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t_kothmann  [Member]
4/19/2012 11:17:39 AM
I bought a NSX this week. I feel ridiculous having a $2k scope sitting on a 600 dollar savage that shoots approx 1 moa. I have wanted a custom gun for a while and want the gap crusader but their custom action, as most I'm finding, are not a left handed situation. So what are my options here. What would the left handed Internets do? Have a smith blue print a 700, install a nice BBL and send it to me and let me finish the rest? I'm pretty handy. What does that kind of thing cost vs a crusader. Do you have to have an action already or do a lot of these smiths get new UN-barreled actions? who would/Have you guys used?
any lefties out there?

What I want
22"
1:10
threaded for my cyclone
308
1/2 ish moa
snaggletooth1925  [Team Member]
4/19/2012 1:11:11 PM
Quick google search came up with these:
Surgeon
Stiller
Borden
Defiance Machine
t_kothmann  [Member]
4/19/2012 4:02:23 PM
yeah i had looked at those sites already and it looks like defiance is the only one with a true left handed action the rest only have left bolt right eject if they have anything in left handed.

I guess what i was getting at originally was what are other lefties doing? Savages like me?
Those surgeons are gorgeous.
RUM  [Team Member]
4/20/2012 12:13:32 AM
BAT machine makes some excellent lefty actions to, you can also get the ejection port on either side.

I went with a trued lefty 700 in 300RUM

t_kothmann  [Member]
4/20/2012 9:29:56 AM
Where did you get that stock and how long did you have to wait?
RUM  [Team Member]
4/20/2012 11:16:06 AM
Originally Posted By t_kothmann:
Where did you get that stock and how long did you have to wait?


A company named JW precision used to keep mcmillans in stock, in left or right hand. I don't know they still do put I had it in a week.
TomCat0197  [Team Member]
4/20/2012 11:23:57 AM
JW Precision closed its doors last year, but I believe he is still active on the hide.
RUM  [Team Member]
4/20/2012 1:36:16 PM
I hate that, he is good peoples
Gunrinwa  [Team Member]
4/20/2012 6:12:25 PM
I ended up buying a savage left hand .243 win blind mag with a cool lam stock on sale at Cabelas. I'm either going with an Ebaco 260 remington barrel or .308 win. 20". Poor lefty custom. I got a left hand tactical bolt knob from Midway. I'll put some good glass on it and shoot.
larrythetuna  [Team Member]
4/21/2012 8:56:13 AM
There is a guy on here that goes by Hardrock. He is left handed and the owner and gunsmith of EFI,LLC. I should be getting my left handed .338lm that is built around a left handed TAC 338 receiver. The main builds very,very accurate rifles semi or bolt.