John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Hey lefties, did you find it necessary to change how the opening lever operates on your shotgun or did you just leave it opening with a push to the right? Im helping a new shooter and teaching a lefty is proving to be challenging. We may just stick with a 97. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I always figured they were made for lefties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Honestly, I never even tried a double. My pard who brought me in is a lefty and uses a 97. Being left handed myself, his schooling me on it was easier. I tend to think that being able to see the port without taking the gun off target while loading or during a hiccup to be an advantage to Southpaws. Having said that, being left handed in a right handed world, ya learn to adapt. My manual of arms with a 1911 is just as good as a righties, the ambi safety just makes it easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Graybeard Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I just use it as is. When someone bends the lever for a right handed person...makes it much harder. I like the lever straight. And I am left handed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullet Hole Kid SASS#81025 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I shoot a box stock ttn and it just feels natural to me, It does open very easily though. I also have a cz hammer coach that is very stiff and I cannot open that with my left thumb. It will need some work.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 1 minute ago, Bullet Hole Kid SASS#81025 said: It will need some work. About every one report that the CZ-USA Hammer Coach gun loosens right up after a couple hundred shots. Just open and close it until the wife threatens to hit you with a frying pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack, SASS #20451 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I am left handed and would NOT consider changing the opening lever on a SXS at all. Works great for a lefty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Easier to push with the left thumb than pulling, at least for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I'm left handed and use it as it on all my doubles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I use my SxSs as is!! It’s just a little practice, (did I say the “p” word?) and you’re running with the best of ‘em!! Even my 10ga Remington works well pushing with the left thumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Hubby said leave it. Right handers have to 'pull' to the right with thumb to open. Lefties just have to PUSH forward with thumb. He feels sxs are more conducive to lefties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Howdy JB. Can't offer any SxS info....... BUT, if your lefty friend goes with a 97, Red Knee is a lefty and is probably one of the best and fastest 97 shooters around. I think he has also produced a video of his technique, which is awesome, to say the least. I've seen Red Knee burn down 4 on 4 in about 2.5 seconds as a lefty. He's part Cherokee and part BORG. Good luck. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 14 minutes ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: Howdy JB. Can't offer any SxS info....... BUT, if your lefty friend goes with a 97, Red Knee is a lefty and is probably one of the best and fastest 97 shooters around. I think he has also produced a video of his technique, which is awesome, to say the least. I've seen Red Knee burn down 4 on 4 in about 2.5 seconds as a lefty. He's part Cherokee and part BORG. Good luck. ..........Widder I'll have to look that up. I love my 97 but could use some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 34 minutes ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: Howdy JB. Can't offer any SxS info....... BUT, if your lefty friend goes with a 97, Red Knee is a lefty and is probably one of the best and fastest 97 shooters around. I think he has also produced a video of his technique, which is awesome, to say the least. I've seen Red Knee burn down 4 on 4 in about 2.5 seconds as a lefty. He's part Cherokee and part BORG. Good luck. ..........Widder I miss seeing Red Knee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Too slow to worry about it.... Texas Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Slim Chance Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I'm a Southpaw and always used it 'as is'. Never felt it was an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needle-Nose-Tom Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I'm a brand new lefty shooter with a CZ hammered classic. Been practicing the T Bone method and it's awesome. Long Hunters slicked it up so it opens right up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 46 minutes ago, Needle-Nose-Tom said: I'm a brand new lefty shooter with a CZ hammered classic. Been practicing the T Bone method and it's awesome. Long Hunters slicked it up so it opens LEFT up. Corrected for context.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Using your left hand to push open the lever is much easier than using your right to pull it. It seems that a lot of guns that are ostensibly right handed in their design are actually easier for lefties to use. The 1911, thumb safety aside, comes readily to mind, as does the SAA when it comes to loading and unloading the things. And given the crazy way we use 97s in this game, basically treating them like fancy single shots, the lefty has an advantage there as well. It is so much easier to toss a shell into the open port with your right hand than it is to go "over the top" with the left. [Assuming you keep your trigger hand gripping the gun.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 Thanks everyone for the advice. I’m going let him experiment with both and see what he prefers. Glad to hear I don’t have to mess with my SxS’s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 i always thought nit would work easier if i was a lefty , i have to pull it they get to push it , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Anyone see what way the lever works on Missouri Lefty's shotgun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cross, SASS #13848 L Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Left my Stoeger just as it came - works fine for me. Yes, I'm left-handed. Also added some polishing, springs & things, and nearly 20 years of shooting it. Been using my 97 more last few years and like it even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El CupAJoe Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Maybe we can get the folks in Italy to make us a right handed '97! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rainmaker, SASS #11631 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Missouri Lefty don't have no lever on his SxS! The dang thing's spring loaded to pop open after two rds! That and he's not human! Whew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpaw Gringo, SASS # 74217 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 As a Southpaw, I much rather push the action lever with my left thumb than having to hook it with a right thumb as right handed shooters do. With practice ether was can be fast. I thought Cowboy type firearms were designed for lefties? All chamber openings and loading gates are right were we can see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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