X-Dominant pistol shooters?

[loki.fish]

Whoever said something about Lasik, I'm gonna give you a heads up right now. It will only last 5 years, then your eyesight will be back to what it used to be. I had it done to improve my vision and after ~ 5 years my vision is back to what it used to be.

I'm right handed, left eye dominant myself. I shoot a right handed AR and never have brass hit me. I can't shoot a rifle open sighted, as I'm near sighted and can't see the targets well. Doubt I'll be a competition pistol shooter, but I'm accurate enough for self defense purposes. Don't have any problems with scoped shooting.

And for whoever said cross dominant shooters were usually good batters, I'd be an exception to that rule.

 

[scottw]

Dominant eye test

I thought at this point I would give anyone that is interested a way to check for eye dominance. As far as I know this is the best for several reasons. The most common is that the finger test can be misleading because people believing that that they are RH will unknowing move the finger over to the right eye.
Take a piece of paper that is at least 81/2 X 11 and cut a 3/4" hole in the center. Next tell the person, or if it is for you, not to move until they are told and then do not move one thing once on target. People will try and guess what you are going to do next and will outrun you and ruin the test.
Pick a target across a room, hold your arms fully extended below the waist and slowly raise the arms holding the paper in your hands with the hole facing you. Keep your eyes on the target and bring the paper up until you can see the target through the hole in the paper, keep the arms extended. Now without moving close one eye at a time and see which one is on. This test will work first time every time. All shooters should take this test to be sure. You will be amazed how many people have been shooting for years and do not know which eye is dominant and they wonder why they have problems shooting. Next post I will go into some problems that XD people have.

 

[scottw]

I went to the range today and tried a new way to shoot XD. I am Left eye dominant and shoot RH. It did just what I had expected. In the beginning all went well but as soon as I got tired the groups started to fall apart lake a $2.00 suitcase. I ended up switching to LH. Might as well practice what I preach. By the time I got to the end of a brick my groups were getting better and not worse. I am not using sights, pistol in left hand, my left arm is straight, my right elbow is tucked into my rib cage, right foot forward, body almost 90 deg to target. You are almost sighting down the entire arm and does it ever work good. Again do not look at the gun at all, you will be aware that it is there but only concentrate on the target, as the bullets it the target you will automatically compensate your sight picture. 2 bricks should have you doing well. Constantly hitting a 1" circle at 10-12 feet. Next time at range I am going to try another modification and will let you know how it works.

 

[Reyn]

Im right handed left eye dominant but shoot longguns lefthanded. I shoot pistols right handed most of the time. If im shooting up close 15yds or less i use both eyes open. If im shooting for groups 25-50yds with a pistol i use my right eye because i have slightly better vision with it despite it not being my dominant eye. Ive never had an issue with accuracy this way either. If the sights are aligned when the gun fires it hits where i want too despit which eye i use. Ive shot this way for years and ive not shot less than a 100 with my dept. in 6 years. The only problem i have is if im shooting for groups for a while and im closing my left eye and i try to use both eyes the left eye is blurry. Most the time i just put some tape over the left eye of my shooting glasses.

 

[Skywarp]

Im left eye dominant but right handed.

I shoot scoped rifles as a righty

lever guns and AR's as a lefty

and I switch hit on shotguns and pistols . I was orignally forced to shoot as a lefty then due to availibility of guns i went back to being right handed. With my benelli and beretta I can easily shoot as a lefty so I often shoot left handed or I alternate.

As a lefty i shoot both eyes open and as a righty I shoot with my right eye.

 

[scottw]

new style works

Just came from the range trying a new way to shoot with XD and it works really well. I will try and attach shots of targets. The test was done with a half of a brick and the results were above what I expected. The hold works just as well with either hand and the final testing was done with my right hand Left eye D. Left elbow is tucked into my side and the right arm is bent with elbow no quite touching side. The rear end of the pistol is about 12" from the end of my nose, this is where I started and ended up about 18" from the end of my nose. Look at the target and down the top of the gun at the same time, never look at the gun, your secondary vision will pick it up automatically. Shot the target as fast as you can pull the trigger and in a few rounds you will start forming a gap and the group will start coming toward the center. The best thing is as I got tired my groups still improved. If you have any questions, ask. (tried to enter pictures but am told there are too many KB, don"t know how to reduce them) Pictures showed 4 groups of 6 shots each and were just over 1" groups at 10' rapid fire no sights.

 

[scottw]

Two things that need to added. Since I use a P22 and the grip is small I sit the pistol in the palm of my LH and squeeze my RH with the left while I am shooting. This position helps the recovery from recoil. Next my body position is about 45 deg. to target.

 

[sjack003]

X-Dominant

I am Cross Dominant as well. I stick with the good eye and modify my stance. I give a lot of attention to shooting with each hand separately. I think it actually makes it easier to shoot left handed.