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The Basics, Starting Out
Starting out a young shooter, who's left eye dominant. Got questions..
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1908840" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>Absolutely let him shoot left handed, reguardless of what rifle he uses.</p><p></p><p>Being a southpaw myself, and also a father with a 7 year old boy that is right handed but EXTREMLY left eye dominant, and also a firearms instructor for my county Sheriff's Department, unless the eye dominance is almost nuetral, you want to teach them to be whatever hand their eye dominance is. You can teach them to switch hands, eye dominance can't really be trained.</p><p></p><p>With my son, I have had to teach him left handed. He has eye issues, his eye perscription is a +8 in his "good" eye, and a +9.25 in his right, and he absolutely can't use his right eye for anything, so he has had to learn left handed, but is doing fantastic. I tried for an hour at the range, and he never could even see anything through a scope with his right eye. Tried switching to left hand, immediately was able to see and hit what he was aiming at.</p><p></p><p>Another thing, since he is left eye dominante as well as left handed, it will be good for him to learn to shoot right handed guns. Growing up left handed, it is good to learn to shoot right handed guns, as well as left handed. On a bolt gun, he would just use his right hand to work the action, the reach over the scope thing is a pita and slows you way down. Learning to use a left handed gun is easy too. So, teach him on a right handed gun, then when he is old enough for a full sized rifle, get him a lefty, and he will know universally.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind, when he starts using semi autos, ar-15 type rifles need a shell deflector, and even then I end up with small cuts and marks on my cheek from the case mouths at trainings where we shoot a lot of rounds. With shotguns, if ammo is dirty at all, I need to wear glasses because otherwise I end up getting powder residue in my eyes. I never really had any issues with .22's, they tend to throw them strait out to the side.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1908840, member: 87243"] Absolutely let him shoot left handed, reguardless of what rifle he uses. Being a southpaw myself, and also a father with a 7 year old boy that is right handed but EXTREMLY left eye dominant, and also a firearms instructor for my county Sheriff's Department, unless the eye dominance is almost nuetral, you want to teach them to be whatever hand their eye dominance is. You can teach them to switch hands, eye dominance can't really be trained. With my son, I have had to teach him left handed. He has eye issues, his eye perscription is a +8 in his "good" eye, and a +9.25 in his right, and he absolutely can't use his right eye for anything, so he has had to learn left handed, but is doing fantastic. I tried for an hour at the range, and he never could even see anything through a scope with his right eye. Tried switching to left hand, immediately was able to see and hit what he was aiming at. Another thing, since he is left eye dominante as well as left handed, it will be good for him to learn to shoot right handed guns. Growing up left handed, it is good to learn to shoot right handed guns, as well as left handed. On a bolt gun, he would just use his right hand to work the action, the reach over the scope thing is a pita and slows you way down. Learning to use a left handed gun is easy too. So, teach him on a right handed gun, then when he is old enough for a full sized rifle, get him a lefty, and he will know universally. Keep in mind, when he starts using semi autos, ar-15 type rifles need a shell deflector, and even then I end up with small cuts and marks on my cheek from the case mouths at trainings where we shoot a lot of rounds. With shotguns, if ammo is dirty at all, I need to wear glasses because otherwise I end up getting powder residue in my eyes. I never really had any issues with .22's, they tend to throw them strait out to the side. [/QUOTE]
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