Scopes for lefties??
- Thread starter Cornbread
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Ill check them out.
antelopedundee
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I'm a lefty. I like the side focus turret of Leupolds being on the left side. For a scope that has only windage and elevation turrets there's no reason why it can't be mounted with the elevation on the left and windage on top since there's usually the same amount of travel on both. Would be fine for a duplex reticle.
Huntmt28
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Just turn it around 
grizzly63
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I've been shooting right handed rifles left handed so long that its a pretty steep curve shooting a lh rifle now.
antelopedundee
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It's never too late to right a wrong.
Passenger to ticket agent, how do I get to my gate?
Agent, pointing; Go to that sign over there. If you turn left you'll be right. If you turn right, you'll be left.
My scopes have a christmas tree reticle. I only have 2 left-handed bolt action rifles. The rest are BLRs & BARs
antelopedundee
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I offered 2 fixes for scopes for your left hand rifles, I assume they are bolt action. I'm not familiar with other scope brands.
i had a fellow left handed buddy mount his scope 90 degrees so the elevation was on the right and the windage on top. Couldn't figure out why his scope was so hard to zeroJust turn it around
Wind Gypsy
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My one and only Khales scope has windage on the left and parallax on top.
Redmt
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Same here. I bought a left handed Ruger Hawkeye and couldn't get used to it.
BAKPAKR
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At one point, I am pretty sure U.S. Optics had an option of having the parallax adjustment on the right. I don’t know if they still do that, but you might find one on the used market.
antelopedundee
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Why would a left hand shooter want parallax adjustment on the right? Once windage is adjusted it should pretty much be set. If you set parallax at sight in distance, it's the more likely setting that would need to be changed if target distance was appreciably changed from that. Would be easier to do with the left hand IMO.
I could be shooting an elk out to 400 yards with the scope sighted in for 200. Thats why its an adjustable parallax. And its a Browning BLR. I am right handed but left-eye dominant.
antelopedundee
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If you're left eye dominant you probably should have shot from the left side long ago. Unlike a bolt action a lever action really doesn't care which side you shoot from tho the loading port is often on the right. But to each his own.
I have shot on the left side, a bolt action, and a lever action since I was in college. Not my first rodeo. Have thought maybe about shooting a rightie rifle, but the issue is having a parallax knob on the top or right. Im not naturally left handed.
Cap’n Crunch
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I have the same issue. I am ambidextrous but am left eye dominant. I have always shot a right hand rifle left handed. I prefer right hand but shoot better lefty.
I now have a left hand rifle and wished would have switched a long time ago. However the parallax adjustment is a challenge on my vortex scope.
I usually set it and leave but will check it several times during the season. Especially any Antelope hunting. Most other hunts I do are in timber or close quarters so the parallax doesn’t seem to matter?
When I did my research for a scope I considered the adjustment for parallax but quickly noticed my options were poor or non-existent I dropped it as a must have feature.
Have you found you need to adjust the parallax a lot on your current set up?
I now have a left hand rifle and wished would have switched a long time ago. However the parallax adjustment is a challenge on my vortex scope.
I usually set it and leave but will check it several times during the season. Especially any Antelope hunting. Most other hunts I do are in timber or close quarters so the parallax doesn’t seem to matter?
When I did my research for a scope I considered the adjustment for parallax but quickly noticed my options were poor or non-existent I dropped it as a must have feature.
Have you found you need to adjust the parallax a lot on your current set up?
antelopedundee
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I'm not ambidextrous. I can use scissors better with my right hand than with my left. My dad was left handed, but not sure why. Could be I'm a copycat. So I shoot, throw and bat from the left side just like he did. I'm left eye dominant and thus shoot from the left side. Regardless of the type of firearm that you're using, if you have the gun on your left shoulder what could be more simpler than to reach up and adjust parallax on your LEUPOLD scope with your left hand. I guess what works for me doesn't always work for someone else. FWIW have you tried the contacting the Leupold custom shop to see if it's even possible to switch the parallax and windage adjustments?
