Ray-Vigo
Yankee
I've wanted a flintlock rifle for some years now, but have never found a gun that suits my needs. I'm an avid history buff regarding the guns present in the time of the American Revolution, and really am interested in an eastern-style rifle in the Penn, Virginia, Kentucky, or general southern style. The catch is that I'm left-handed and would be entirely new to muzzleloaders (I've handled them before and generally know how they work, but never have actually used one). I've seen some left-handed guns around like the Lyman Great Plains, but it just doesn't grab me the way the old eastern style guns do. I'd be using it mainly for target practice at the local range. I don't hunt and I don't do reenactment skirmishes or the like.
Is there a left-handed eastern-style long rifle available today at a reasonable, entry-level sort of price?
Failing that my options would be to learn how to shoot right handed (I learned to shoot left handed on a normal, small caliber modern target rifle) or to attempt to shoot a righty gun left-handed.
Any thoughts on these options?
I'm at the point now where I'm just pricing and looking for a potential gun. But I've sort of struck a wall here looking for an eastern-style flintlock that hits the proper price point and is a lefty gun.
Is there a left-handed eastern-style long rifle available today at a reasonable, entry-level sort of price?
Failing that my options would be to learn how to shoot right handed (I learned to shoot left handed on a normal, small caliber modern target rifle) or to attempt to shoot a righty gun left-handed.
Any thoughts on these options?
I'm at the point now where I'm just pricing and looking for a potential gun. But I've sort of struck a wall here looking for an eastern-style flintlock that hits the proper price point and is a lefty gun.