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Posted: 1/22/2003 10:43:53 AM EDT
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Hi all, I have recently purchased a preban Colt AR15 sportster 2 and I discovered that it lacked the shell casing delector. Will this be a hazard for left hand shooters? IE getting a hot shell casing in the face? PS: I'm right handed shooter |
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Usually there is no problem. There used to be a black plastic defelctor lefty's could use on the range when qualifying with their M16A1s. The device would 'snap-in' under the charging handle. However even using an upper with a brass deflector is no guaruntee. My M4 has a deflector and I've tossed hot brass down the back of my neck a couple of times when I've practiced shooting lefty. Some of it has to do with how you hold the rifle in relation to your body. |
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Hey, now! I shoot rifles southpaw-style, since my R. eye is for crap, and my left is Master. I hold pistols to this eye also, though my grip is right-handed. I love my Bushmaster, since it kicks spent brass out at about a 110 degree angle from the barrel, hence, to my ESE and well away from my bod. VMATCH RULES! Of course, now I need a VMatch Carbine....this hobby just never ends! First Glocks, now THESE! I will now quitmybitchin. Regards, FastVFR800 |
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Your concern about left handed shooters and a Colt SP1 is something I can relate to. I have been shooting one, a 20", for a few months now. The brass will ocasionally hit my right cheek when firing left handed. This only happens when shooting from the standing position with a nose to charging handle cheek weld. With my face farther back it does not happen, and has never happened when shooting from the bench. When the brass does hit my face it is a slight glancing contact and does no dammage. It has not been enough of a bother to cause me to want to install a deflector. The SP1 is so much fun that my post-ban H-Bar does not get much use now. |
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Ahhhh yes, the good old days. Waaay back in basic training, we were learning what they called the "quick fire technique" (I think I remember this right, anyway, this is my story and I am sticking to it). I was wearing a T-shirt, fatigue shirt, field jacket and web gear when it happened to me on the range. Hot brass got between my T-shirt and me. I must have been a sight to the drill instructors trying to keep my M-16 pointed down range while trying to keep the brass from cooking my back. I had burns from my neck to my waist. They said they thought I'd been shot. They secured my weapon and we got my stuff removed in record time. The medics thought it was funny. I did not. Before there were brass deflectors (the plastic kind) I use to come back from the range with half a black face from the brass bouncing off my right cheek. I almost bought a left-handed DPMS, but the new "built in deflector" seems to work fine. I am in my right mind though, I think. Sam |
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Quoted: Hey, now! I shoot rifles southpaw-style, since my R. eye is for crap, and my left is Master. I hold pistols to this eye also, though my grip is right-handed. I love my Bushmaster, since it kicks spent brass out at about a 110 degree angle from the barrel, hence, to my ESE and well away from my bod. I'm right (or is it left?) there with ya, bud. It'll be fun when I start doing "rifle to sidearm" drills...I'll be going from "strong" side to "strong" side! It's a built-in advantage! |
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