# Why is there no option to hold weapons left handed? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 4, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-is-there-no-option-to-hold-weapons-left-handed/112202 "2015-01-04T16:57:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pudoo](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@Pudoo](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Pudoo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-is-there-no-option-to-hold-weapons-left-handed/112202/1 "2015-01-04T16:57:03Z")
[http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield4/comments/2rb755/why\_is\_there\_no\_option\_to\_hold\_weapons\_left\_handed/](http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield4/comments/2rb755/why_is_there_no_option_to_hold_weapons_left_handed/) ---
**Author:** ![JBSTAH](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@JBSTAH](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/JBSTAH)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-is-there-no-option-to-hold-weapons-left-handed/112202/2 "2015-01-04T17:19:58Z")
All the bullet casings come out of the right sides of the weapons, making it dangerous to fire left handed. ---
**Author:** ![Pudoo](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@Pudoo](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Pudoo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-is-there-no-option-to-hold-weapons-left-handed/112202/3 "2015-01-04T17:27:23Z")
But its even more dangerous to miss if you’re not used to shooting right handed, and there are a lot of weapons that can me modified for lefties ---
**Author:** ![evengraves](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@evengraves](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/evengraves)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-is-there-no-option-to-hold-weapons-left-handed/112202/4 "2015-01-04T19:38:01Z")
There’s no stattrak weapons either. ---
**Author:** ![OPERATIONALOPERATOR1](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/3e96dc/32.png) [@OPERATIONALOPERATOR1](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/OPERATIONALOPERATOR1)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-is-there-no-option-to-hold-weapons-left-handed/112202/5 "2015-01-04T19:51:18Z")
Not necessarily dangerous, just slightly painful and uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![yournudieshere](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/db5fbb/32.png) [@yournudieshere](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/yournudieshere)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-is-there-no-option-to-hold-weapons-left-handed/112202/6 "2015-01-04T22:34:28Z")
Except there plenty of people in the Army who fire all categories of weapons left-handed. ---
**Author:** ![kudakitsune](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@kudakitsune](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/kudakitsune)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-is-there-no-option-to-hold-weapons-left-handed/112202/7 "2015-01-05T00:50:41Z")
Most important in any shooting I would say is eye dominance. It’s easier to train the muscle memory to use a non dominant hand than it is to try and switch which eye is dominant. Most people are right hand and right eye dominant, but there are of course left and left as well as the unfortunate few who have left and right who have to figure out what solution is best. I think if there was an option for this the HUD might be in the way if it just switches hands, but an entire mirror flip may work better and should really be possible, but my guess is that it’s overlooked because it’s a minority of players that would use it. If you’re on PC maybe there’s a mod? ---
**Author:** ![smouy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@smouy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/smouy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-is-there-no-option-to-hold-weapons-left-handed/112202/8 "2015-01-07T19:27:06Z")
This is true but people still do it in the military.