Right handed left eye Dominant

[lukehalee]

I’m a NBRSA BR shooter. I was a left eye dominant right shooter. I used to think it was advantageous. Concentrate on conditions w left, see sight picture good enough w right.

Now I am right right. Struggled for several years w this. Missed way too many changes by being scope bound. Doing ok now, but in BR, would consider left right a benefit.

 

[Uthink Uknow]

I can't believe anyone is so uncoordinated that they can't adapt to same eye same hand. Okay, if you're missing a hand, that's different. I can shoot from either side of the bench and I'm not Superman.

 

[orbitup]

I only have an issue with shotguns. I put a piece of scotch tape on the top of my left glasses lens so it covers the bead when shouldered. Works well enough.

 

[22DASHER]

I shoot right handed rifles left handed due to being left eyed dominant but always shooting/building RH rifles. I haven’t found it to be a disadvantage at all unless I am shooting unsupported or freehanded. In those cases I can still shoot right handed. It’s really not hard to be ambidextrous when shooting a rifle. Switching to a left handed bow was much tougher. But the switch has been well worth it for me and no more eye fatigue or headaches while shooting.

 

[BoydAllen]

I am right handed and left eye dominant. Luckily, when I first was learning to shoot, probably when I was in the fourth grade or so, with an old iron sighted .22 my dad did not make a big deal of my shooting left handed. Another thing that is lucky is that I can do a lot with my left hand. While I can shoot from either shoulder, with either eye, after a while the eye strain becomes uncomfortable when shooting right hand right eye. Like a previous poster mentioned, for shooting from bench or bipod, with a factory rifle. I much prefer a right right to a left left. Not that it matters much, but the NRA recommends teaching beginnings shooters who are cross dominant to use their dominant eye, shooting from that shoulder. One thing that I have learned over the years is that many are much more strongly handed than I am, so much so that they can hardly do anything with their non-dominant hand. Flat statements about what is easy or what can be done may or may not be correct because of individual differences. Things that are easy for me are almost impossible for others, and some can do things that are difficult for me. Basically we have to find our own way. What works best is correct for you. Don't get hung up on what you think should be the best. Experiment and go with what actually works best for you.

 

[lukehalee]

I can't believe anyone is so uncoordinated that they can't adapt to same eye same hand. Okay, if you're missing a hand, that's different. I can shoot from either side of the bench and I'm not Superman.

I’m guessing that ur not competing at the highest level of BR successfully. It’s tough.

 

[Willie]

Well, I have thought about trying a patch.......lol

When my youngest son started shooting, I realized he was left eye dominant and right handed. We got a patch on his left eye for a couple of months and he has been shooting rifle, shotgun and pistol with his right eye dominant. I don't know if it was because he was so young or that he was only mildly left eye dominant, but the patch worked for him.

 

[Peebles24]

Im getting old enough at this point i doubt i can fix which eye is dominate.

 

[Ned Ludd]

I am right-handed and strongly left eye dominant. For me, it was initially a big challenge shooting pistol; my left eye would take over and I would force shots to the right when lining up the sights with my left eye down the gun in my right hand. According to the responses, it seems to bother others much less with a pistol, so maybe I'm be the odd one out on this, or perhaps it could be exacerbated by the specific sights on my pistols. Nonetheless, with practice I got over using the dominant left eye. I don't notice the left eye dominance at all shooting scoped rifles. In fact, it might even be a slight advantage because I use the left eye to either look at wind flags or mirage through the spotting scope.

 

[Westhunder]

Going to follow this, so I’m tagging in. Major left eye dominance here. No real issue on the rifle, but I would like to shoot with both eyes open and can’t. Pistol, in the process of training my head slightly turned to right to better line left eye up to the sights, shotgun.... well it sucks. More instinctive than “aiming” I make it work and kill limit... but it’s really frustrating on a skeet range or trap course. Thought about switching to lefty, but most research points to improvement comes due too getting rid of bad habits you have gained over the years rather than improved sight alignment.... which I believe whole heartedly, so I’m trying to figure out how to make my eye dominance work to my advantage by practicing some tweaks.

 

[Uthink Uknow]

You are totally wrong, Lukehalee. I've very successfully competed on the national BR theatre for many years. I've won the nationals, regionals, and locals.

 

[rwj]

You are totally wrong, Lukehalee. I've very successfully competed on the national BR theatre for many years. I've won the nationals, regionals, and locals.

Are you fortunate enough to be equally competent from both sides? If yes, I envy you being truly ambidextrous! I’ve tried both sides, and changing to use the eye of the activities’s dominant hand, and found that my results clearly favor being “cross-dominant.” Doctors I’ve consulted have advised that it would be very difficult to overcome... so I’ve quit trying.

 

[Uthink Uknow]

I shoot with both eyes open and that gives me a good look at not only what is happening on the way to my target but also what condition is coming from the left side. I also try to machine gun them down range when I've found the condition that I, or the gun, like.

In answer to rwj, that's tough to say because as a general rule I'm shooting a right bolt, left port rifle. If I'm handed a right, right or a left bolt, right Port rifle it's a different rifle and may or not be in or out of the same tune. However, generally speaking, yes, I'm as competitive.

 

[dickn52]

Shoot your rifle from the right side or close the left eye and force the right eye to work.

 

[DirtySteve]

I am left handed, right eye dominant and shoot rifles and pistols right handed. I am some what ambidextrous. I would suggest you change over and shoot as a lefty. Practice bolt manipulation a hundred times a day to build muscle memory and improve the path ways the nervous system uses in accomplishing the task.

 

[rr2030]

This is an option, by no way am I suggesting the ideas of others here, some of which I disagree, are wrong. Place a piece of tape over the lens of the dominant eye. I can be an opaque vs solid piece. Additionally, they make flip down device as shown here for under $4, many others available. I see trap and skeet shooters use a blurry 1/2" stick on for their dominant eye available here. I always have the flip down type when training pistol shooters, sometimes at the range, when asked for assistance I'll just use a piece of tape on the shooters lens. This may be an inexpensive option to try. Good luck.

 

[kzin]

I'm strongly right handed and strongly left eyed and I cant relate to either having any trouble shooting physically left handed or having any success aiming with the right eye.

I've naturally shot left handed since bb guns at 12 and I think even toy guns at 5.
I also immediately shot pool left handed as a kid.

I think it may actually be an advantage that one of the very few things my left hand is ever asked to do skillfully is pull a trigger.

I'm 58 and just discovered a couple years ago that with a red dot I can actually shoot a rifle right handed and hit something.

 

[corsair4360]

I am right handed and very left eye dominate, in part due to bad astigmatism in my right eye. I shot right handed for years, could not hit the broad side of a barn with a shotgun. Switched to left handed shooting, took a bit of adjustment, but works great now for me. Now own 4 left handed rifle which I like using. The one I like the best is a left bolt right port single shot 6xc not used for hunting but 1K shooting when that range is open here.

 

[deshultz1]

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!

Good Evening. I've always wondered if there were any others like me out there shooting! I am right eye dominate but am left handed. I am now 63 yrs. old and have been shooting since I was 5 yrs. old. My Dad explained that life is not fair. Not only was the dominance a problem, but left handed guns were nonexistent when I was young. I grew up shooting an Ithaca 37 and the words "Just keep shooting." It worked itself out. I grew up shooting rats in an old landfill with Dads advice of shoot one clip right handed and one clip left handed. I still do that to this day. I hunt more than compete, but I am getting ready to begin 3 gun competition this next year with my son. Best of luck to all of you and just keep shooting!

 

[Ken]

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.

https://www.google.com/search?q=bob...d=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=pdamgiAp7ffPiM:

I had cataract surgery that didn't come out well on my right eve. I now shoot right hand, left eye. I offset my scope to the left and raise it using a riser.Works as described above. Not as much windage shift as you might think.