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<blockquote data-quote="SoCal326" data-source="post: 1688849" data-attributes="member: 85473"><p>TLDR:</p><p>So I guess the answer is eye dominance matters because it doesn't feel natural--until you retrain your eyes. It all comes down to how much time/desire you have for the transition. Now it feels so natural that I forgot how much effort I actually put into the change.</p><p></p><p>My names SoCal and I'm trans. You may think its strange but try it, you might like it.</p><p></p><p>It never mattered until I started PRS and rapid follow up shots in various positions became important. That's when I learned the importance of keeping my face on the rifle and the support hand maintaining the rifles position so I could see my impacts while cycling the action. If it weren't for that I'd probably still be shooting my right handed rifles like a lefty and agree with most of you.</p><p></p><p>What really helped me was dry firing on distant targets from my living room and cycling the bolt while still looking at the target. I'd dry fire in prone, then dry fire resting on the back of my couch. I'd dry fire and change positions so I was forced to quickly find my target. They eye dominance thing was an issue if I wasn't correctly lined up on the rifle but with proper alignment my non dominant eye takes over, even with both eyes open. Ya, I had to force it at first and it took some time but now it works great. It took a few hours laying in prone and playing with my eyes to understand what they were doing. Eventually I could keep both eyes open and mentally shift my focus between either eye.</p><p></p><p>During my transition is when I learned the importance of lining up directly behind the rifle instead of angling my body off to the side. Lining straight behind the rifle made it very easy to find my target. As I bring my cheek to the rifle I line my target up with the top of my turrets and once I get to the scope my target is usually in view. That alone made sure I was in correct position because if I couldn't find my target it meant I wasn't positioned directly behind the rifle. It also aligned my non dom eye and allowed it to take control and ensured that my rifle didn't move of target due to recoil.</p><p></p><p>Without the home practice I would have given up because range time is too valuable. I would have wasted a bunch of expensive ammo and gotten frustrated. So you have to train your eyes, but its possible.</p><p></p><p>For a minute I though I was special because my eyes were ambi but that's not true. It took time and practice--I just forget how much effort it took but its worth it. Its more comfortable, faster and I can share my rifles with my friends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoCal326, post: 1688849, member: 85473"] TLDR: So I guess the answer is eye dominance matters because it doesn't feel natural--until you retrain your eyes. It all comes down to how much time/desire you have for the transition. Now it feels so natural that I forgot how much effort I actually put into the change. My names SoCal and I'm trans. You may think its strange but try it, you might like it. It never mattered until I started PRS and rapid follow up shots in various positions became important. That's when I learned the importance of keeping my face on the rifle and the support hand maintaining the rifles position so I could see my impacts while cycling the action. If it weren't for that I'd probably still be shooting my right handed rifles like a lefty and agree with most of you. What really helped me was dry firing on distant targets from my living room and cycling the bolt while still looking at the target. I'd dry fire in prone, then dry fire resting on the back of my couch. I'd dry fire and change positions so I was forced to quickly find my target. They eye dominance thing was an issue if I wasn't correctly lined up on the rifle but with proper alignment my non dominant eye takes over, even with both eyes open. Ya, I had to force it at first and it took some time but now it works great. It took a few hours laying in prone and playing with my eyes to understand what they were doing. Eventually I could keep both eyes open and mentally shift my focus between either eye. During my transition is when I learned the importance of lining up directly behind the rifle instead of angling my body off to the side. Lining straight behind the rifle made it very easy to find my target. As I bring my cheek to the rifle I line my target up with the top of my turrets and once I get to the scope my target is usually in view. That alone made sure I was in correct position because if I couldn't find my target it meant I wasn't positioned directly behind the rifle. It also aligned my non dom eye and allowed it to take control and ensured that my rifle didn't move of target due to recoil. Without the home practice I would have given up because range time is too valuable. I would have wasted a bunch of expensive ammo and gotten frustrated. So you have to train your eyes, but its possible. For a minute I though I was special because my eyes were ambi but that's not true. It took time and practice--I just forget how much effort it took but its worth it. Its more comfortable, faster and I can share my rifles with my friends. [/QUOTE]
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