M1A for lefty?

[Friar_Tuck]

I never had a problem shooting my SA M1A 'Super match", brass flew either over or passed my right shoulder, never cauht any hot ones in the teeth or down the shirt

[X-NewYawker]

Nice! That stock was my first choice for a while, but am leaning towards the sage now. Boh improve accuracy greatly but from what I've read the JAE even moreso. But I still think I prefer the look (and the price) of the Sage.

Sage not as good
that's all I'll say

[ChrisDM]

Sage not as good
that's all I'll say

Did you compare their weights? JAE versus Sage I mean? That's about all I haven't been able to compare yet...

[slopoke]

I have a Scout M1A and I also shoot left handed. My M1 ejects the casings in a slightly forward direction. The person who did not like the rifle due to being left handed may have been talking about the Garand. I say this because with open sights it's no big deal for a lefty, but if you intend to mount a scope, for a lefty it might be a problem. All of the scope mounts for a Garand I looked at mounts the scope to the left of the receiver to allow for top loading the rifle. How much of a difference it makes shooting it left handed I personally don't know since I have not tired one with a scope.

[vf111]

I don't shoot left handed but the clip from my Garands will land on my head occasionally - but the sound of the "ping" makes it worth it!

BTW, Boddington would complain about anything that's not lefty specific. And I find him a pretty boring writer and stopped reading his articles a looong time ago.

[cmaher55]

I shoot my M1A lefty (bad right eye) no problems. I've had it for 7 years now and have not once been hit by a case.... My rifle ejects brass to the right and slightly behind me at about the 4 o'clock position in a nice little pile. I scoped it up recently using an ARM's mount and it still ejects to the same place as it did without the scope. I also shoot my Garands lefty with no problems...! I shoot only brass cased ammo in my M1A. Maybe with the steel cases it might be a different story...? And to the guy who thinks M1A's are "only a 2-3 moa rifle" well, maybe in your hands they are...? Regards

[Rob454]

I shoot lefty lots of times. Ive never had a problem with my m14 or any of my rifles. I actually got used to shooting lefty with right hand rifles

[West coast]

I am a left hand shooter and I own a M1A too. Have no problem shooting the rifle as a left hand shooter.