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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="kfreeze" data-source="post: 1909797" data-attributes="member: 79596"><p>As someone who is left eye dominant, I always tried to shoot guns and archery right handed growing up. Even shot pistols with my right hand but sighted with left eye. Shot archery with my right eye. It worked, and I could shoot ok, but I never really got good until I started doing it left handed. In our day and age all of the trying to force a kid to make do, do it right handed, or use the right handed stuff is a joke. Once I started using the right stuff for me and doing it the right way it was easier and more natural. The left handed stuff costs about the same as right handed stuff, so cost isn't even and issue. The only thing that is different is that you have to stick to more common stuff to have options. </p><p></p><p>I would suggest getting him a rem 700 youth rifle to start with. In a few years he can just get another adult sized stock and be good to go. Later on he can always do a custom off of the 700 action too, if thats what he gets into. You can get any aftermarket stuff you want left handed for a rem 700 also. Savage and tikka can get left handed stuff for them too, but the selection of stuff is way less. Thats the sum of what I've learned being left handed over the years and liking high end stuff. Also it will be way easier for him to learn on left handed stuff right away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kfreeze, post: 1909797, member: 79596"] As someone who is left eye dominant, I always tried to shoot guns and archery right handed growing up. Even shot pistols with my right hand but sighted with left eye. Shot archery with my right eye. It worked, and I could shoot ok, but I never really got good until I started doing it left handed. In our day and age all of the trying to force a kid to make do, do it right handed, or use the right handed stuff is a joke. Once I started using the right stuff for me and doing it the right way it was easier and more natural. The left handed stuff costs about the same as right handed stuff, so cost isn't even and issue. The only thing that is different is that you have to stick to more common stuff to have options. I would suggest getting him a rem 700 youth rifle to start with. In a few years he can just get another adult sized stock and be good to go. Later on he can always do a custom off of the 700 action too, if thats what he gets into. You can get any aftermarket stuff you want left handed for a rem 700 also. Savage and tikka can get left handed stuff for them too, but the selection of stuff is way less. Thats the sum of what I've learned being left handed over the years and liking high end stuff. Also it will be way easier for him to learn on left handed stuff right away. [/QUOTE]
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