Re weapon request: This is a tougher one. Or the image was drawn from a mirrored source. It could roundly be described as a modern, pistol caliber SMG. That is configured for left handed operation. To which I am aware of 1 that has ever been produced. By the Nazi's, in WWII. If anybodys got a guess I would like to know.
It's also got picatinny/weaver rail all over it, which, I think, is a far better clue than handedness, especially how handedness is almost a trivial factor with modern manufacturing.
It's also got picatinny/weaver rail all over it, which, I think, is a far better clue than handedness, especially how handedness is almost a trivial factor with modern manufacturing.
I wish that were the case, as do a lot of left handed shooters. The reality is to add MIL-STD rails to really anything simply requires the threading of some drilled holes. Or at most the setting of little threaded blocks into the moldings. Designing a left handed ejection weapon on the other hand typically requires an entire ground-up redesign to the point they are often considered new weapons. Only with the simplest of simple strait-blowback pistols can you just mirror the design. Or if a weapon was initially designed as ambidextrous which typically comes with some short-comings due to that design choice. I'll offer this as a pretty good example. Take John Brownings Model of 1911, possibly the most well known handgun here in America, also know as the venerable Government Model. The patents have expired and anyone can make one however they see fit. Why are so few of them made as left handed models when those that are made are backordered for years in advance and sell for ridiculous premiums. Because it shares 0 parts, machining or manufacturing processes with a standard model. Of the ~50 distinct parts that constitute your standard 1911 a truly left handed model is going to share about 2-4 of those parts. And thats including sights and magazine. And it gets way way worse the more technical the weapon. A running joke I've heard before is that the next newly designed long weapon that will be comfortable for left handed shooters will be a directed energy weapon.
So from a materials manufacturing perspective it may seem trivial, the truth is that it is anything but.
You're overthinking my reply, I just meant that it's not likely a WW2 vintage firearm.
Oh my bad man, I didn't see any mention of WWII, just the part about the rails and 'trivial handedness'. And in my original comment I specifically stated I thought the one portrayed was a modern design. I really just added the part about the World War 1 as kind of flavor text and I guess a bit of a reference to how exceedingly rare true lefties are.
Edit: I prefer to think of it less as overthinking something but just thinking.