Posted by Eric on December 06, 2001 at 19:39:15:
Has anyone tried switching hands? I am right handed, but left eye dominant. I'm wondering if anyone has tried this and what kind of luck you had with it. I have an extra left hand grip for my LP5 and was thinking of trying it.
Thanks for the help.
Eric
Posted by mark on December 06, 2001 at 20:12:52:
Some people have great success with switching to the same hand as the dominant eye. With pistol, shooting cross dominant causes difficulty with sight alignment and hand on grip placement.
Posted by Ian on December 06, 2001 at 22:00:01:
Eric,
I have the same problem. I am right handed and left eye dominant. I shoot with my right hand and my right eye. I cover the left eye with a blinder and leave the eye open allowing just enough light in so I don't have a "conflict." It takes some work but you can over come this and shoot just as well.
I know a couple of the shooter from Israel. One of them has the same problem and has one of the large polorizers/filter that covers his left eye it seems to work well for him. He told me that you will have to spend a great deal of time dry firing to perfect the technique. In addition, He also tried to shoot left handed and said that he couldn't ever get the hang of it. As a matter of fact it set him back about six months in his training.
I hope this helps. If there any questions, please don't hesitate to email me.
Ian
Posted by Eric on December 07, 2001 at 01:50:37:
Well, I replaced my right hand grip with my left hand grip and tried it. It really felt good, but I wonder if it is like so many other things, like when you try someone else’s gun and it feels so much better than yours.
I think I will stick to a blinder on the left side of my glasses and stick to a right handed gun for now.
Thanks for your input,
Eric
Posted by Raymac on December 06, 2001 at 23:31:25:
There seems to be a strong belief that because one is left eye dominant he must shoot with that eye. I am quite sure that dominance has nothing to do with acquity [the ability to see a strong image]. Obviously an eye test will reveal which eye is capable of producing the best image and of course that is the eye that one should shoot with. If the opposite eye, because of dominance, seems to "take over" the sight picture the condition is corrected by simply blinding out the unwanted image. Shooting glasses make this very easy. I have heard of shooters giving up the sport in frustration thinking that they must switch over to left handed shooting and it may well be that they didn’t have to do so. What a waste!! Is there an expert on tap who can confirm my claim?
Posted by VLL on December 07, 2001 at 12:54:40:
I have the same right handed/left eye dominant "problem". I asked this question of Don Nygord a while ago and he suggested sticking with the right handed gun. I use a blinder on my shooting glasses and after a bit of practice It seems to work fine.
Posted by Jim on December 10, 2001 at 10:48:56:
Eric,
I'm a right handed but left eye dominant shooter. I started shooting small bore about 4 months ago and have been shooting left handed the whole time. The real question you need to ask is how good is the vision in your right eye. I wear glasses and my right eye only corrects to 20/30 or 20/40, but my left eye corrects to 20/20. So for me it is better to shoot left handed. This has not really been a problem because I'm learning the positions anyway. However it has been a bit of a problem borrowing or finding used left handed equipment. If your right eye vision is as good as your left eye, then I suggest that you shoot right handed and use a blinder. Hope this helps.
Jim
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