Hardtarget
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He a lucky young man. An old saying..."the eyes have it". Go with the dominate eye and all aill be well.
Mark
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Left handed son, right eye dominant & shoots right handed
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Razor_J
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Either I'm screwed or in good shape...Ambidexterous in all things, no eye dominance. My folks checked that stuff early on for me and as a result they always bought a righty and lefty kids golf set (lefty was impressively hard to find I have been told), a righty and lefty baseball glove etc, and encouraged me to ignore my teachers who throughout school tried to force me to do things only right handed because it creeped the other kids out when I switched hands.
Your son has adapted to shooting rifles and handguns--don't mess with that.
The only problem with cross-dominance is in shooting a shotgun. In shotgunning both eyes should remain open but your dominant eye should look directly down the barrel or VR when the gun is properly mounted. This is nearly impossible to do proficiently when the left eye is dominant and the gun shouldered righty.
The only problem with cross-dominance is in shooting a shotgun. In shotgunning both eyes should remain open but your dominant eye should look directly down the barrel or VR when the gun is properly mounted. This is nearly impossible to do proficiently when the left eye is dominant and the gun shouldered righty.
Fryerpower
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We pulled into port in Santa Barbara back in the late 1990's. A local gun club, Santa Ynez http://www.cgsta.com/central/santaynez.htm , took a group of us out there for a day of trap shooting. I bring this up because I am right handed and apparently left eye dominant. I shot so well that the range pro kept shooting with me all day long, well after everyone else was done shooting. He kept moving me back and over. They have four trap field with 4-5 shooting stations at each field. When all was said and done I was shooting at clay pidgeons launched from the far right field while standing on a boulder 100 feet behind the far left field. I was nailing everything they threw. I'm not trying to brag, I'm just trying to figure out how a cross dominant shooter, shooting with one eye closed was able to nail the pidgeons all day long.
The range pro's name was Jim Davis.
BTW, if anyone from the club reads this, THANKS! I had a GREAT time and it has been a wonderful story to tell over the years. (Not just how I shot, but how you guys treated us. I still have the tank top! Thanks again!)
-Jim
My son is right handed/left eye dominant, shoots rifles left handed and pistols right handed. First gun I bought him was a LH bolt Savage 22, he never bonded w/it so it got traded off. He's figured out where to position his right arm so hot brass from the AR doesn't burn him! Only struggle is w/trigger guard mounted safety on a Model 88 Winchester he deer hunts with, so safety off when he's sitting.
Zach S
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Many years ago, I was shooting a Mini 14, horribly. My buddy's dad suggested shooting left handed. When I ask if he thought it would help, his reply was "Well, it aint gonna hurt..." I didn't pick up on the humor for a few years, but started shooting much better that day.
Since then, long arms have always been fired from the left shoulder due to my dominate left eye, but I shoot pistols right handed, sighting with my left eye. Both eyes open, pretty much all the time, unless shooting long arms right handed, and my left eye gets closed.
It actually makes more sense to to me to shoot long guns wrong handed. My right hand is more coordinated, and my right hand controls the muzzle.
Despite my wrong-handedness with long guns, I don't have any LH guns, and I haven't added any ambi controls to any of them, and I don't plan on either one.
Since then, long arms have always been fired from the left shoulder due to my dominate left eye, but I shoot pistols right handed, sighting with my left eye. Both eyes open, pretty much all the time, unless shooting long arms right handed, and my left eye gets closed.
It actually makes more sense to to me to shoot long guns wrong handed. My right hand is more coordinated, and my right hand controls the muzzle.
Despite my wrong-handedness with long guns, I don't have any LH guns, and I haven't added any ambi controls to any of them, and I don't plan on either one.
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My son is left eye dominant and right handed. When he went through the Academy for LEO he had an awful time with a handgun. A State Police Firearms instruction had him twist his firearm to the left just a little and bullseye.
I am not for sure what he does for a long gun.
I am not for sure what he does for a long gun.
I haven't used a shotgun in years, but when I got older, and realized I was left eye dominant, I understood why I could never hit doves on the wing shooting right handed. If I were to take up shotgunning again, I'd mount a scope. As a matter of fact, on two of my rifles, I use a nice LER shotgun scope for optics so that I can shoot right handed, but sight with my left eye. But the point is true, that shooting a shotgun right handed while left eye dominant with a normal front post and both eyes open, you'll miss by a mile most of the time.
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I'm left handed (sort of) and I shoot righty as well. I have no idea why. It just feels more natural to me. I also throw righty. But I write with my left hand and do anything that requires finger dexterity with my left hand. The good news for the OP's son is he'll have a lot more choice in rifles.
Im left handed-right eye dominant too. I write/eat/throw left handed but I did find that when I shoot pistols right handed that my trigger finger is a bit more sensitive and my groups improved.
I shot long arms left handed until basic training. There is nothing like having a shirt full of hot brass to let you know that trying to shoot a battle rifle left handed is a bad idea without the shell deflector in place! An understanding drill sergeant (they only have one per decade, I hear) told me to either button my blouse or try it from my right shoulder. Turned out he had the same circumstance with his sight. My groups improved greatly as a result and have shot them right handed ever since.
I shot long arms left handed until basic training. There is nothing like having a shirt full of hot brass to let you know that trying to shoot a battle rifle left handed is a bad idea without the shell deflector in place! An understanding drill sergeant (they only have one per decade, I hear) told me to either button my blouse or try it from my right shoulder. Turned out he had the same circumstance with his sight. My groups improved greatly as a result and have shot them right handed ever since.
Fryerpower
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As a follow up, he shoots pistols right handed also.
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