Right shoulder left eye shooter

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A good friend and long time shooter had a stroke and lost sight in his right eye.
My solution was build a offset mount so he can shoot from right shoulder using left eye.
Works great!
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A fellow I met at the range had the same thing happen to him. His solution was to modify the stock by removing enough wood on the left side so his left could go over far enough to look through the scope. Stock looked strange but it worked for him. More than one solution to a problem. Important thing is that your friend is happy with it.
 
marty06 said:
Nice work, but Learning to shoot left handed should be the way to go.
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fwiw I am left handed right eyed, it is far easier to train your other eye. It is VERY uncomfortable for me to shoulder a rifle right handed, I imagine it is the same case here or there would be no need for the mount to begin with.
 
I shot right handed left eyed for about 20 years. I used bows rifles and shot guns all right handed using my left eye. It took a bit of work and training muscle memory but it was worth it.
My advise is Learn to shoot with your dominate eye, you will be very happy with the results. Its not impossible, If klutz like me can do it any one can with a bit of work and commitment.
 
I have no advice other than GOOD FOR YOU. I applaud you for trying too help a fellow gunner continue his passion. I wish the both of you the best of luck. I have heard of crossover stocks that allow a right handed left eye dominant shooter to remain right shouldered with left eye without using the side mount thats only good really for one distance. I admire you trying to help ur friend more than youll ever know, Best of luck friend
 
Big-boss-man said:
fwiw I am left handed right eyed, it is far easier to train your other eye. It is VERY uncomfortable for me to shoulder a rifle right handed, I imagine it is the same case here or there would be no need for the mount to begin with.
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I second this, I'm right handed, left eye dominant. Not that it is overly uncomfortable to shoulder lefty, it is just far easier to adapt my eyes than it would be to retrain my entire body.
 
I shoot both left and right. My right eye is so weak anything other than a simple plex reticle is pointless for it, so I had to go lefty with scopes. It's not all that hard to be ambidextrous with a rifle. Took a bit of practice but it's almost second nature for me now to shoulder on my left. My only gripe is that all my guns are right-handed, but again, with practice it wasn't too difficult to overcome.
 
I’ve watched a Target Rifle shooter (No scope, No bags No bi-pod, uses only Peep sights, sling& glove) shoot from 300-1000 yards with his rear sight OFFSET to the left as you have done. If memory serves me he is a MASTER CLASS shooter and his scores are quite high. His vision deteriorated in his right eye but is still more than capable with the left. Nice job and keeps another guy shooting.
 
If you ever shot a Mauser 98K with a scope on it, the scope is so high that you can shoot right handed and get your left eye behind the optic.

Accurate shooter has an article where an F Class shooter shoots with his scope high for that reason.

If you are ever interested in a red dot, you could consider the Armson OEG sight. I like using them on tactical shot guns so I can shoot skeet without using the ghost ring sights which are useless for fast moving targets. I shoot as well as anyone on the range using the Armson OEG sight... Its also a bit of a schtick where guys immediately start coaching me on how to shoot from the very first stage. They assume with a gun set up like that, I obviously don't know what I'm doing, and I lean into it. When I use my option on about the 3rd or fourth station guys suddenly start examining the gun with a WTF look in their eyes.

If you are not familiar with the Armson OEG sight, it rquires both eyes. The right eye sees the dot and the left eye sees everything else. Your brain super imposes the images and you see a red dot floating out there, but with no field of view limits.
 
Years ago when I had right eye cataract surgery just before deer season I mounted a scope on a M1 Carbine and was ready to go hunting. My surgeon said that a small recoil rifle would not hurt me and it was more important to keep that eye covered and protected from brush.
I really did not plan on shooting a deer but I wanted to go hunting and any shot I took would be a standing neck shot up close. I practiced left handed with a BB gun and tin cans in the back yard for a few days and did develop some co-ordination. I was thinking this was something I should try and keep up but alas I regressed. I admire anyone however who does master it.

Bill
 
When i figured out that i was left eye dominant i decided to learn to shoot left handed. It didnt talke long to become comfortable .
 
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