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A question for the cognoscenti here. I'm mildly looking for a light LH 20 autoloader. All I'm able to find are fairly rare Rem 1100s, TriStar Vipers and modern Berettas & Benelli's. Did anybody else ever venture down this path? any Spaniards, Italians or Turks? SKB makes a modern lefty but only in 12, as does Fabarm. Anybody else?

Most common I see are Remington and Benellix, depending on how old you are.

In 20 gauge LEFT HAND semi-autos, you have only one choice— the Benelli M-2 lefty. It’s very light and basically a Montefeltro with a slight step rib. They are bulletproof guns, shoot clean and last forever. The Remington 1100’s in left handed 20’s are built on a 12 gauge frame, are heavy and insanely expensive these days. I’ve owned lots of them and they are extremely soft shooting and everyone shoots an 1100 well!

The Beretta A400 Xplor comes in lefty and 20 gauge, 28 gauge too, if you are into that sort of thing.

It don’t come easy, though.

A 20 gauge 1100 LT All Weather is my training gun at the moment, but, it is right handed, like I am trying to convince myself I am, with shooting, anyway. Ugly as a manure fence in a hailstorm, but, yes, very easy to shoot well.

Best,
Ted

Lloyd,
Just a thought, but, you could slip a lefty Remington safety into a right handed 1100 20 gauge LT, the lighter, more svelte version of the 20 gauge. I shot a right handed 1100 12 gauge for years with one of those safety buttons installed, and it worked OK.

The only problem is Remington 1100s, especially in sub gauge, are priced like precious metals futures, not shotguns. This seems to be a recent phenomenon, by the way.

Good luck,

Best,
Ted

I bought a REM 1100 youth model for my son, right handed left eye dominate like all 3 of my children, used with the safety already converted 20 years ago. He progressed to my Browning BPS 12 that with tang safety and bottom ejection is truly ambidextrous. He still shoots it occasionally but mostly my doubles on doves. He has a true left handed Benelli that he shoots for ducks and geese. Bet they make a 20 as well.

I would go with a 20 ga. Benneli 26" barrel...why because a 26" auto is about the same over all length as a 30" SxS

Joe, you're probably right. Did find one other, the Hatsan Escort but....no longer making them.

http://lefthandfirearms.com/firearms/hatsan-escort-supreme-magnum-semi-auto-left-handed-shotgun/

It's just as well. Considering our present ammo (and other) challenges, I'd likely not have much regular use for it.

I'm left handed but if I bought one at this point in my life I would buy a right hand Benneli and flip the safety.

Why because I likely wouldn't shoot it much and it looks like my grandkids are all right handed.

I hunted with one of the 20 gauge ultralight Montefeltro’s on covey birds.
Carbon fiber rib, synthetic camo stock, 26 inch barrel, about 5 1/2 pounds.

You just cannot beat those ultralight shell scatterers for getting on birds and wreaking havoc on the flush.
You can empty the magazine into the flock before they get 15 yards out.

But, there’s always the risk of the Benelli click. Which happened a couple of times to me and I know about it to start.

You got a twang ‘em like a guitar string.

If I wanted steel ready, maximum fire power in the shortest period of time, and didn’t care about trash in the woods, I’d drag one through the dirt.