Left Handed 10/22 . . . MERGED THREADS

[Captain America]

Pricey but interesting...

https://www.ruger.com/micros/customShop/31110.html

 

[wolfee]

I assume the left handed option will spread to other variations. Isn't that logical? Wasn't the real impediment to making this rifle the left handed magazine, and all the confusion/liability issues it might cause?

 

[RSIno1]

..... left handed magazine, and all the confusion/liability issues it might cause?

I'm certain the lawyers figured out a warning to stamp on the barrel along with the other paragraph of text. The only problem is they are getting so many warnings etched/stamped/molded onto their guns you'll need a magnifying glass to read them.
I'd think with todays manufacturing process it was as simple as mirroring the right hand parts to produce left handed ones.

 

[NH Rugerman]

I wonder how long it will be before they come out with a standard 10/22 in left hand, i doubt they made the investment to sell just a few custom shop rifles….but i am sure they want to sell SOME before letting folks know that they are going to sell them much cheaper…

 

[woodsy]

Sorry, but that magazine is not compatible with the regular mags. Kinda sinks it for me. Plus, the pics show the cheek rest (on the stock) for both left and right configurations. Unless that means it is an ambidextrous stock. I have a regular 10/22 which I shoot left-handed, with no complaints.

 

[hittman]

I’m a lefty but have been shooting “right handed” 10/22s now since the mid 1970s.

For an MSRP of TWICE what I think it’s worth ….. I’ll pass.

 

[Pat-inCO]

Ditto on left handed.
I started shooting 10/22s in '66 and I have yet to find any problem with that.
Then add in the extra cost and I'll echo . . . . not for me.

 

[Mobuck]

This will make the SxS 'Gatling Gun' conversion kit more symmetrical.

 

[Ethang]

I am not as interested in a LH 10/22 as I am a left hand bolt gun. A true mirror image left hand AR15 rifle would interest me due to the gas from the ejection port though...

 

[toysoldier]

This is a truly tremendous event! An actual, honest-to-goodness left-handed semi-auto .22! Semi-auto .22's have been around for more than a century, but this is the first time a manufacturer has recognized this unfilled market.
So much for the enthusiasm. Let's see if they offer something more affordable. How many variations will they offer? Takedown? International? Will it be like bolt-gun manufacturers who, if they offer a LH model, only offer one model in one of 4 common calibers? What aftermarket gear is compatible? I want one, but I want answers first.

 

[NikA]

I am not as interested in a LH 10/22 as I am a left hand bolt gun. A true mirror image left hand AR15 rifle would interest me due to the gas from the ejection port though...

Stag LH uppers are pretty close except the ejection port cover flips up instead of down. Lower controls are pretty easy to convert to ambi versions in most cases.

 

[Ethang]

I am not as interested in a LH 10/22 as I am a left hand bolt gun. A true mirror image left hand AR15 rifle would interest me due to the gas from the ejection port though...

Stag LH uppers are pretty close except the ejection port cover flips up instead of down. Lower controls are pretty easy to convert to ambi versions in most cases.

Yup. That is why I would like a true mirror image LH.

 

[Jeepnik]

As a southpaw I congratulate Ruger. But as a consumer I have to condemn then for an over priced ripoff.

 

[kmoore]

I am LH and some shotguns and rifles can be a problem when cases eject. Handguns, I never found one that creates that problem. The problems can be the cases hit the right side of your face or the gases are released near your eyes and face. Some say cases flying out cause a distraction.
Shooting a few thousand rounds using a 10-22 left handed those are not problems for a lefty. I also shoot ARs and own 3. all mine have ambi controls. Only the 1st gen. ARs had cases hitting the right side of my face and that was a distraction.
I competed in high power rifle, shooting my NM M1, several NM M14's and my NM AR15. and in those events it was not really a problem.
I can see in a speed competition have ambi controls would matter, maybe ejecting case out the left help some from being distracted. The gas thing is taken care of by wearing shooting glasses, we all should wear safety glasses when shooting anyway. If they come out with a LH 10-22 in the same price range as the other basic 10-22s I might want one. But I am not spending that high of price when the tried and true old style work for a lefty just fine.
In my gun safe I have 100% LH rifles and one LH 870. But also many right handers that I shoot.

 

[Jeepnik]

The only reason a left handed person would use a right handed weapon when a left handed one is available is that they believe the nonsense the gun press puts out about left handed guns not being necessary.

I'd like to force these fools to use my left handed guns only for a few years. Imagine the outcry.

 

[gunzo]

The lefty Comp model from the custom shop has the same retail of the right hand model. I don't shoot left handed, but I sill give them a thumbs up for making one & pricing it the same.

 

[Kevin]

I’m extremely left handed. So much that I cannot do very much with my right hand at all. I would love one of these. I’ve got a custom Cooper in left handed (bolt) and a Savage bolt action rifle. They are so nice and comfortable.

It’s very nice to see companies making left handed guns that don’t cost as much as custom guns.

 

[kmoore]

Jeepnik, which left handed guns are you speaking of and the right handed ones that cannot work. I know there are some right handed rifles and shotguns that don't work well, but many do. The location of the safety is a big deal. I am taking the wide view of all rifles/shotguns and action styles. Just asking it's really no big deal as much as it is what you prefer.

 

[AKDRSS]

I'll pass. Ruger is way to late to this game. I bought a left hand semi auto built by Savage about 6 years ago for less than $200. It is accurate and operates perfectly on mini mags.

 

[SGW Gunsmith]

The lefty Comp model from the custom shop has the same retail of the right hand model. I don't shoot left handed, but I sill give them a thumbs up for making one & pricing it the same.

^^^^^Spot ON! And besides, MSRP is never the same as the so called "street, or gun shop prices", that is, unless you shop on Rodeo Drive in LA. :shock:

 

[Ale-8(1)]

Nice article on it in the October issue of the American Rifleman. :mrgreen:

 

[hittman]

I’m in my 60s now and have shot “right handed” guns my entire life. I suppose to many of us left-handers the gun wasn’t left or right handed ….. it just was what it was and you learned to use it.

Over a year ago I bought a Glock 19x. The ambi-slide release is handy. I did switch the mag release to left handed and it honestly took some practice to get used to it.

Last week I bought a Glock 17 gen 5 and will probably switch the mag release on it too; now that I’m used to it.

I’m still undecided if I’ll switch around the PC Carbine. There’d be a new learning curve on that one too.

 

[Jeepnik]

Pricey, but I will buy one. Why? I'm a southpaw. There have been attempts at left handed firearms over the years. Most have failed because the left handed community failed to support the effort. Think Randall. My stag came as a leftie and all of the controls work just fine. Charter Arms has their nifty little .38 Southpaw.

So my suggestion is this. If you want left handed guns buy them when they are produced. Don't remain brainwashed by the right handed folks who tell you that you don't "need" a left handed firearm. Imagine the uproar if all magically only left handed firearms could be produced. Why the roughly 80% of the world would be crying the blues.

 

[Johnnu2]

READ the American Rifleman article (this month). LOTS of good rationale for the new version 10/22... p.s. they feel the price will be significantly less on the street.

J.

 

[Jeepnik]

READ the American Rifleman article (this month). LOTS of good rationale for the new version 10/22... p.s. they feel the price will be significantly less on the street.

J.

Considering the current price gouging on firearms I do believe the person that wrote that for American Rifleman needs to go to drug rehab. The psychedelics have mushed his brain.

 

[Johnnu2]

READ the American Rifleman article (this month). LOTS of good rationale for the new version 10/22... p.s. they feel the price will be significantly less on the street.

J.

Considering the current price gouging on firearms I do believe the person that wrote that for American Rifleman needs to go to drug rehab. The psychedelics have mushed his brain.

Upon careful consideration, I believe you're correct Jeepnik..... WHAT was I thinking :-(

J.

 

[Ale-8(1)]

Yep, they are pricey. But ya need to remember that they are of the Competition variety with several features to qualify them as such. Also, note that they are priced the same as the right-hand version so there's no "left-hand penalty" as you see with many other guns.

Granted, the $899 MSRP price is double (or more) the price of the more pedestrian standard models. They are definitely not an everyday plinker.

 

[woodsy]

READ the American Rifleman article (this month). LOTS of good rationale for the new version 10/22... p.s. they feel the price will be significantly less on the street.

J.

Considering the current price gouging on firearms I do believe the person that wrote that for American Rifleman needs to go to drug rehab. The psychedelics have mushed his brain.

I agree. I would be willing to bet (with money) that my little SS carbine with plastic stock (right hand version, though I shoot lefty) would give it a run for its money (partly because I installed a peep sight). But the bet would have to be real time, though not during this virus.