Left handed rifle for right handed shooter

[cameronwilliams13]

I'm looking to buy a muzzle loader and had some one offer a thompson 50 cal. It looks great the only thing is that it is a left handed cap lock. Do you think it would be a problem because i am right handed?

 

[azmntman]

I shoot left handed and MOST of mine are right handed and I do OK.

 

[bubba.50]

i'm terminally left-handed but all my guns are right-handed. only problem I ever have is if I forget to wear long sleeves to the range.

 

[necchi]

bubba,,
Encourage him to buy the rifle,,
Then trade.

 

[bubba.50]

lol necchi. after about 40yrs of shootin' these things I finally rewarded myself & bought an actual left-hand Renegade. first & only left-hander for me 'cause it felt totally foreign & I couldn't get used to it at all. felt like everything was in the wrong place. just like with usin' scissors, I decided to stick with what'd been workin' all these years.

 

[Don Steele]

A "wrong-handed" caplock won't cause any problems.
I'm left-handed, been shooting a right hand T/C "Hawken" caplock for nearly 40 yrs with no issues.
That said...(for me at least...) a "wrong-handed" FLINTLOCK is proving to be a disaster..!! :surrender:

 

[mooman76]

If it's a good deal, I'd buy it. For one thing there are plenty of left hand shooters out there having a hard time finding left hand ML's and you could resell or trade it.

 

[Idaho Elk Hunter]

I am left handed and have shot RH guns forever and I have shot a ton of semi-auto shotgun in field and never even notice it.
I shot RH muzzleloaders for over 30 yrs before I bought a LH TC Renegade 54. Never had any issues at all using right side locks shooting left handed.

 

[54ball]

I'm looking to buy a muzzle loader and had some one offer a thompson 50 cal. It looks great the only thing is that it is a left handed cap lock. Do you think it would be a problem because i am right handed?

Pass and buy a proper rifle...for you. Unless it's a Offer you can't refuse type deal like cheap cheap.

Really it should be no trouble to shoot but since you're a right hander, just get a right handed gun and be done with it.

LH guns are hard to find when don't have one and hard to sell when you do.

 

[Dean2]

I am a lefty, I don't like shooting RH cap locks and will NOT shoot RH flintlocks. If it is cheap enough you can buy and resell for a profit I say go ahead, as a shooter, RH ones are very easy to come by. Despite other posts, I have never had any trouble selling used LH guns and they usually go for a premium over their RH counterparts.