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jgcoastie · September 12, 2009, 07:58 PM

I guess I'm pretty lucky. I'm right-handed, but left-eye dominant so my strong shooting side is my left. I shoot all handguns, rifles, and shotguns left-handed which over the years has developed me to be almost completely ambidextrous. The only thing that I do exclusively with my right hand is writing. These days, just about all of my range trips and trap sessions include almost equal practice (a bit heavier on the left side though) on all guns with both hands and both eyes. For whatever reason, I am not able to shoot well with both eyes open, so if I'm shooting lefty, I use my left eye and close the right one. If I'm shooting righty, I use my right eye and close my left one.

September 12, 2009, 07:58 PM	#10
jgcoastie Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Location: Kodiak, Alaska Posts: 2,118	I guess I'm pretty lucky. I'm right-handed, but left-eye dominant so my strong shooting side is my left. I shoot all handguns, rifles, and shotguns left-handed which over the years has developed me to be almost completely ambidextrous. The only thing that I do exclusively with my right hand is writing. These days, just about all of my range trips and trap sessions include almost equal practice (a bit heavier on the left side though) on all guns with both hands and both eyes. For whatever reason, I am not able to shoot well with both eyes open, so if I'm shooting lefty, I use my left eye and close the right one. If I'm shooting righty, I use my right eye and close my left one. __________________ "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." -Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights.