And the way he unslung it on the move was pretty slick too.

Yep, attending organized matches on the clock will do that to a person. ~K

Major vs minor... ;)

yeah, Ian knocked it down by accident! it's possible that the previous group had a problem with the mechanism being stiff/rusty from disuse. there's a reason .45 ACP is popular with silhouette shooters

EdM240B put me on that list man, my bolt skills are trash?

Yes, I screwed up and it cost me time. ~K

Did you get a procedural for it?

I dunnno. I forgot to remove the mag myself and cost myself a bunch of time. ~K

+Yeung Man Kiu No, that’s nothing like a semi auto.

There is no 10 round stripper clip for 303 or 308, all 5s. You're thinking of the SKS strippers

We've seen rimlock more than once at 2g-ACM and in this regard I think I can speak for both Ian and I in that we don't agree with Bloke on this one. ~K

Yep. Blasphemy. Don't agree. ~K

I didn't notice any rimlock, what point does it happen in the video?

James Lai They're not using .303. My comment refers to .303 shooters.

Prubbs good, I thought I was going crazy

John Soh His stance has been that trying to learn two different styles is not a good idea. If you are going to be shooting right handed often just learn right handed. Otherwise left handed will likely be more comfortable.

I swear, Ian's not shooting a bolt action, but a hand-operated semi auto.

As a fellow lefty, my experience is that you can *usually* get around to using a right-handed device with your left hand just as or very nearly as quickly/efficiently as a right-handed person. Some exceptions, of course, like those pesky orange kitchen-scissors.. :D I find that once I start using a device intended for a right-handed guy, it's kinda rough to unlearn the little "tricks" I needed to use it as a lefty if I later on acquire the same device built for a lefty. I guess what I'm trying to say is that if you decide to get a gun set up for a lefty, do it ASAP and expect some initial frustration if you're already accustomed to shooting a righty gun with your left hand.

Really, scissors are horrible with the wrong side. One has to press the handles in a special way and tat gives you blisters very fast. But they are a got think to show other handed persons who don’t understand left versus right problems. Shears are no problem, they are build stiff enough. Other problematic things are turning machines like angel grinders. The sparks only fly away from you using the thing right handed.

I believe there's a Q&A where Ian says that he's been using righty-rifles long enough and frequently enough that he's proficient and comfortable enough with them that he would take a righty over a lefty if offered both. From that I would probably say that your best bet is just to pick one of the two and stick with it, and that practice and experience really makes up for any shortcomings of having a 'wrong-handed' rifle. *HOWEVER* this is if you really want to become proficient using them and operating them at a quick rate, such as for matches; if that's not what you want out of the rifle and you're only going to be casually shooting them at a range, then there's no reason why you should limit yourself to only one kind of rifle. Now, that being said, personally I have two suggestions on how pick a side if you did intend to do so, the first being that if you intend to own or shoot primarily older rifles such as Lees, Mausers and MAS-36, etc, that you'd be better sticking with right-handed rifles. My second suggestion would be that you should try both _for a period of time_ and then pick whichever is most comfortable; there's no point forcing yourself to try to become proficient with righties if fundamentally they aren't for you and you aren't comfortable shooting them. (again I am an amateur and these are only suggestions; I don't want to dictate you you how you should spend your time and money, I just hope I can throw out some thoughts that may help you when you're deciding for yourself)

Thanks for replying. I appreciate that it is in match conditions, I would love to see you both shoot both weapons for a comparison. Thanks for the content keep it coming

Yes.

J Corbett gotcha. Thanks!

It is a 2A, although the difference between the two is merely the rear sight leaf graduations. ~K

Thanks!

+Goetz Liedtke Sometimes stages at 2gacm require transitions and thus a sling is pretty important when that happens. ~K

InRangeTV That makes sense. Now I know why Ian left his off - the third stage was all rifle. I still think using the sling the old-fashioned way might have helped your accuracy.

+gatmanaug No, it really isn’t.