I am Left dominant, hand, eye, foot, everything.
when young, I was forced to do most of the usual things [eating, writing, etc.] right handed.
I learned to shoot a rifle right handed because it was a semi-auto.
And, I believe that I was encouraged to do so.
I have always owned a semi-auto, so it has never been an issue, except for having to close my left eye to be able to sight it .
I taught myself to shoot a hand gun left handed in order to to be able to use my left eye for sighting.
It works great!
I'm glad I did it.
I have recently had glaucoma surgery on my right eye.
I put it off so long that there is nerve damage.
I will never be able to sight a rifle with my right eye again.
It was never the best option anyway.
I can hunt with the hand gun,but would like to keep the rifle option open.
So, my main concern is flying brass into my face when shooting the SKS left handed.
It may be an almost non issue.
If I remember correctly, it does fling the brass a bit forward rather than back.
But , there is always that stray that goes somewhere else that concerns me.
Any southpaws here that use right handed semi autos, SKS in particular?
If so, what is your experience with it?
1 more week and we will be starting our trip out of Alaska heading for HI.
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The bringing my firearms to HI has been worked out.
I'll mail the rifles to myself at our storage unit on BI.
My hand gun is going to a FFL in Moses Lake, WA where my son lives.
I'll pick it up there and bring it as checked baggage when we fly over from San Diego.
The only question left is:
Is the arrival of the rifles before I do, and their being there a few weeks before I arrive an issue with the 48hr registration requirement?