Right handed- Left eye dominant

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Hello,

I'm teaching one of my kids how to shoot long guns, and I've discovered that my right handed kid is left eye dominant.

Does anyone have any advice and pointers for me?

I'm finding it quite challenging...

Thanks all.

Brad.
 
Just get him shooting left. It's awkward at first, but it's the best solution.

I have the same issue. I can shoot scoped rifles fine right handed, but iron sights on a rifle or shooting moving targets with a shotgun was very difficult. Currently, I shoot rifles right handed and shotguns left handed. The first day I was shooting shotgun lefty I was breaking more clays, so I'm sold on that - gonna try lefty with a rifle next time I'm out shooting..

I tried all the tricks you'll hear about and some worked better than others but none worked as well as just switching hands. Awkward at first, but highly effective in the long run.

Don't worry about the rifle being right handed. He can learn on a right handed rifle and you can look to get him a lefty down the road.
 
I am right handed, left eyed as well. For rifles with red dots or scopes it isn't a big deal. As for irons, you just have to slowly train your eyes to shoot right. Rip a piece of ammo box and place it inbetween eye pro and left eye. I find it more apparent when shooting handguns as slight double vision will occur. That however does not affect my aim at all. It all just comes down to practice and soon you will be able to use both eyes to shoot.
 
johnzhang456 said:
I am right handed, left eyed as well. For rifles with red dots or scopes it isn't a big deal. As for irons, you just have to slowly train your eyes to shoot right. Rip a piece of ammo box and place it inbetween eye pro and left eye. I find it more apparent when shooting handguns as slight double vision will occur. That however does not affect my aim at all. It all just comes down to practice and soon you will be able to use both eyes to shoot.
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His kid would be far better served by just learning to shoot left, then spending time trying all the tricks in the book to attempt to fix this the hard way. Unlike a lot of us who didn't discover this issue until decades into the sport, kids are young and quick to adapt.

Rifles are easy enough to use with the wrong eye, especially with an optic. Handguns are not an issue either - I hold my pistol in my right, I just raise it up to my left eye rather than the right eye, it's only a 3"shift sideways.

Shotgun is a huge pain though, because you don't AIM a shotgun so much as point it, and it's very difficult to point it properly from the wrong eye.
 
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My sight is 20-200, the right eye is the bad one due to a shingle infection a few years back and I am right handed. I have adapted quite well to shooting left handed with rifles and even pump action shotguns. Handguns no issue. WARNING- GET YOUR SHINGLES VACCINE!!! I am not ####eing you!!
 
I am also left eye dominant, right handed and learned too shoot left handed [long guns] as a teenager. Its the only way to go with your youngster in my opinion. Shooting left handed has advantages. Now your right arm [usually stronger] is your support arm and down the road they will be a better shooter. It will be awkward for them for 1 or 2 times out shooting but it will soon feel normal and then they will be off and running......er shooting.
 
I am also right handed-left eye. Without a ton of shooting behind me, I’m now thinking it will be easier in the long run to just switch to left. Not sure I’m too thrilled about this.
 
Left Eye / Right Hand dominant here. I am equally proficient with my left hand using long guns, but not pistols.

Originally I shot long guns LE/LH, and pistols LE/RH, but that leads to a bunch of problems. Shooting pistol that way weakens your stance because your wrist isn't straight, and that is reflected in your groups, and unfortunately shooting pistol lefty doesn't work for me. Also should your son ever compete in shooting games like 3-gun, consider how the gear is laid out if he is lile me and shoots long guns LE/LH and pistol RH. I tried and ended up with a holster and all my mags on one side of my body. It felt ridiculous and looked even crazier. That following winter I dry fire practiced RE/RH religiously and I am now RE/RH shooter, despite being LE dominant due to a RE stigmatism. Saves on hassle, gear, and lefty specific rigles with poor re-sale value.
 
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