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Looking for a little advise

For a little background, I am left handed and was taught to shoot right handed decades ago by my father along with my brothers who are all right handed. Hence I grew up shooting right handed and all my rifles are right bolt rifles. About a year ago, I started to shoot my right bolt rifles left handed because I could no longer see clearly using my right eye while shooting right handed and I am left eye dominant. I want to have a rifle built for f-open and was thinking of having it built on a left handed action, but that is where my quandary lies. I have never shot a left handed rifle and don't know anyone that has one for me to try and I was wandering if using a left handed rifle would feel more natural for a southpaw , also,if anyone else has had the same dilemma , were you glad you switched to a left handed action . Any input will be appreciated.
Thank you,
DS
 
I don't have the same issue but have experience training GIs that are cross eye dominant. Shooting rifles with your dominant eye is ideal. Since you are both left handed and left eye dominant your equipment and practice should be geared to support your strengths.

Good shooting

Rich
 
Hello,
I learned to shoot right handed, while being right eye dominant. In HS, I was the state champion in three position shooting. My Junior year, I suffered a right eye injury. In a matter of months, I taught myself to shoot left handed, won the state championship again, and went on to compete at the national level in college.
I had absolutely ZERO challenges learning to shoot left handed in prone, even with the inclusion of an opaque blinder to correct for cross dominancy. In many ways, it makes sense for a right handed person to initiate the trigger with the left hand while supporting the weapon to the right.
I have since had a custom rifle built for FTR and elected to have it LBRPLE. If I had it to do again, I would highly consider a right handed action in a left-handed (or ambidextrous) stock. If designing for maximum speed between shots, the value of this configuration still warrants careful consideration. When building loads for my father's rifles, I often find it very handy to work from the right side as a left handed shooter. For FTR, I can see the merit in keeping the trigger hand and shoulder/grip pressure consistent by working the bolt on the right (counter intuitive) side. That being said, the added weight, improved tracking, and reduced shooter interaction of F-open might change that preference. Having experienced the ability to load from the right as a left handed shooter, I don't see myself ever ordering another left ported, left handed stock unless competing with a sling.
You should also talk to other shooters who make this decision based on the style of rest that they use.
I say, when ordering custom, get what you want. Go to a match and get some time behind both. Buy the finest with no plan to sell or trade down the line and you'll appreciate the quality every time you get to use it.
Luke
 
Most of my left handed friends use right handed actions to shoot F class, operating the bolt with their off right hand so they can keep their master eye behind the scope.
 
I don't know how old you are but many of the older guys like me develop vision problems that are correctable through various methods. Lasik, lens implants etc. It might be a good idea to check with an Ophthalmologist first and see if you have options. I'm a left eye dominant right handed shooter. The dominance is very slight and I have had lens implants done with very good result.
 
Most of my left handed friends use right handed actions to shoot F class, operating the bolt with their off right hand so they can keep their master eye behind the scope.

Yup you can see what you are doing. For everything else get a left bolt.
 
When I was looking for a used benchrest rifle in 6ppc, I found that a left handed rifle ( even an expensive custom one ) was way cheaper than the same rifle in right handed. With left eye dominance and left handed it would be a no brainer wouldn't it? You can't hardly give away a left handed bow.
 

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