Historical accuracy of left handed rifle

[sf180a]

I am wondering if left handed guns are historically accurate for the colonial era.

 

[Firelock937]

Left handedness in general is not h/c. I don't think many were made at all. I am a left handed shooter, but also always interested in historically correct flintlocks. Shooting r/h guns has never really bothered me, but over the years I have had a couple l/h guns.
Historically correct was always important to me, and the l/h guns just didn't make that much difference for my actual shooting that it out weighed the not h/c. To me it wasn't worth the cost of having a l/h gun just for shooting that I didn't consider h/c.
You should shoot some l/h flintlocks if you can and see how it is for you. Other left handed shooters have commented on other threads how awful shooting a r/h rifle is. They don't bother me at all. You should see where you fall on the spectrum.

 

[Cruzatte]

I've seen a few, very few. In Kevin Gladysz's book on French trade guns there are actually two he photographed and described. And there may be one in Joe Kindig's Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in its Golden Age. (I'm working from memory, here.)

 

[earlwb]

Left handed firearms are just as accurate as right handed firearms. The barrel is the same on both except for the ignition location.

 

[Eterry]

I don't see the need for 2 threads by the same author on the same subject here. I'll lock this one.