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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: duckhunter on April 16, 2011, 10:48:32 PM

Title: safety on gun from left to right handed
Post by: duckhunter on April 16, 2011, 10:48:32 PM: i have remington model 7600 pump 30-06 that is left handed and get the different stock and everything for it i just cant figure out how to change my safety from right handed to left as i got it from my grandpa who was left handed. has anyone ever changed a guns safety from right to left handed? did you buy a kit or what? any ideas would be great
Title: Re: safety on gun from left to right handed
Post by: vmkeith on April 17, 2011, 05:07:47 AM: I'm a left handed shooter, and the only gun I've owned that I changed from righty to lefty was my Winchester Model 1400 Ranger 12ga. All I needed to do with that was buy a new trigger group for LH shooters...any possibility of doing that with your Remy?
Title: Re: safety on gun from left to right handed
Post by: vmkeith on April 17, 2011, 09:13:32 AM: sorry for the multiple, and identical, posts. The network I was on kept giving me error pages :dunno: and I kept trying to post my reply.
Title: Re: safety on gun from left to right handed
Post by: boots on April 17, 2011, 06:27:51 PM: Some firearms are built to have a reversible safety and others aren't. I have not heard of any aftermarket drop-in kits that allow for reversing a safety. Have you looked for a manual online?
Title: Re: safety on gun from left to right handed
Post by: 700xcr on April 17, 2011, 09:05:00 PM: Quote from: duckhunter on April 16, 2011, 10:48:32 PM
i have remington model 7600 pump 30-06 that is left handed and get the different stock and everything for it i just cant figure out how to change my safety from right handed to left as i got it from my grandpa who was left handed. has anyone ever changed a guns safety from right to left handed? did you buy a kit or what? any ideas would be great
Midway Usa sells them.
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=463939 (http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=463939)
Title: Re: safety on gun from left to right handed
Post by: sakoshooter on April 17, 2011, 09:44:38 PM: You should be able to buy a RH trigger group direct from Remington, knock out the two pins and drop in the new set up.