SnWnMe
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Who's a lefty, who's a righty, who is ambi? Please only post ambi if you can shoot with either hand with the same accuracy and control.
Time for a little demographic work
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Smoke
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I picked righty since this is in the handgun forum.
Long guns I'm a true ambi. But prefer the left hand for most purposes.
I'm crossedup in the eye dominance catagory.:banghead:
Long guns I'm a true ambi. But prefer the left hand for most purposes.
I'm crossedup in the eye dominance catagory.:banghead:
DWS1117
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Righty
BerettaNut92
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Right-pawed 
10-Ring
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Learned to shoot w/ either when I had an injury to my right elbow. Now, I shoot righty most of the time because that is what I'm most use to.
I'm a righty, but sometimes I'll shoot with my left hand only. I think its a good idea to do that every now and then, because one day you might find yourself in a situation were your right arm gets shot or something and the only way you can fight back is to shoot left handed...
C.R.Sam
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Either eyed and either handed.
Sam
Sam
Dave Markowitz
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Southpaw, here.
Ala Dan
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Ambi - I can write, throw, eat, bat, or visit the
latrine (hey now!) with either hand!
Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
latrine (hey now!) with either hand!
Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
jar
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I'm right handed but dyslexic so I often find I'm shooting lefty.
cool45auto
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Righty.
berettaman
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I'm an Ambidextrious Bilingual Illiterate.
I can't read sign language in two languages!!
I can't read sign language in two languages!!
Lancel
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Right handed but Cross dominant - left eyed. Shoot all kinds of ways depending on the weapon and the range.
Handgun - usually right hand
Shotgun - usually left hand
M2 HB .50 Cal - Both hands
Larry
Handgun - usually right hand
Shotgun - usually left hand
M2 HB .50 Cal - Both hands
Larry
denfoote
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I think the statistic you are about to correlate is the standard percentage of left handed persons in the general population!!
SnWnMe
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I'm an adapted lefty. There are a lot of things I still do with my left hand but most of the tasks involving my hands (I can read your dirty mind!) I do with my right. Last week I discovered that I'm a left handed archer!
Denfoote: Or I can spin my own conclusion ala media polls.
"A significant number of Lefties are shooters"
Denfoote: Or I can spin my own conclusion ala media polls.
"A significant number of Lefties are shooters"
Zeke Menuar
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Shoot pistol left handed. I can shoot right handed for distances under 10 yards if I have to. I am accurate enough right handed for social purposes.
Shoot rifle right handed.
Go figure
ZM
Shoot rifle right handed.
Go figure
ZM
Spieler
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Rightly all around, but I do a lot of weak hand only drills. Not quite up to snuff to call myself an ambi though.
DontShootMe
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I'm a lefty...
but I voted righty, because I, uh, use my right hand for everything.
but I voted righty, because I, uh, use my right hand for everything.
Tamara
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I'm naturally left-handed (write and eat lefty) but I shoot right-handed; I just can't stand to be sent to the left-handed ghetto of the gun world, like some poor friends who constantly scour the net for "Portsider" 1911's and left-handed bolt-guns.
Nightcrawler
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Tam, I'm left handed, and I don't see the need for a reversed 1911 (I do, of coruse, require an ambi safety). The only gun that has EVER spat brass in my face was the M16A1.
Bolt actions are slower to work, left handed, but if you're carrying a bolt gun fast shooting probably isn't what you're worried about anyhow.
Certain guns, like Kalashnikovs, seem made for lefties. Leverguns and pump shotguns are nice, too (as are any weapon where you'd be inclined to drop a round into the chamber).
Bolt actions are slower to work, left handed, but if you're carrying a bolt gun fast shooting probably isn't what you're worried about anyhow.
Certain guns, like Kalashnikovs, seem made for lefties. Leverguns and pump shotguns are nice, too (as are any weapon where you'd be inclined to drop a round into the chamber).
sm
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Right handed.
I can to a certain degree do some things either hand or eyed - some better than others. Handguns( not ambi but my weaker is better than used to be, tools ( especially some small hand tools in a former life), stuff like that. Rifle and shotguns...nope gotta do it righty.
I can to a certain degree do some things either hand or eyed - some better than others. Handguns( not ambi but my weaker is better than used to be, tools ( especially some small hand tools in a former life), stuff like that. Rifle and shotguns...nope gotta do it righty.
New_comer
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Preferred trigger finger is at starboard side
Rickstir
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I'm a natural righty, but I can shoot my deer rifle left handed if one sneaks in on me.
Augustwest
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For shooting purposes, I voted righty, 'cause, well, that's how I shoot.
Write lefty, eat lefty, bat and throw a baseball lefty. Throw a football, frisbee, etc righty. Kicking preference is with my right leg.
Right eye dominant.
A frickin' mess is what I am.
Write lefty, eat lefty, bat and throw a baseball lefty. Throw a football, frisbee, etc righty. Kicking preference is with my right leg.
Right eye dominant.
A frickin' mess is what I am.
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