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JeremyKS
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posted February 27, 2010 03:02 PM
My wife has been getting a kick out of shooting guns here lately. But she really struggles as she is left eye dominant and right handed? Anybody the same way, or have any tips on how to help with it?
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4949shooter
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posted February 27, 2010 03:35 PM
I am left eye dominant and right handed, Jeremy.
I still shoot right handed though, and it doesn't seem to effect my handgun qualification scores any.
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TA17Rem
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posted February 27, 2010 03:50 PM
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posted February 27, 2010 04:28 PM
I bet that made shooting windage interesting! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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TOM64
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posted February 27, 2010 06:07 PM
Depending on how bad the eye is, you might try covering her left eye, it doesn't take much, just smear her lense on her glasses. This is how I did it when shooting a shotgun. Eventually it switched and I am now right eye dominant.
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TA17Rem
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posted February 27, 2010 06:18 PM
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Rich
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posted February 27, 2010 06:24 PM
Shucks, I close my left eye when aiming. Shotgun or rifle, open sights or scope. Always have, and always will.
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Cdog911
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posted February 27, 2010 06:32 PM
That's how I shoot. Long guns left handed. Bow, right handed, handguns, used to shoot right handed, now I hold the gun in my right hand but offset to the left to use my left eye. I always had trouble on the range when qualifying because I was using my right eye. I always qualified, but not with the scores I wanted.
Tom, You actually managed to retrain yourself? I was always under the impression that being dominant in one eye or the other is like being left- or right-handed - you're hard-wired for it and just better off learning to work with the way your brain works.
Jeremy, what types of guns are you shooting?
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posted February 27, 2010 06:44 PM
I don't know if anyone else can or not but I did. Now I almost lost my left eye and afterwards had better vision in it than my right. Now my right eye is stronger and I think it's due to skeet shooting with smeared glasses on the left side. Dunno for sure but I've no problems now.
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posted February 27, 2010 08:07 PM
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Nothings really changed other than the scope is over hanging on the left side some.. There are a few BR. guys that do this
I've been to a lot of benchrest comps and I've never seen a scope mounted off the barrel axis...
It might work on shotguns or some military rifles at close range but it will certainly skew your left/right shooting plane. Every yardage would require compensation other than the exact distance the rifle was sighted in for... whether that would exceed minute of coyote, probably not.
I've competed against numerous left hand shooters, now that's a whole different story!
Edit: after giving this some more thought I think it would be possible to dial in a scope off plane, it would require factoring in the distance from the bore as permanent windage and the scope would have to be parallel to the barrel. Not sure why anyone would do this but my guess is it COULD be done. I've still never seen it! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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TA17Rem
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posted February 27, 2010 08:19 PM
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posted February 27, 2010 09:27 PM
I've seen pictures. Like top ejecting lever actions and miltary semi autos. I can think of very little reason to do this today? Tom's solution seems reasonable, or just close the left eye, but I think a fair amount of trap shooters use a black card over their shooting glass lens. Don't they?
Good hunting. LB
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posted February 27, 2010 09:33 PM
My son is left handed and right eye dominant. He started at an early age, right off the bat, shooting right handed. Now its second nature. He can pretty much do anything except write with either hand. Pretty kewl. Ive tried shooting left handed. Other than a turkey one time that came up on the wrong side, I cant hit shit.
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posted February 28, 2010 03:20 AM
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I've seen pictures. Like top ejecting lever actions and miltary semi autos
That's lke the old M1 Garand "C" and "D" versions, which were intended as sniper rifles. The scope was mounted off the the left to allow ejection of the clip (proper useage) when the 8 rounds were expended.
These rifles used a leather padded cheekpiece to line up the shooter's eye with the offset scope. And they weren't the most accurate rifles either. I read some CMP stuff once, and there was an article called "D is for Dog" regarding the M1D's lack of accuracy.
TA17, I don't doubt your gunsmith was trying to make it work for him though.
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Joel Hughes
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posted February 28, 2010 06:01 AM
I am the same way, left eye dominant, right handed. It is second nature to me because I've been doing it that way since old enough to shoot. But still, my advice would be to attempt to train yourself to shoot left handed. If done enough, it will come natural just like it is for you to pick up a rifle and shoot right handed.
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Randy Roede
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posted February 28, 2010 06:13 AM
Left eye dominant right handed shooter, can throw a ball with either hand. left arm stronger, can right better right handed than left but can both ways. Bowl left handed. Shoot shotgun and rifle right handed because that's what i did, closed one eye shooting. Also shoot a right handed bow left handed.
I would agree thou if found early enough a person should shoot with what ever eye is dominant. To late for me.
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Ridge Runner
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posted February 28, 2010 06:38 AM
was born right handed/right eye dom. but a botched surgery on my right eye as a child left me with 20/60 vision in my right eye with no ability to focus on anything with it.
So since the age of around 9 I've shot left handed.
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posted February 28, 2010 06:46 AM
Seems to be a lot of us here...
I never did anything about it. As a kid, shot open sights right handed, with my head leaned way over the stock to line up my left eye. Started shooting right eyed when I got my first scoped rifle. Just by closing my left eye.
Still have to keep it closed to shoot open sights. But I trained myself to shoot both eyes open with a scope.
As far as side mounting a scope. For shooting a bench rest rifle in a match, it could be mounted way off to the side if you wanted it that way. I've seen rail guns with the scope mount nowhere near the bore. I've even seen rail guns with two scopes on them as a failsafe. Scope position has no effect group size.
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Leonard
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posted February 28, 2010 07:26 AM
Maybe we all are freaks? Small confession. When I was about (?) seven or so I got a BB gun and shot it right handed with my left eye lined up on the sights.
This opens up a whole new world of alibi's for me. Every miss I ever had can be attributed to the fact that, as a child, my dad didn't convert me to shooting left handed. Some parent!
Good hunting. LB
PS, it may be true because despite tons of advice, I close my left eye when shooting. Dang! That's the only physical flaw I have ever found out about myself?
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posted February 28, 2010 08:53 AM
I have been left eye dominant, right hand all my life, I always shot pretty good right handed, but would win bets shooting left handed...
I shoot a recurve right handed and am practicing using either hand just for the fun of it, I have learned that, as with anything, practice, practice, practice, and you can get pretty good at anything.
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JeremyKS
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posted February 28, 2010 09:32 AM
She has been shooting my 223 but she really wants to shoot shotgun. She has a hard time seeing through the scope. It seems with more practice the better she is getting but just thought I would see if anybody had any tricks. I bought one of these little deals and she seems to like it. She is able to shoot with both eyes open which allows her to focus better and see through the scope. I hope with practice she will be able to stop using it. http://www.topbowarchery.com/
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Cdog911
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posted February 28, 2010 12:58 PM
I just can't see aiming with my non-dominant eye, as when I do the little test for it, my finger isn't pointing anywhere near the target, even at close ranges. I'd be interested in seeing what percentage of top bench people, or Olympic shooters and archers, are dominant on the side opposite from their strong hand. I'm betting that the true "naturals" are right eye/ right handed or left eye/ left handed in most cases. I know for a fact that I've never shot anything well enough to make me what anyone who knows what their seeing would call a marksman. Not even after they quit laughing at me.
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TOM64
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posted February 28, 2010 01:00 PM
Shooting glasses and just scuff up the left lense right where her pupil is. It won't block her perifial vision and will force her right eye to take over looking for the target. It's cheaper too.
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JeremyKS
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posted February 28, 2010 03:13 PM
Tom,
Thanks for the tip, I might try that.
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