Any left eye dominant shooters that trained right eye?

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So I am a right handed person that shoots left because i am left eye dominant. I have read some things online about people training their right eye to be dominant using various techniques. Been thinking of doing this for a while, and now with my tavor in the mail im thinking of giving it a shot and saving some money on the LH bolt. Just wondering if there is anyone who has done this successfully and how they did it.

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I'm virtually ambidextrous with all platforms I've used. I'm left hand/eye dominant and it was definitely a challenge with tubular optics to train my right eye. I don't find red dots or pistols difficult at all as I always shoot with both eyes open but I still occasionally have to close my left eye to get the focus to my right eye with traditional optics. Not sure if it is entirely possible to "retrain" an eye to become dominant. Haven't done any research on it.
 
Tagged for interest. My 11 year old son is right handed and left eye dominant. He has a new CZ 452 Scout rifle (He just doesn't know it yet ;)) so I am interested to hear people's opinions on this subject.

Regards,

Chizzy
 
This is not exactly an answer to your question but just related. I am a similarly defective person with right handedness and left eye dominance. I cope. I shoot handguns and use my left eye. I can force it, and use my right eye but it's not optimal. I'm getting better though. The getting better part makes me think that training is possible. My left eye dominance may be due to fairly heavy astigmatism in my right eye. The first investment was to get better glasses. I am still thinking of getting some shooter specific glasses for rifles with open sights. Using my right eye with scopes and red dots is not problem.

I am tempted to try shooting left handed to see how that works. I probably will do that just to see.

Anyway, I hope someone can answer your question more directly because I am interested in the answer.
 
I'd recommend training the body and using the dominant eye. I'm left handed and luckily left eye dominant. Growing up left handed I was shown how to do everything by right handed people. It quickly gets easier and easier to use that side of the body. Today the only things I do left handed are shoot and write. So I'd follow through with the dominant eye.
 
I'm left eye dominant and right handed.

I shoot pistol right handed and turn my head slightly to the right, with my chin pointing to the hollow of my right shoulder. Works for me.

I shoot rifle and shotgun left handed though. Never had a problem, nor does brass from a semi rifle or shells from a shotgun ever hit me. Working a bolt quickly (like the Enfield mad minute) requires a little creativity, but it can be done.
 
Brass and shells are not a problem for me either. Operating a bolt, I use my right hand to avoid reaching over. For duck hunting I like the mossberg 500, makes it easier to snap the safety off in the heat of the moment.
 
I'm also left eye dominant and right handed. Due to astigmatism, I only use scopes on the rifles, so I simply close my left eye when sighting.

It may not be ideal, of course, but that's the way I've been shooting for 30+ years, I'm kinda set in my little ways by now. :rolleyes:

I've been reading on this. There's lots of identical advice that aims to make me use my dominant eye (meaning, learn to shoot left handed, else train the right eye to become dominant). Not one of those advice told me why it mattered at all to use the dominant eye outside of "fast acquisition" target shooting situations.

I finally found some useful info on a pamphlet from usashooting.org:

Squinting or closing of the non-aiming eye to eliminate the double image of the front sight can cause eye fatigue and muscle strain. Additionally, by closing the non-aiming eye, that pupil will dilate because it is not receiving the amount of light it normally would, and because of a sympathetic response, the aiming eye’s pupil will open more than normal. This can cause a loss of focusing ability and increase eye fatigue. As coaches, we should strive to have our athletes utilize the body’s natural tools in the performance of a task; therefore, both eyes should remain open. The solution for the double image is to use an occluder. Often made of an opaque material like target paper or a translucent material like plastic milk carton, an occluder is an object that blocks some of the field of view reaching the nonshooting eye. Translucent material allows some diffused light to enter the non-shooting eye, allowing both eyes to receive similar amounts of light. Occluders are attached to the either the rear sight or the shooter’s glasses. Avoid black color or covering the eye completely with an eye patch, as this will trigger the sympathetic pupil response.​

I may try that patch on the left glasses, see if it does anything for me. :)
 
Chizzy said:
Tagged for interest. My 11 year old son is right handed and left eye dominant. He has a new CZ 452 Scout rifle (He just doesn't know it yet ;)) so I am interested to hear people's opinions on this subject.

Regards,

Chizzy
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I'm same way, but not by choice.. My right eye is every poor for fine vision, I shoot pistol right handed but rifles need to be left.
 
I am a left eye dominant (left is above 100%, right is ####-ass-####), right handed shooter who shoots right handed (not counting the weak-hand drills), and have been instinctively shooting with both eyes open (aiming with right eye) since day one. I outshoot well-sighted people just fine.

I say listen to what your body tells you is best for you.

That's my story.
 
i shoot pistols right handed. im right handed with everything i do, but when i shoot rifles/shotguns i shoot much better left handed. its weird.
 
I'm left eye dominant and right handed. I am also an avid photographer since my early days. When I got my first pistol, without even thinking I started shooting right handed with my right eye closed same as I used to use my cameras. Only after a few shots did I realize what i was doing, but it works well for me.
Rifles - I have a scope or red dot on all my rifles and use my right eye shooting right handed. Shooting rifles left handed just feels weird, tho I have been doing transition drills and it's getting a little better, but still weird left handed.
 
I started out as a right eye dominant/right hand shooter decades ago. Over the years for whatever reason I am now totally left eye dominant and after years of trying this and that I have given up and just do what's comfortable which ends up being a total mish mash of various techniques depending on type of firearm and sights. I am the same with golf. I drive and putt left and play right when using irons. Whatever works.
 
I am cross eye dominant and have to shoot now left handed.
I am a left handed person tho.
When shooting I use my right hand and right eye.
When taking my black badge course my instructor suggested some translucent tape over my left eye in order to force my right eye to focus properly. It's works very well.
It's just takes time and training to become accustomed to shooting handgun like this.
 
When my father started me duck hunting when I was younger, I picked up the habit of shooting left somehow, though I'm right handed. Never was an issue, so I always shot from my left shoulder, and got used to it. Fast forward to 2 years ago when I got into target shooting - I always found I was slightly off target, no matter what I tried. Just thought I was an under-average rifle shot, until I bought a T97. I figured I'd learn to shoot right because it was a nice rifle I wanted. I started shooting right, low and behold I was on target. Done some research and come to find out I'm right eye dominant. But, after years of shooting left, shouldering on the right seemed near impossible.

Practice, practice, practice is all I can say. The more range time I got, the more natural it felt, and now it's the same as if I shot that way from day one.

I know it's a little different than the eye, but I would think that'd be a similar solution.
 
Since i got my Lasik, both eyes are at 20/20, i can shoot either side equally good, 7/10 i shoot from the right...
Before the operation i was strictly a right hand shooter... JP.
 
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