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I'm not ambidextrous but I can shoot with either hand. I always practiced that way for years.My mom has the RH LE thing going and makes helping teach her to shoot insanely hard for me because I can't empathize with her situation (not to be confused with sympathize you knuckle dragger's).
I am very, very fortunate to have inherited my grandfathers ambitious genes - I keep both eyes open but can shoot right eyed or left eyed as they start to fatigue if needed.
Same with pistols, I can RH or LH shoot them (one or two handed) and may change dominant eyes when I switch hands.
Rifles and shotguns, I have always shot RH RE (or both open more often). This thread has me thinking next time I go shooting I may give shouldering on the left shoulder and see how that goes, cuz now I'm curious.
(I rarely share my ambidextrous abilities because I get one of two reactions 99% of the time:
1. I'm lying
2. I'm bragging)
If the reticle looks like this I'd deem the matter settled.Just came across this Beretta site picture of the CX4
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looks to me as if the shooter is cross dominant, meaning right handed but with a stronger left eye. Same issue with me. Is it worth learning to shoot left handed?
The reading glass thing has hit me as well. Red dots are the only way to see both reticle and target sharp. That's why I have a Burris Fastfire ...I tried but could never get comfortable using my left hand to shoot.
I gave up and I close my right eye when shooting handguns and left
eye with rifles/shotguns. Not ideal I know but it works for me. The
bigger issue for me is now that I am old I can't see the sights any more.
I use a red dot on my .22s for Bull's Eye and for the speed steel competitions at DRRC.The reading glass thing has hit me as well. Red dots are the only way to see both reticle and target sharp. That's why I have a Burris Fastfire ...
Is it worth learning to shoot left handed?
"(I rarely share my ambidextrous abilities because I get one of two reactions 99% of the time:My mom has the RH LE thing going and makes helping teach her to shoot insanely hard for me because I can't empathize with her situation (not to be confused with sympathize you knuckle dragger's).
I am very, very fortunate to have inherited my grandfathers ambitious genes - I keep both eyes open but can shoot right eyed or left eyed as they start to fatigue if needed.
Same with pistols, I can RH or LH shoot them (one or two handed) and may change dominant eyes when I switch hands.
Rifles and shotguns, I have always shot RH RE (or both open more often). This thread has me thinking next time I go shooting I may give shouldering on the left shoulder and see how that goes, cuz now I'm curious.
(I rarely share my ambidextrous abilities because I get one of two reactions 99% of the time:
1. I'm lying
2. I'm bragging)