Another eye dominace question.....
07-29-2010, 07:32 AM
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Fork Horn
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Another eye dominace question.....
My wife is new to shooting/hunting, but shows lots of interest in getting started.....so I want to start her off right.
She is right handed but left eye dominate. I'm left handed and left eye dominate, so I shoot left handed rifles.
I'm wondering since she hasn't ever learned to shoot a rifle right or left handed, if I should start working with her shooting left handed to match her eye dominance.
What do you guys think? She THINKS that it would be harder for her to shoot lefty because she does everything else right handed.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Schoolcraft
She is right handed but left eye dominate. I'm left handed and left eye dominate, so I shoot left handed rifles.
I'm wondering since she hasn't ever learned to shoot a rifle right or left handed, if I should start working with her shooting left handed to match her eye dominance.
What do you guys think? She THINKS that it would be harder for her to shoot lefty because she does everything else right handed.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Schoolcraft
07-29-2010, 10:23 AM
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Fork Horn
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Sheridan,
If she shoulders the rifle right handed and keeps both eyes open, won't her dominant eye (left eye) take over?
Seems like her dominant left eye would have her not looking through the scope but down the left side of the rifle.
Do I have that right? If both eyes are open and focused on one point, won't the dominant eye take over?
If she shoulders the rifle right handed and keeps both eyes open, won't her dominant eye (left eye) take over?
Seems like her dominant left eye would have her not looking through the scope but down the left side of the rifle.
Do I have that right? If both eyes are open and focused on one point, won't the dominant eye take over?
07-29-2010, 11:31 AM
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Typical Buck
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I'm cross dominate too. Righthanded left eyed. With a blood pressure issue having damaged my left eye I still shoot scopes and peps left handed but over the course of the last 5 years or so have become fairly able both ways with both eyes open shotgunning.
Speaking from hard expierance teach to the dominate eye 1st you'll both be happier.
Speaking from hard expierance teach to the dominate eye 1st you'll both be happier.
07-29-2010, 11:46 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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This is also why I do not let others shoot my guns and adjust site. I had a friend in the guard who said I will adjust it for you cause it is shooting off alittle. I spent 10 minutes telling him that it was dead on for me and he needed to just aim off alittle and no to touch the scope. Of course with iron sites this can be a issue. This is why I have been shooting my glock with each eye and with both open.
07-29-2010, 12:54 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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Schoolcraft,
Have your wife...
With both eyes open adjust the cross hairs to her (hopefully tight) group called "point of impact" (POI).
With both eyes open have her shoot another (tight) group and adjust the cross hairs to that group's POI.
Repeat until the POI and the bullseye is one and the same.
Have your wife...
With both eyes open adjust the cross hairs to her (hopefully tight) group called "point of impact" (POI).
With both eyes open have her shoot another (tight) group and adjust the cross hairs to that group's POI.
Repeat until the POI and the bullseye is one and the same.
Last edited by Sheridan; 07-29-2010 at 07:54 PM.