Right hand left eye

VNVGUNNER · Jun 16, 2008

I have found that I am left eye dominate, but have always shot right handed.
Should I start shooting left handed ? Or try and train my right eye ?
No problem with a rifle, howitzer, or RPG, just handgun.

SoMDGuy · Jun 16, 2008

VNVGUNNER said:
I have found that I am left eye dominate, but have always shot right handed.
Should I start shooting left handed ? Or try and train my right eye ?
No problem with a rifle, howitzer, or RPG, just handgun.

I am also cross-dominant. I find that this is less a problem with handguns, since I can get a sight picture with my left eye by cocking my wrist a little. It's a real pig with rifles, though, as my right eye has been getting progressively weaker. I used to be able to close my left eye and shoot righty, but I lose the ability to focus after about 10 minutes now, doing that. I'll be retraining to shoot lefty now, which ought to be amusing to bystanders. The selfloaders shouldn't be too inconvenient, the bolt guns will be, and I suspect the K31 will be a royal PITA. I'm just thankful I didn't invest in a bullpup.

joppaj · Jun 16, 2008

I'm the same way and still shoot right handed. It's really not that hard to learn, but they caught mine very soon after I started shooting pistols so I didn't have years of learned behaviors to overcome.

Spot77 · Jun 16, 2008

Im right handed and have always been left eye dominant. It's never been a problem with handguns.

It's HARD to retrain yourself to shoot with the opposite hand; I've been working on this to shoot rifles.

Jaybeez · Jun 16, 2008

Wear an eyepatch over your left eye when you shoot.

Or just learn to shoot with both eyes open.

Or just dont worry about it, and shoot cross dominate.

I'm cross dominate, but because of the way i shoulder a rifle, i automatically sight with my right eye. Its only handgun shooting i have a problem with. I have a friend that shoots cross too, he's alot faster and more accurate than most people.

squirrels · Jun 16, 2008

Both my friend and I are cross-eye dominant. He shoots left-handed, I shoot right-handed. He insists that I should shoot lefty to get my best sight-picture, but my right eye works well enough and shooting lefty just seems so...retarded to me. BTW, I shoot just as good, if not better, than he does. Not perfect, but within minute-of-badguy.

It's neat as shit when you use an ACOG. Trijicon says the Bindon Aiming doesn't work with cross-eye dominant people...since the dominant eye isn't on the optic your vision doesn't "switch back" to the magnified view when you stop moving the rifle.

This can be a GOOD thing. Since the reticle is still superimposed over your "good eye" picture, the ACOG can be used as a close-quarters optic by cross-eye dominant people. It's off by a little bit because of the distance between the two eyes, but not by enough to matter at close range. And if I WANT the full magnified picture, I just close my "good eye".

Now if you want MATCH accuracy, that's where I don't know if the benefits of using the "good eye" outweigh the awkwardness of switching to the "bad hand".

Houndkeeper · Jun 16, 2008

I am too. I have never fired a long gun before so I can't put in my 2 cent on that but my cross dominant hand gun shooting, while it still needs alot of work, doesn't seem to be ill effected by it.

novus collectus · Jun 16, 2008

VNVGUNNER said:
I have found that I am left eye dominate, but have always shot right handed.
Should I start shooting left handed ? Or try and train my right eye ?
No problem with a rifle, howitzer, or RPG, just handgun.

This is a possibility: http://books.google.com/books?id=iP...ian&sig=qgV-m0NFH4Sk349FyT2WMVa5_aI#PPA427,M1
Scroll up a page for the description.

Drmsparks · Jun 16, 2008

I'll put clear tape on the left eye of my shooting glasses. It blurs the vision enough that the right eye takes over.

3rdRcn · Jun 16, 2008

Shoot with your dominant eye from your normal pistol stance, just modify it a bit. This would be much easier then teaching the old dog new tricks.

trapture · Jun 17, 2008

Dang there is a lot of us here, both my friend and I are left eye dominant and right handed. If anyone wants to try out a left handed AR, I own one due to my left Eye Dominance. After all these years shooting left handed it just feels weird to shoot right. This is why I like / use bolt actions and my lever action. No problem with the garand, it ejects straight up.

VNVGUNNER · Jun 17, 2008

3rdRcn said:
Shoot with your dominant eye from your normal pistol stance, just modify it a bit. This would be much easier then teaching the old dog new tricks.

I think that is what I'll try first.

sailor · Jun 25, 2008

cross dominant

I have a scratch on the lens in my right eye- and I am right handed.

I shoot pistol right handed with the left eye- no problem.

I was at NRA school and they were adimant- shoot rifle left handed.
I have a bolt rifle, and tried it. WOW!!

My scores really went up, and I was much more comfortable. Not a problem at all.

I did put some clear scotch tape on my right eyeglass lens- it 'fogged' it up and so my eyes worked without strain.

Try it- you will find it easier than you think!!

3rdRcn · Jun 25, 2008

VNVGUNNER said:
I think that is what I'll try first.

I was just teaching a guy the other day that had your same problem VNV, he did quite well shooting right handed with his left eye. I wouldn't suggest doing that with a rifle but with a pistol I think it will work for ya. Did you try it yet?

Arcticwolf · Jun 25, 2008

i'm just flat out a lefty and i find it a little easier to shoot bolt guns made for right handed people, that is as long as there is no scope

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