need some advice - The Firearms Forum

Tim James · 02-11-2009, 09:16 AM

I am left eye dominant but I shoot right handed and I just recently recieved my concealed carry permit and aiming my pistol is very difficult to do when I am not concentrating when I shoot my pistol my right eye wants to close automaticlly and my shots are way off because I am using the wrong eye to aim I have tried shooting left handed but it is not natural for me if someone has any techniques or advice to give for correcting this or the same problems it would be great to here what yall have to say Thanks.

pinecone70 · 02-11-2009, 09:49 AM

Cross-dominance is tricky, most recommendations are to switch hands for shooting or try to retrain yourself with an eye patch. Maybe someone will be along with a better solution.

chemfantry · 02-11-2009, 11:12 AM

I am left eye and right hand dominant as well. I shoot my pistols right handed and use my left eye. My left eye is so dominant that I get head aches wearing PVS-14s (night vision monoculars designed to be worn over your nondominant eye) because my left eye fights my right for focus. #1 is to spent lots of time at the range and get comfortable shooting like that. #2 shoot with both eyes open. #3 you may have to drift the rear sight in the opposite direction that your shots are missing. i.e. if a majority of your shots are hitting to the left, drift the sight to the right.

USMC-03 · 02-11-2009, 11:20 AM

I'm just the opposite, right eye dominate and left handed. My right dominance is very minimal and my left eye vision is actually a bit clearer. I just shoot left hand/left eye and accept that it requires additional practice and focus.

carver · 02-11-2009, 11:28 AM

Point shooting with your SD hand gun is the way to go. For target practice I can not come up with any help for you. My dad had the same problem, but I don't know how he worked it out. I can tell you that he was a very good shot, with either a rifle, or hand gun.

CampingJosh · 02-11-2009, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by carver

Point shooting with your SD hand gun is the way to go.

I'm going to agree with this. You really need to get to the point where you can hit a dinner-plate sized target at 3 to 7 yards without even looking at the sights.
Then, if you have time to aim properly with the sights, you always can. In most realistic situations, that probably won't be the case.

21bravo · 02-11-2009, 02:50 PM

some LEO's that i have talked to in classes that i have taken have suggested canting the pistol, only slightly. i am right hand/right eye domonant....but, when i shoot a pistol with my left hand i slightly tilt the pistol to the right and use my right eye to sight the weapon. mind you, i am not shooting "gangster style" like you see in movies. im only making like a 5 degree tilt from vertical.

maybe that helps??

02-11-2009, 11:20 AM	#4
USMC-03 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Peoples Republic of the Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,825	Re: need some advice I'm just the opposite, right eye dominate and left handed. My right dominance is very minimal and my left eye vision is actually a bit clearer. I just shoot left hand/left eye and accept that it requires additional practice and focus. __________________ Let not the rifles of good and free men be reforged into plowshares, but may they rest in a place of honor; ready, well oiled and God willing unused. For if the price of peace becomes licking the boots of tyrants, then "To Arms!" I say, and may the fortunes of war smile upon patriots. - Fortes Fortuna Javat -

02-11-2009, 11:28 AM	#5
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,550	Re: need some advice Point shooting with your SD hand gun is the way to go. For target practice I can not come up with any help for you. My dad had the same problem, but I don't know how he worked it out. I can tell you that he was a very good shot, with either a rifle, or hand gun. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

02-11-2009, 02:50 PM	#7
21bravo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: wilkes county, nc Posts: 790	Re: need some advice some LEO's that i have talked to in classes that i have taken have suggested canting the pistol, only slightly. i am right hand/right eye domonant....but, when i shoot a pistol with my left hand i slightly tilt the pistol to the right and use my right eye to sight the weapon. mind you, i am not shooting "gangster style" like you see in movies. im only making like a 5 degree tilt from vertical. maybe that helps??

02-11-2009, 09:16 AM	#1
Tim James Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: louisiana Posts: 6	need some advice I am left eye dominant but I shoot right handed and I just recently recieved my concealed carry permit and aiming my pistol is very difficult to do when I am not concentrating when I shoot my pistol my right eye wants to close automaticlly and my shots are way off because I am using the wrong eye to aim I have tried shooting left handed but it is not natural for me if someone has any techniques or advice to give for correcting this or the same problems it would be great to here what yall have to say Thanks. -->

02-11-2009, 09:49 AM	#2
pinecone70 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Minnesota Gal! Posts: 4,730	Re: need some advice Cross-dominance is tricky, most recommendations are to switch hands for shooting or try to retrain yourself with an eye patch. Maybe someone will be along with a better solution. __________________ _____________________________________________ "Miss Scarlet, in the library...with a revolver...."

02-11-2009, 11:12 AM	#3
chemfantry V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ft. Campbell, KY Posts: 305	Re: need some advice I am left eye and right hand dominant as well. I shoot my pistols right handed and use my left eye. My left eye is so dominant that I get head aches wearing PVS-14s (night vision monoculars designed to be worn over your nondominant eye) because my left eye fights my right for focus. #1 is to spent lots of time at the range and get comfortable shooting like that. #2 shoot with both eyes open. #3 you may have to drift the rear sight in the opposite direction that your shots are missing. i.e. if a majority of your shots are hitting to the left, drift the sight to the right. __________________ Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in proelio.