Right Hand Left Eye Dominant

[2new]

I hope this is the right forum. If your right hand and left eye dominant, how do you overcome this obstacle? Is there any exercise or training that can be done, any classes out there?

[JeffM]

Shoot like a gangsta

[wildhawker]

I hope this is the right forum. If your right hand and left eye dominant, how do you overcome this obstacle? Is there any exercise or training that can be done, any classes out there?

Wife's left eye-right hand as well. She's training her right eye by taping the left lens of her shooting glasses with making tape. If you learn to shoot both (and keep both eyes open) it will be a huge benefit to quickly acquiring a sight picture and awareness of the stage.

[jrsportssupply]

Many people tell you to shoot left-handed. That doesn't work for me, so I shoot right-handed. When pistol shooting, I align the gun with my left eye. A little awkward at first, but a LOT better for me than trying to shoot left-handed.
When shooting rifle or shotgun, I use my right eye. After a while, my brain gets confused on which eye is dominant, so my binocular vision is blurry for a while after shooting. It's an acceptable compromise for me.

[Fjold]

I seen it recommended to take opaque tape and cover the left eye glass enough to where light can get through but not enough to let your eye focus on anything. Supposedly this makes the brain change the focus (dominance) to the other eye.

I don't know if it works, I read it on the internet.

[oldschool88]

What exactly would be the downfall of this anyway? Does it affect ones aim?

[Matt C]

+1 for tape to train your eye, that's how we did it in the army also.

[Bend]

Shut the left eye when aiming!

[Bobotheclown]

I'm the same. I ended up closing my closing my right eye when shooting my handgun and closing my left eye when I shoot my rifle... I used a 22 rifle to train myself to close my left eye when shooting a rifle/shotgun

[CamW]

I'm right hand and left eyed, I shoot left hand, rifle and pistol.My shooting partner is right hand, left eyed, he shoots pistol right hand, leans his head over to aim with his left eye.He shoots rifle right hand, aims with his right eye. It works for him, he has a High Master card for NRA Action Pistol and does very well in 1000 yard benchrest and F Class.

[Eric_Oh]

Many people tell you to shoot left-handed. That doesn't work for me, so I shoot right-handed. When pistol shooting, I align the gun with my left eye. A little awkward at first, but a LOT better for me than trying to shoot left-handed.
When shooting rifle or shotgun, I use my right eye. After a while, my brain gets confused on which eye is dominant, so my binocular vision is blurry for a while after shooting. It's an acceptable compromise for me.

I do pretty much the same thing. YOu only have to rotate your head a little bit to align your left eye with the sights.

[MarkF45]

I am left-eyed and right-handed. The solution to this "problem" is to use your dominant eye and hand. So your hand is slightly to the left of where it would be if you used your right eye. So what? I've been doing it this way for 30 years. I have shot NRA bullseye, IPSC, IDPA, UIT/ISSF, IHMSA, PPC, and other stuff, and I've never had a problem.

Taping over your dominant eye is an ignorant idea, favored only by people who are freaked out by the idea of somebody else being different. It's one step above punishing children for being left-handed.

[crowbar]

Luckily, I am right eyed and right handed. I do know of a couple right handed, left eye dominant Palma shooters, and they both shoot south paw with no problems. Another shooter lost much of his right eye vision and continues to shoot (Palma and NRA long range) right handed with iron sights cantilevered to align with his left eye. Adapt and overcome.

[cheese]

I am left hand/right eye dominant. Pistols i still shoot left. Rifles i shoot right

[Eric_Oh]

... either way though.... don't we all agree that we should be proficient with both hands??