Accuracy Question

[Bazooka Joe71]

I'm right handed, and obviously hold my guns with my right hand when shooting. I discovered awhile back that my left eye is my dominant eye even though i still aim with my right eye...Regardless of how well/bad I'm shooting, am I losing accuracy by not trying to hold the gun with my left hand and aim with my left eye?

 

[Pistol Toter]

Joe, I come into this world left handed. My Mother and Father decided, since this was a right handed world, that I must be right handed. They began to train me to be right handed and I write and predominantely use my right hand; that extends to shooting. The brain once it determines what it wants to be doesn't change, in other words, I am left eye dominant. Now as a matter of fact I can shoot left handed as well as I can shoot right handed. You don't find many left hand guns, rifles, shotguns, revolvers or pistols. So I fire a gun, unless I just want to fire left handed, right handed. I am left eye dominant and use my right hand. The man who is the range officer where I shoot tells me that I have the dangest natural ability and that I am as accurate or better than a lot of local LEO that he knows. I'M NOT BRAGGING! I can only answer your question from my experience and say that it causes me no problem. I am 53 yrs old, raised on a farm hunting and shooting since I was big enough to hold up a gun. Do what feels natural, let your left eye do the work. If you try to force the right eye to aim with you'll have trouble. I have told my children that shooting a gun is like pointing your finger. Don't think of the gun as an object in your hand but as a finger. You don't look at your finger and then point it at an object across the room; instead you look at the object across the room and hit it with your finger. I hope I'm making since. Regards P.T.

 

[Bazooka Joe71]

So you're telling me that i should hold it with my right hand, and aim with my left eye and i wont lose any accuracy???

 

[moewadle]

I am a new handgunner and just happen to have the same hands/eye types as you do, right-handed and left shooting/dominant eye. I read an article in a gun magazine or gun digest or some source like that and the author said to hold right-handed and aim with left eye. I am doing that and it seems to work. I was having some trouble shooting about a foot left consistently at 15-25 yards and learned it was mostly the way I was fingering the trigger. I am a beginner with no formal training yet but I am starting to get holes in edge of the 10 ring with my Ruger 45 revolver. Moe

 

[NailGun]

Accuracy shouldn't really be affected by dominant eye or which hand you hold the handgun in. I am left eye dominant, and hold right handed. (actually use both hands) Holding the handgun at arms length, and having BOTH eyes open really helps give a larger sight picture. My accuracy has never suffered from this condition. While I am no Jerry Miculek, a target closer 25 yards is going to be a dead target six times over. Remember....Steady.......Squeeeeze......Ahhh! Mist Again! Good luck, and happy shootin.

 

[Pistol Toter]

Well, yes, I guess; that's what I do. But you must understand that I don't look at the sights untill the last instant and even then the eye can not focus but on 1 point and you are talking about looking at 3 points. The rear sight is all but unseen, the front sight is somewhat fuzzy and the target is the sharpest of the three points. If when you pick up your gun and extend it out the sights should line up for you; if they don't the gun does not fit you for one of several reasons. That is why it is so important to handle and point a weapon before you buy one. Start practicing by looking at the wall switch across the room and raising your finger as if you are pointing at it, then project that you have your pistol in your hand. When you get to the point that you can consistantly point your finger then slip your gun in your hand and start again. What you are doing is training your eye / hand coordination. Let me give you another one sit down and draw two points on a piece of paper several inches apart. Put the pencil on one point and while looking ONLY at the other point draw the line. Don't look at the pencil or the beginning point only the ending point. When you get to the place that you can do that with increasing distances and the line is nearly straight as a straightedge; you eye / hand coordination is getting there. I know, I sound like an idiot, but believe me it works. When you get to where you want to be you will be able to draw and fire accurately with increadible speed. It's not an over night accomplishment. I've been shooting for 40 + yrs and far from perfect. I hope that this helps.

 

[Pistol Toter]

OOps double post.

 

[10-Ring]

I'm the same way and can outshoot most of my shooting buddies