A modern bolt-action should be instantly convertible from right to left-hand operation. About one customer in six is left-handed, and should not need to put in for special consideration.Altogether an excellent idea, a bolt that converts from left to right-handed operation. With one left-handed son and several southpaw grandsons, this is a wonderful idea. I'm not sure how the engineering would work out, but I like the ideal.
The modern bolt-action should feature a rotary box magazine with a shoulder detent to avoid masking soft-point spitzers flat while waiting their turn. (Personally, I would prefer something on the order of Savage 99, but the Mannlicher-type - if made of steel - would do as well.)Really? A rotary magazine? I didn't know that Cooper was a fan.
I also have been thinking about the modern bolt action rifle lately, so I thought I'd look to the guru to make sure that I am on firm ground. If you're interested, the online compilation of Cooer's Commentaries can be found here.
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I believe - could be wrong - that it was Cooper who dismissed DA/SA pistols as 'a brilliant solution to a nonexistent problem.' History seems to have applied the same putdown to the Scout Rifle concept.
Interesting concept, but I don't see how you could do that with a bolt action... Strength and the downturn on the bolt would prevent it, unless it was a straight pull bolt. But then the alignment... Ah... I'm gonna leave that one alone.
3-lugs, 60-degree lift. You would need to make the bolt handle removable on a double set of screw holes. Mirror the bolt handle slots.
Doable.
I'm left handed, and the K-31 has a fine adapter for left handers. It is the reason I went to that rifle in the first place,as it's more awkward shooting the stock K-31 left handed than it is shooting the Mosin-Nagant with the straight bolt or any other straight bolt boltie left handed.
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