Holographic site, or other solution?

[GunNovice]

My right side is my shooting side. Unfortunately I am now blind in my right eye. It's going to take a decade to train my left side to shoot. I prefer to use bolt or lever action rifles.

Will a holographic sight work with my right-shoulder-left-eye combination? Are they legal? If yes on both, which are the more economical, yet relaible ones?

[Lonestargrizzly]

Is the blindness temporary or permanent?
Because it may be worth it to train with your off side.
I'm not familiar with any cross-eye dominant rifle shooting methods.
Pistols you should be good for but rifles aren't really possible as far as I know.
So I would say train off side as you did your dominant side.

[Merc1138]

Considering that you're putting the rifle under your right eye, but needing to use your left to aim, I don't see that working out at all(I've seen people actually try it, and aside from looking painful trying to contort themselves into a shape to use the sights/optics, they never seem to be able to shoot worth a damn).

I have seen a couple instances of people stacking up a half dozen adapters or having something fabricated to move the optic over to the left so they could use their left eye but still be right handed, but it looks like a cluster**** and still wouldn't be ideal. Your best bet is to go lefty.

[GunNovice]

Thanks guys. The blindness is permanent. The left hand is atrophying and the neck doesn't bend towards the left anyway. I saw pictures of holographic sights, they look like horizontal mobile phones; figured that may work. Just don't want to spend big bucks if it doesn't. I know scopes don't. I suppose marksmanship is no longer possible. I am 65. May have to settle for spray-and-pray type of weaponry. Thanks again.

[crono35]

If you really can't find anything, you may want to consider a non-traditional sight like the atn x-sight. It's actually a small LCD screen and camera, so as long as you can see the screen you're good. I think there's also a model that can send the image out to a mobile phone. The downside is the cost (base model is around $600, but it has decent night vision) and the fact that it needs batteries. Honestly I think that may be the most functional approach.

You can also try raising the optic a bit and modifying your cheek weld, but then you'll run into plenty of sight over bore issues.

[essjay]

Assuming that you're not shooting an AR (obviously, the buffer tube would case issues here), you may want to look into getting a custom stock similar to this: https://www.forgottenweapons.com/ria...stock-shotgun/

[GunNovice]

Thanks people. I will just have to train my left side to shoot. They say it takes 2 months of rigorous training.

[aznanimekid]

training your left side is probably easiest. but people have adapted. well known instructor mike pannone shoots/did shoot with a red dot optic on an extra tall riser right handed/left eye. if you need to test whether an optic would work for you post your location and i'm sure someone could let you borrow at a range.

[CouchOperator]

Mike Pannone lost his right eye and now uses risers. He cheeks the gun on the right side but the mount is high up enough to put it in line with his left eye. Takes practice but surely doable

[GunNovice]

Riser for left-eye viewing

[QUOTE=CouchOperator;19296758]Mike Pannone lost his right eye and now uses risers. He cheeks the gun on the right side but the mount is high up enough to put it in line with his left eye. Takes practice but surely doable

Thank you CouchOperator. This is certainly worth a try before I go through the rigors of left-arm training.

[GunNovice]

ATN X-Sight

If you really can't find anything, you may want to consider a non-traditional sight like the atn x-sight. It's actually a small LCD screen and camera, so as long as you can see the screen you're good. I think there's also a model that can send the image out to a mobile phone. The downside is the cost (base model is around $600, but it has decent night vision) and the fact that it needs batteries. Honestly I think that may be the most functional approach.

You can also try raising the optic a bit and modifying your cheek weld, but then you'll run into plenty of sight over bore issues.

You are right, it is a bit cost-prohibitive. A great investment, though I think it has an illuminator, which might make it illegal in our state.

[GunNovice]

Victorville location

training your left side is probably easiest. but people have adapted. well known instructor mike pannone shoots/did shoot with a red dot optic on an extra tall riser right handed/left eye. if you need to test whether an optic would work for you post your location and i'm sure someone could let you borrow at a range.

Thank you. I am in Victorville aka High Desert California. My AR is with the FFL, will recieve it on the 26th of Dec. It has a Barska scope mounted on it. I should talk to them about the riser used by Mike Pannone. I am sure they will know. I wouldn't be surprised if they not already on this forum(?).