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WilliamS ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: March 30 2020 Location: Camas WA USA Status: Offline Points: 215 |
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That scene stood out to me as well! I would have thought for sure they wouldn't have allowed left-handedness at that point.
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Goosic ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 12 2017 Location: Phoenix Arizona Status: Online Points: 4898 |
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Alot of snipers of yore were in fact left handed. Retrained to fire right handed and as such became ambidextrous shooters. It paid off in spades for some.
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Shamu ![]() Admin Group ![]() ![]() Logo Designer / Donating Member Joined: April 25 2007 Location: MD, USA. Status: Offline Points: 13005 |
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Right hand was preferred & encouraged, but we had southpaw shouters in matches in the 1960's. To a "Rightie" it looked incredibly uncomfortable & clumsy, but for them it worked. I have a friend thats forced to be cross dominant because of an eye injury to this right eye. He taught himself to shout Southpaw! You should see him a barricade stations! Switch hitter is a valuable skill to gain.
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Goosic ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 12 2017 Location: Phoenix Arizona Status: Online Points: 4898 |
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My dad taught me to shoot ambidextrously. It is a definitive plus when needed.
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Shamu ![]() Admin Group ![]() ![]() Logo Designer / Donating Member Joined: April 25 2007 Location: MD, USA. Status: Offline Points: 13005 |
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Absolutely! The skills of "Rifelry" are being lost.
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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smerdon42 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: February 20 2018 Location: Natick MA Status: Offline Points: 207 |
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hey guys it is not an easy skill to shooot left and right handed. I need to get some more practice on it but when I regularly shot pistol with a buddy of mine who is a federal prison officer I taught him how to shoot both hands with pistol rifle and shotgun . He ended up topping his class in shooting left and right handed .as a young country boy we would shoot from motor cycles so hand to learn left handed .
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britrifles ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 03 2018 Location: Atlanta, GA Status: Offline Points: 2583 |
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I wished I had learned to shoot left handed. I’m left eye dominant and I have to slide my left eye to shoot. My right eye is also much more far sighted.
One of my Dads shooting friends could shoot ambidextrous, when his right eye got tired in a match, he would just switch sides. Rapid fire stages must be difficult left handed!
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25-5 ![]() Special Member ![]() Donating Member Joined: February 19 2013 Location: 1945 Status: Offline Points: 277 |
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Really great thread.
Thanks to Shamu etal.
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For the pikes must be together at the rising of the moon.
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Shamu ![]() Admin Group ![]() ![]() Logo Designer / Donating Member Joined: April 25 2007 Location: MD, USA. Status: Offline Points: 13005 |
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BOTR (Bloke on the Range) gives an
interestingly detailed (& Fugly) bit on the rapid fire for the
Lee-Enfield.
Almost 20 minutes & IMO worth every one of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9raI__rimLc&feature=youtu.be
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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