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As another lefty who grew up shooting right-handed rifles, it took me some years to realize there -were- left-handed bolt-actions. I simply adjusted, and went with the flow.

At the moment, I only have two left-handed rifles in my safe, but quite a few "righties." In some cases, I actually find the right-handed rifles easier to shoot, as I never have to break my shooting grip or trigger position.

As for the Ruger rifles, looking at their website, the American and American Rimfire appear to have identical tang-mounted safeties. I am -guessing- they're both cock-on-open rifles as well; ie, the action of raising the bolt handle charges the firing pin. Not sure about take-down/bolt removal, but it's -probably- accomplished in similar fashions for both rifles.