Sold my car, got a new gun!

[Simonix]

Managed by pure luck to find a left hand stock for sale on ebay complete with palm swell. Feels great to shoot now I dont have to stretch my neck over the comb!

Thought I would post a photo of the new stock fitted next to the old RH stock as I tink I was quite lucky with getting a nicely figured bit of wood too!

 

[ips]

Very nice mate, you have good wood !!

 

[Guerini Guy]

Excellent choice of gun Simon . . . . . . . . but then I would say that wouldn't I ?   :nyam:

 

[westley]

Lovely wood, nice gun. Are you going to park it on the drive or put it the garage ???

 

[Simonix]

Thanks guys!

Westley - I tried parking it on the drive as you can see from the first photos I posted on this thread. General consensus was to put it in a cabinet instead! Haha!

 

[HDAV]

Bit of a risk buying it wrong handed wasn't it or were you planning on changing the stock anyway and just struck lucky?

 

[RobertBeard]

Now you've got the right gun you can't get to the comps any more! :lol:   :lol:

 

[Simonix]

Hdav, ive always shot right handed guns, so if anything, im now having to "get used" to using a LH stock!

I shot ok with it before hitting an average of about 65-70%. However, yesterday with my new stock, I hit a personal best of 48/60 which is 80% I think?!

I can only hope that is a sign of things to come

 

[HDAV]

Hdav, ive always shot right handed guns, so if anything, im now having to "get used" to using a LH stock!

I shot ok with it before hitting an average of about 65-70%. However, yesterday with my new stock, I hit a personal best of 48/60 which is 80% I think?!

I can only hope that is a sign of things to come

Having only shot cast on or LH stocked guns since i changed shoulders and to be honest cant imagine how you coped with a cast off stock...

 

[ips]

Hdav, ive always shot right handed guns, so if anything, im now having to "get used" to using a LH stock!I shot ok with it before hitting an average of about 65-70%. However, yesterday with my new stock, I hit a personal best of 48/60 which is 80% I think?!I can only hope that is a sign of things to come

and some people say it doesnt matter !

 

[EdSolomons]

I'm left handed and shot a R/h gun for years... Nice tool though!

 

[smallbore]

Yep, me too!

 

[Salopian]

Note to all Lefthanders!

Buy a RH gun ( they are cheaper) get used to it .

OR buy a Left handed gun, gundealer says " Unusual Sir , special order plus £300."

Then part exchange gun at a later date, gundealer says "Unusual Sir , not a lot of call for them minus £500 ".

Just get on with it we are all deformed.

 

[HDAV]

Note to all Lefthanders!

Buy a RH gun ( they are cheaper) get used to it .

OR buy a Left handed gun, gundealer says " Unusual Sir , special order plus £300."

Then part exchange gun at a later date, gundealer says "Unusual Sir , not a lot of call for them minus £500 ".

Just get on with it we are all deformed.

Find a new dealer.........

I dispute the cast off are cheaper argument, just more common...... If they didn't need to be "handed" why make them handed??? They would all be just straight ....

 

[Hamster]

Find a new dealer.........

I dispute the cast off are cheaper argument, just more common...... If they didn't need to be "handed" why make them handed??? They would all be just straight ....

I have to hand it to you as you cast a good argument, seriously though Salopian is not saying RH casts are cheaper, just that making LH cast guns adds costs because of its relative market size. 

On the whole I think you should always buy the correct handed gun and don't ever worry about making alterations to make it suit, it makes me laugh when people think twice even about putting a recoil pad on.

 

[ips]

HDAV

spot on my friend if there was no need for rh - lh cast we would indeed all be shooting straight stocks and gun fit would be irrelevant.