Lefty Help Please!

[stones]

I got the PC 15-22 this year and haven't had any issues with the brass and I am a lefty, but TC-Accessories makes a brass deflector that clamps to the top rail. I used one on my Colt 22 after it popped hot empty brass straight up and down my neck.

 

[Little Creek]

Hey y'all,

This is my first post here and I need some fairly quick help.

I am planning on purchasing a 15-22 (serial DYX****) for $400 tomorrow. I have read multiple complaints on oob issues with earlier models, and in general it being an issue with 22lr. Being that I shoot left handed this is an obvious concern of mine. So... here are my questions.

1) Will a brass deflector "eradicate" this issue, or at least mitigate my facial deformity in the occurrence of an oob. This vs This?

2) Will religious cleaning of this rifle make a significant difference? I have seen a handful of opinions that the oob is solely caused from neglected cleaning.

3) Are there any other steps I can take to ensure that this is a safe rifle for me to operate, or am I SOL on this one?


Any quick response would be greatly appreciated!

I am LH and have 2 M&P15-22 carbines, in case one breaks or I wear it out. The brass has never hit me in the face. The brass does sometimes land in the crook of my right arm. I could just always wear a long sleave shirt, but it gets hot in the deep south). I put a brass deflector on mine for that reason. I have the solid one. I would suggest the vented one, makes it easier to look into the chamber.

 

[mark32812]

As a left handed shooter, I have not had any trouble with my M&P 15-22, I have owned it for over 2 years and put close to 2K rounds down range with it.

 

[TheMaineEvent]

Lefty shooter with zero issues shooting any AR-type rifle. Buy it, shoot it, and have fun. Easy peasy.

 

[apstang50]

Lefty here. I just got my 15-22 a few weeks ago, and have only put about 300 rounds through it so far. Only issue I've had was one stove pipe. Other then that it has been flawless, and no brass has even come close to my face. I've also shot my stepdads, PX4 storm? 9mm rifle. The only brass that came at me was, what bounced off the wall beside me at the range. If you haven't bought it already. Buy it, shoot it, have fun. It's a great gun!

 

[Targets Guy]

I am a left handed shooter and just want to welcome you to the board.

 

[gman51]

I am a lefty and I also never had a problem with a right hand gun.
Also from what I have read in several reports a cartridge out of chamber has practically no power to it. There is a video showing ammo being run over with a bull dozer and also ammo going off in a fire. Again being out of battery the ammo was not really any concern of being powerful enough to severely hurt someone. Granted anyone shooting should wear good wrap around eye protection as even a spec of material of any kind can cause eye damage.

 

[bobknn]

Hey y'all,

This is my first post here and I need some fairly quick help.

I am planning on purchasing a 15-22 (serial DYX****) for $400 tomorrow. I have read multiple complaints on oob issues with earlier models, and in general it being an issue with 22lr. Being that I shoot left handed this is an obvious concern of mine. So... here are my questions.

1) Will a brass deflector "eradicate" this issue, or at least mitigate my facial deformity in the occurrence of an oob. This vs This?

2) Will religious cleaning of this rifle make a significant difference? I have seen a handful of opinions that the oob is solely caused from neglected cleaning.

3) Are there any other steps I can take to ensure that this is a safe rifle for me to operate, or am I SOL on this one?


Any quick response would be greatly appreciated!

Welcome to the forum. As another left handed shooter I sympathize. I wouldn't expect too many right handed people to understand what it's like to have every tool, every device, work wrong for you. I still hate 3 ring binders 50 years after high school, and scissors are just plain evil. Even my CCP instructor just told me to reverse everything he said. Really helpful(sarcasm intended).
Unfortunately I can't be of any help, except moral support. I'm left handed with right eye dominant. Shooting a rifle for me is embarrassingly comical.
In a left handed world I think right handed people would have the same concerns as you do now.