Arizona_Mike
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I have taken a strongly left-eye-dominant female friend sooting twice since switching her to shotting a rifle left handed and the difference is like night and day. Very teachable with few bad habbits like most women are and some natural skill there as well.
I've been big on red dots and holographic sites since turning 40 (could shoot all sights equally well in my youth) and she does vey good with them. I had her shooting an AR with a Burris FastFire III on a .83" riser (standard AR height), a Ruger 10/22 with same sight and a M4-style stock and an AR with a Burris 4X illuminated reticle tactical scope. She did great, even with the Burrris which was set way to far back for her length of pull. My late wife was a poor shot with open irons but a little Annie Oakley with ghost rings, so I tend to look a little deeper into the cause of problems. I've seen lots of women who were poor pistol shots but good rifle/carbine shots so when I found my friend to be much better with a handgun than rifle I tried to figure out why and found she was actually using her left eye when shooting a handgun right handed.
She wants a rifle but is short with short T-Rex arms and a large chest and needs a short length of pull and a close far arm position as well and there is just not enough choice in youth bolt guns and I think an AR is perfect for her. I don't see her owning more than one rifle.
So, I've always been of the opinion that if you only own one AR, you should own a mid-length 18"-barrel Recce and I think that would be a good choice for her as long as the barrel is not too heavy. However, I am open to a 16" or even a 14.5" with per-attached flash hider if you can make a good argument. The handguard can be short since she can't reach out that far and that will save more weight. There should probably be red dot with backup sights set up for lower 1/3 co-witness. Am I making good assumptions for her?
What is a good chice of fairly light weight 18" stainless mid-length barrel that is not overgassed? In my experiance, the Sampson Evolution is a pretty darn light handguad and not too meaty, but I can go with an even smaller tube since it will not extend the length of the gas action. What is a good choice?
Left handed upper and BCG is a no-brainer and I know what to get there. For the lower I was thinking of a BAD-ASS safety with the long lever on the "wrong side" and a lower choice with safety markings on both sides. Preferably a lower with a hard stop before the happy position because in my experiance the BAD-ASS will rotate 180 degrees in most lowers and I want to decrease the potential for her to get confused. I have a BAD Lever and a let hand mag release on my main lower but I suspect using modern technique a lefty shooter needs neither. However, is there a same side hold-open/release extention that will put the control closer to her rather short fingers and give her leverage enough to release the slide? What is a good pistol grip for a woman with medium width hands but short fingers?
Mike
I've been big on red dots and holographic sites since turning 40 (could shoot all sights equally well in my youth) and she does vey good with them. I had her shooting an AR with a Burris FastFire III on a .83" riser (standard AR height), a Ruger 10/22 with same sight and a M4-style stock and an AR with a Burris 4X illuminated reticle tactical scope. She did great, even with the Burrris which was set way to far back for her length of pull. My late wife was a poor shot with open irons but a little Annie Oakley with ghost rings, so I tend to look a little deeper into the cause of problems. I've seen lots of women who were poor pistol shots but good rifle/carbine shots so when I found my friend to be much better with a handgun than rifle I tried to figure out why and found she was actually using her left eye when shooting a handgun right handed.
She wants a rifle but is short with short T-Rex arms and a large chest and needs a short length of pull and a close far arm position as well and there is just not enough choice in youth bolt guns and I think an AR is perfect for her. I don't see her owning more than one rifle.
So, I've always been of the opinion that if you only own one AR, you should own a mid-length 18"-barrel Recce and I think that would be a good choice for her as long as the barrel is not too heavy. However, I am open to a 16" or even a 14.5" with per-attached flash hider if you can make a good argument. The handguard can be short since she can't reach out that far and that will save more weight. There should probably be red dot with backup sights set up for lower 1/3 co-witness. Am I making good assumptions for her?
What is a good chice of fairly light weight 18" stainless mid-length barrel that is not overgassed? In my experiance, the Sampson Evolution is a pretty darn light handguad and not too meaty, but I can go with an even smaller tube since it will not extend the length of the gas action. What is a good choice?
Left handed upper and BCG is a no-brainer and I know what to get there. For the lower I was thinking of a BAD-ASS safety with the long lever on the "wrong side" and a lower choice with safety markings on both sides. Preferably a lower with a hard stop before the happy position because in my experiance the BAD-ASS will rotate 180 degrees in most lowers and I want to decrease the potential for her to get confused. I have a BAD Lever and a let hand mag release on my main lower but I suspect using modern technique a lefty shooter needs neither. However, is there a same side hold-open/release extention that will put the control closer to her rather short fingers and give her leverage enough to release the slide? What is a good pistol grip for a woman with medium width hands but short fingers?
Mike
