I´m left handed, and I always thought it would be cool to shoot left handed, but as it turned out I can´t. I´m a passable shot with a pistol in my left hand, but I can´t hit the broad side of a barn with a rifle that way. I´ve always shot right handed. If you´re reenacting you will ALWAYS shoot right handed. There is no drill command that allows for left handed shooting, and no unit will let you do it in the ranks. Of course, you´re not actually firing anything, so accuracy is unimportant. I´m leery of shooting any percussion lock from the left because of cap explosion, but obviously others have not had any problem with it. I would advise you, though, to get used to shooting it right handed for no other reason than that´s how they were built to be shot, and were handled historically almost exclusively.