Cross Eye Dominance

[jlucke69]

I am cross dominant and shoot left handed except for handgun which I can shoot fairly well either way. I also shoot bow left handed and fish left handed. I teach shooting sports and do my best to identify cross dominance in kids and work with them to shoot with their dominant eye. Most see an immediate improvement.

 

[Defc0n]

Left handed right eye dominant here. It really depends on what I'm shooting as to how I'm going to shoot as far as closing one eye. I found that shooting from the right shoulder using the dominant eye is pretty easy, especially since that's just how I learned to shoot.

When using my pistols I will typically close one eye, unless I'm training for more practical circumstances and not working on accuracy, then I'll keep both open at times. When using high power scopes, definitely close one eye. When using something with less power (typically 5x or less) I can shoot just fine with both eyes open. Shotguns are a toss up. I don't really pay attention to closing one eye or not and will shoot one day with both eyes and close one eye the next day without even thinking about it and have the same results as far as accuracy goes.

 

[Kuyong_Chuin]

I've seen new shooters try to do that but I don't think I've ever seen anyone get it to work. Could you post a picture of how you do that? How do you get your head so far around that your left eye gets behind the rear sight?

I assume this only works with v-notch sights mounted pretty far down the barrel? I can't imagine it would work at all behind an aperture sight like on an AR or M1.

Still have not figured out how to shoot a photo for you yet but I will eventually. I did not know if it would work on an M1 Carbine or not till I found one at the LGS. It still works, it was a little more awkward than normal due to the way the stock is shaped be still possible to do. If I had an extra $400.00 plus tax and fees I would have walked out with one of the three M1 carbines they had there.