Help finding a .22

[Porter]

My boss is looking to purchase a .22 for his son for Christmas. His son is left handed and wants a semi auto. Any suggestions? I've read that 10/22's eject at an angle that allows for left handed shooters. Any truth to that? I think he would prefer something designed specifically for lefties though. It would be nice to be able to help the boss out!

 

[dlbleak]

cz makes some lefty stuff. don't know about semi's though.

 

[Go_Ordnance]

Browning semi-autos are bottom ejection.

Remington Speedmaster has a brass deflector.

 

[Gunrunner45]

My son is a lefty and I bought him a 10/22 when he was old enough to shoot. As far as I know he has never had any problems getting hit with brass. He never complained if he did.

 

[claricSTi]

Every rifle I've owned has been right handed. I've never had a problem being hit by brass. Really you can't go wrong with the ruger, if he want's something more modern you could look into 15-22's or modify the 10/22, lord knows there is a boatload of parts for them. I figure if a left handed shooter in the military uses a righty then so can I.

 

[Go_Ordnance]

Every rifle I've owned has been right handed. I've never had a problem being hit by brass. Really you can't go wrong with the ruger, if he want's something more modern you could look into 15-22's or modify the 10/22, lord knows there is a boatload of parts for them. I figure if a left handed shooter in the military uses a righty then so can I.

We had big problems with M16A1's throwing brass down the shirts of left-handed shooters, which is why they added the brass deflector on the A2.

 

[septic_shock]

Every rifle I've owned has been right handed. I've never had a problem being hit by brass. Really you can't go wrong with the ruger, if he want's something more modern you could look into 15-22's or modify the 10/22, lord knows there is a boatload of parts for them. I figure if a left handed shooter in the military uses a righty then so can I.

+1 Not to say that there aren't some semi-autos that cause problems for lefties; I have owned several 10/22's, AK's, and a Sig 522 and have never had problems with spent brass hitting me in the face.