Right handed left eye Dominant

[Peebles24]

So many of you are like this and how much of a disadvantage is it really.

 

[Mark W]

Not a competitive shooter but when I was younger it didn’t seem to an issue. At 52 I’m limited on how much time I can spend behind a scope with one eye closed. My eyes get tired really fast with long strings of fire.

 

[Peebles24]

Mine too probably doesnt help that i had a retinal barricade done on my right eye 7 years ago that still isnt right.

 

[Jet]

So many of you are like this and how much of a disadvantage is it really.

Answer is it depends. For pistol shooting it's really not an issue since it's easy to bring the pistol to the dominant eye.

For rifle, specifically iron sight it depends on how strong your dominant eye is. It's not the same for everyone. With some folks the level of dominance is only minor, others experience a drastic difference. Only way to really tell which is better for you is to shoot similar courses of fire both right and left handed. Let the targets and your level of eye fatigue/strain tell you which is better.

Good Shooting

Rich

 

[Bart B.]

One top ranked high power match rifleman put sight bases offset about 2.5 inches left for both metallic and scope sights. A slight windage zero shift for ranges 200 to 1000 yards.

Won matches and set records so equipped.

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[Peebles24]

I have always just closed my left eye since i started shooting 30+ years ago.

 

[jepp2]

So many of you are like this and how much of a disadvantage is it really.

I am also. I don't even close my left when shooting a scope. I just pay attention to what my right eye is seeing.

 

[Peebles24]

I am also. I don't even close my left when shooting a scope. I just pay attention to what my right eye is seeing.

I have tried that and dont see anything but black through the scope.

 

[K22]

I'm the opposite, left handed and right eye dominant. I'm very comfortable shooting a rifle right handed; it feels natural to me even though I'm left handed.

However it was problematic for me shooting a pistol because I only felt comfortable shooting left handed. Solve the problem by covering my right eye and sighting through the left eye.

 

[JohnKielly]

I know of several range shooters, iron sights and scopes, who have outrigger sight setups.

The issue it to understand precisely how far offset & how much higher the master eye is when devising the offset arrangement. In most cases the eye off the stock is higher than the one normally behind the sight.

Two of the scope shooters have found it desirable to install a counterweight to balance the turning moment of the scope, but that needs to take into consideration any rifle weight limit.

 

[Drop Port]

I have tried that and dont see anything but black through the scope.

Put a small square of scotch tape in the center of your glasses in front of your non shooting eye. It will cause your shooting eye to focus and not cause as much strain.

 

[linekin]

I'm right handed-left eye dominant & have shot left handed since I was a kid. I started rh'ed but my buddy was hitting more squirrels than I so I switched to lefty. Problem solved!
At the bench I shoot over the scope so its a non issue.

Keith

 

[Bc'z]

Try both eyes open

 

[Mark W]

Put a small square of scotch tape in the center of your glasses in front of your non shooting eye. It will cause your shooting eye to focus and not cause as much strain.

Try both eyes open

I’ve tried both and those are a no go for me.

 

[Peebles24]

I'm right handed-left eye dominant & have shot left handed since I was a kid. I started rh'ed but my buddy was hitting more squirrels than I so I switched to lefty. Problem solved!
At the bench I shoot over the scope so its a non issue.

Keith

I actually never knew that i was different till i had been shooting at least 10 years and rarely could any of my buddies out shoot me. Now days im shooting vs much better shooters though, not that many of my buddies arent great shooters. Was just wondering. Yes i notice the eye strain much more the older i get ecspecially since my retinal tear.

 

[BP1]

My son is right handed and left eye dominant and he shoots his rifles lefty and also his bow..in a rifle he prefers shooting a right handed bolt over a left handed bolt.

 

[Drop Port]

I’ve tried both and those are a no go for me.

Try a bigger piece of scotch tape, if that doesn't work try Duct Tape!

 

[Forum Boss]

I am a Righty that is strongly left eye dominant.

Not a problem at ALL with pistol. Tilt handgun slightly left. I was local club IDPA top 3 regularly doing this.

Shotgun -- huge problem. I had to train myself to shoot shotgun left-handed. With just a bead on end of barrel my left eye would always try to take over -- I would miss clays embarassingly till I started shooting as a lefty.

Rifle -- Not a problem with scope. The brain will take over and you can sight with right eye. If not, put some tape on left frame of your shooting glasses. NOTE: in F-Open and benchrest you should consider LEFT Bolt. Work bolt and feed rounds with your left hand and shoot with your right hand and sight with your right eye.

IF IF IF you can get good with your left index finger pulling trigger, then go ahead and shoot left eye with RIGHT BOLT.

I could never get the same control holding rifle with left hand -- it just felt weird and I was not consistent. But I have really zero problem shooting a scoped rifle with right eye though I am left eye dominant.

 

[rwj]

Left-handed, left eye dominant... shoot pistol gripped in right hand, shoot long guns left-handed, use right-hand bolt actions... yeah, I know... really screwed up!

 

[velocette]

I am right handed and the vision in my right eye has diminished to the point that I offset all of my competition rifles and sport rifle scopes to the left. I continue to compete in Smallbore Prone events and continue to place well and win occasionally. Normally I zero my rifle at a known distance and then will know how much left or right windage to adjust to compensate. (Normally in Smallbore, zero at 50 meters, approximately left .5 moa for 50 yards and right 1.5 moa for 100 yds.) Verticle adjustments are unchanged.
Centerfire, zero at 100 yds and 1.5 moa right +/- depending upon wind for any distance beyond that.
After a short period of adjustment, I have found no problems or difficulties with the offset scope or with the windage offsets.