A buddy of mine, and I both have right handed sons who are left eye dominant. My wife is the same, though she didn't inform me that her genetic inferiority would creep up in my son. Just curious what the board thinks we should do.
Note, both of our sons are quite young, my friend's son just made 6, and mine is 3.

I like trying an eye patch out, and seeing if they can learn to shoot with the right eye. My buddy's dad, who is a very experienced shooter, says we're all gonna have to learn to shoot lefty. Please note that I am not biased against you left handed freaks at all (lol), it would simply be much more convenient, if we could all shoot the same guns.

What do ya'll think?

I have the same problem, left eye dominant but am right handed. It did not occur until I was a teenager and I taught myself to shot left handed after that. It just seemed alot less of a problem than trying continue to shoot right handed with my right eye that I do not see out of as well as my left.

Whew, I'm left handed and left eye dominant, guess that makes me normal.
Jeff

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Originally posted by daniel77:
A buddy of mine, and I both have right handed sons who are left eye dominant. My wife is the same, though she didn't inform me that her genetic inferiority would creep up in my son. Just curious what the board thinks we should do.
Note, both of our sons are quite young, my friend's son just made 6, and mine is 3.

I like trying an eye patch out, and seeing if they can learn to shoot with the right eye. My buddy's dad, who is a very experienced shooter, says we're all gonna have to learn to shoot lefty. Please note that I am not biased against you left handed freaks at all (lol), it would simply be much more convenient, if we could all shoot the same guns.

What do ya'll think?

Been there - Done that several times!

Teaching them to shoot right-handed/right-eye will work for rifle and pistol. However, shooting a shotgun will be problem - If shotgun is on the list, I'd say teach left handed from the start while they are young.

I have one daughter who is right handed but left eye dominant and she's always shot left handed. She tells her siblings that when I die that she gets all my rifles.

I just tell her that she had better worry that there might be left handed grandchildren.

So you're all saying I'm screwed. thanks.

I'd love an excuse to buy new guns. New guns that I can't shoot doesn't help me much.

If it makes any difference, mine son does "shoot" his cap guns A LOT, and does it right handed. Not sure if he hits anything though.

As an after thought, I have a possible solution. Single shots and lever actions shouldn't make a right or left handed difference. How about that? Only thing is, I'm a diehard bolt action man. Guess you can't have everything you want.

Always shoot in accordance with your dominant eye, not your handedness. Your dominant eye will always try to take over especially with open sites and moving targets.

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Originally posted by daniel77:
A buddy of mine, and I both have right handed sons who are left eye dominant. My wife is the same, though she didn't inform me that her genetic inferiority would creep up in my son. Just curious what the board thinks we should do.
Note, both of our sons are quite young, my friend's son just made 6, and mine is 3.

I like trying an eye patch out, and seeing if they can learn to shoot with the right eye. My buddy's dad, who is a very experienced shooter, says we're all gonna have to learn to shoot lefty. Please note that I am not biased against you left handed freaks at all (lol), it would simply be much more convenient, if we could all shoot the same guns.

What do ya'll think?

I'm rt handed and left eye dominant, not a real problem except for shotguns. However I grew up closing my left eye, shot my first bird with Rem .22 when I was too young to close left eye, my Grandmother covered it with her hand. I was 4 or less yrs old.

The general theory is to switch them to where they shoot with their dominant eye on the shotgun side, disregarding their hand dominance. I agree, especially if they are young, but if that doesn't work, then the only real solution is to have them close the dominant eye. People who don't have the problem don't understand, but if I shoot a shotgun with both eyes open I see the double barrels with a single barrel and the side of the barrel, not the sighting plane. OTOH, I managed to make AA/27/AA and tie for the Singles Championship of America shooting one eyed but I absolutely am at a losing disadvantage shooting something like ZZZZZs or box bird pigeons, since I can't cover the whole range with one eye closed. Most people who hunt around me think I can hold up my end. I repeat, start them on the dominant eye side and never look back.

I've read, or heard somewhere that this cross dominance is because of a better genetic make-up and is more common in girls than boys, but don't really know for sure. Makes for interesting internet research (read: possible junk science). Nevertheless, you're born with a particular eye dominance and it never (there may be exceptions?) changes. Opposite hand coordination can be learned, especially if a person is young. For this reason it's better to train a youngster based on eye dominance than on handedness. The good news there's quite a few left handed guns available these days.

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I've read, or heard somewhere that this cross dominance is because of a better genetic make-up and is more common in girls than boys, but don't really know for sure.

That must be it......

I'm left handed/left eye dom. I grew up on right handed rifles and learned to shoot either hand, either eye. It's not hard and anybody can do it with just a little practice.
*My advice- encourage shooting both ways and teach him how to do it. (Other than closing my dominant eye when shooting right handed, and being a bit slow on right handed bolts when shooting left, it is not a big deal.

Pop got me a Browning BPS (bottom feed, bottom eject, top tang safety). It is effectively ambidextrous and while I naturally shoot left if I have the choice, I regularly shoot right if the situation dictates. (I do shoot better left because I don't have to shut my right eye like I do the other way around. For wingshooting and rabbits, it can be pretty slow. ) But, for big game hunting, especially with optics, being able to shoot either way and being confident in the skill is a huge plus.

ChetNC

i aslo am right handed but left eye dominant since an accident at the ripe old age of four, I am shooting now 36 years since I got my first gun from my left shoulder both shotgun and rifle with right handed weapons and never had a problem,load and fire a right handed bolt action as fast as a right handed person using a right handed bolt action. Bought a Sako delux in 6.5 three years ago just to try it,traded it after 5 weeks,just could manage it.

I am right handed and left eye dominate.

I shoot handguns right handed with the left eye, even if both eyes are open.

I shoot long guns right handed right eyed.

With red dots I can shoot long guns with both eyes open. With scopes or iron sights I just close the left eye when I shoot.

It has never been a problem for me.

I'm right handed and left eye dominate as well. I started out shooting right handed, but when I realized I was left eyed dominate, I sarted to shoot left handed. It was not a difficult transition, in fact it felt more natural. With the exception of my 404 Jeffery, all my guns are right hand. Funny thing though, I shoot a bow right handed and with my right eye. I never could get comfortable shooting one left handed for some reason and have never had any problems with it and don't think it has cost me any animals.
Guess that makes me really screwed up too!

I am ambi-dext but stronger on the left side. I am clearly left eye dominant and my best advice is to go with it. Just learn to shoot left eyed.

ONe well known sporting clays shooter (I think Scott Robertson) retrained his eyes. There is also the option when shooting shotguns to have tape over the left lens and shoot right eyed.

Again, my advice-- just join us and shoot left handed.

Larry

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A buddy of mine, and I both have right handed sons who are left eye dominant.

Just switch to a Browning Highwall. It is symmetrical and does not care which side it is shot from.
I have a left handed daughter with dominant right eye. She shoots right handed.
I am right handed right dominant eye.
I was a switch hitter playing base ball. It was a huge advantage against curve ball pitchers. I also played a lot of hand ball and learned left hand coordination there also. I found learning left leading footwork much more difficult.

Now for some baseball trivia.
A statistical study of cross dominant hitters has shown that there is a small statistical advantage of having the dominant eye away from the plate. Apparently it helps judge the speed and location of the ball.

I say shoot left-handed. I didn't know I had the problem and actually thought I didn't like to shoot rifles until someone figured out I was closing my right eye when I shot handguns. I did the little test and sure enough - right-handed and left-eye dominant. I started practicing shooting left-handed rifles and absolutely love it and hunt now.

So, I shoot handguns right-handed and rifles left-handed. I play my air guitar left-handed, but my air fiddle I play right-handed. I write right-handed and drive left-handed. Put make-up on with both.

Good luck!