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when i shoot with my rifle i use my right eye but when ever i go to sight with my handgun i use me left eye am i doing something wrong or am i broken lol
 
Nah, I do that too when I want.

I have an astigmatism in my right eye, and I've broken my left wrist twice and had two surgeries so I'm kinda screwed. My left hand doesn't have much dexterity so I prefer to shoot rifle right handed with my right eye. When I shoot handgun and want to be accurate, I shoot like a righty, but tip my head over more to the right and use my left eye. Nice clear target for a change! :D
 
We are all different as I am a 2 handed handgun shooter only due to some serious wrist surgeries which left me with 6" scars. I hold the view if it feels good do it and enjoy shooting no matter how you do it. You ain't broken, you are just you.
 
I'm right handed but left eye dominant so I shoot with my left eye with pistols but with my right eye with rifles.
 
saders said:
when i shoot with my rifle i use my right eye but when ever i go to sight with my handgun i use me left eye am i doing something wrong or am i broken lol
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I'm all messed up, write with my left, throw right, right-handed hockey stick.

I shoot a rifle left handed with my left eye and a pistol with my right hand but still left eye.
 
If you shoot a pistol right handed, left eyed you aren't broken, try to avoid tipping your head to line your eye up, instead just move the handgun across to the left a little, watch yourself aiming in the mirror and it'll click. You'll find it far easier on your neck.
 
BurnabySoldier said:
I'm all messed up, write with my left, throw right, right-handed hockey stick.

I shoot a rifle left handed with my left eye and a pistol with my right hand but still left eye.[/QUOTE]

In one handed pistol competition or in archery this is called crossfire. In NRA/ISSF organized handgun shooting matches this is often discouraged. Because the unnatural strain on the muscles and bones become very tiring after a long match. This also goes against the theory of good body position, for a natural point of aim. I can often shoot pistol crossfire, but only with a two handed grip during informal plinking. But when I decided to take up 50 meter pistol, with my left eye aiming and using only one hand to grip/support the pistol, I found it much more natural for me to convert to a dedicated LH grip.

ymmv
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I guess the big question is " do you hit where you're aiming?" If so, keep doing what you're doing. Most people have a dominant eye, however, when shooting pistol try to keep both your eyes open. It takes some practice, but, if you do it a few times it'll become second nature and thats the key to shooting. Make it a reflex, and you wont have to think about it.
 
Tiggrot said:
If you shoot a pistol right handed, left eyed you aren't broken, try to avoid tipping your head to line your eye up, instead just move the handgun across to the left a little, watch yourself aiming in the mirror and it'll click. You'll find it far easier on your neck.
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Or I could rotate the weapon 90 degrees to the left, gang-banger style and I won't need to aim at all! :)
 
You arent broken if that works for ya. My wife is right handed but left eye dominant so she shoots left handed when shooting shotguns and rifles but she cant hold her pistol left handed so she shoots right. Just adjusts a bit to use the left eye
 
moosedude said:
You arent broken if that works for ya. My wife is right handed but left eye dominant so she shoots left handed when shooting shotguns and rifles but she cant hold her pistol left handed so she shoots right. Just adjusts a bit to use the left eye
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this is much more common then people think
 
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