocks in a flinter.

 

[jodum]

I would be hesitant to try that. I won't even stand next to the frizzen side of another flintlock shooter. I would certainly wear enclosed safety glasses if I had to do it though.

 

[mazo kid]

I made a left hand percussion rifle in the mid-70s, but shot right flint locks from my left shoulder for a long time. Just be careful how you place your right fore arm along side the stock or you could get some powder burns from the vent. Happened to me a couple of times in the excitement of a hunt. My battery consists of mostly left hand flint lock rifles now, pistols are mixed.