Eye dominance right/left

[Long range farmer]

Has anyone had similar issues when I point at something or look through a cd and even when I went to the optician I’m left eye dominant but when I am holding a shotgun what ever I'm looking at lines up with my right eye as if I’m right eye dominant. Has anyone else had this problem it’s getting frustrated now as my instructor is saying I’m right eye and my optician is saying I’m left eye 

[shaun4860]

I’m left eye dominant but shoot right shoulder.

For sporting I keep both eyes open until I’m about to pull the trigger then close left eye.

i have shot this way for many years.

If im trap shooting i always keep my left eye closed because it’s a lot quicker to shoot.

If i keep both eyes open all the time i miss to the left.

Maybe worth a try 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Longbower]

Put your arm straight out and point at a landmark. 
Which eye lines it up with your finger is your dominant eye .

Close that eye and keep the other eye open and your finger should no longer point at the landmark .

Edited December 30, 2024 by Longbower

[Long range farmer]

Yeah if I point at something with my arm iam left eye dominant but when I point using the gun I’m right eye it’s baffling me 

[enfieldspares]

Yes. A man that co-owns the clay ground I shoot on is wrong eye dominant. He is also fluctuates between CPSA AA or AAA Class shot. I asked him what he did. He says he shoots both eyes to get the "measure" of the bird as in distance, speed, angle and then closes his wrong eye and shoots with the eye that is on the same side as the shoulder he fires the gun from. He rarely misses and his CPSA classification evidences that.

Edited December 31, 2024 by enfieldspares

[100milesaway]

Eye dominance does not come from your eye it comes from your brain. Lots of shooters believe that the eye which gives the best unaided (with glasses) vision is their dominant eye and in many cases it is wrong.Some people have central vision. Until I had the cataract removed from my right eye I was almost blind in this eye but it was still my dominant eye. If you have a dominant right eye it will be more sensable to shoot off your right shoulder and visa versa. If you are starting someone off shooting particularly someone that has not shot before it is advisable to start off using the correct eye shoulder matching as it is very difficult to swop shoulders once you have started. 

From Auntie 

Edited December 31, 2024 by 100milesaway
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[100milesaway]

1 hour ago, Long range farmer said:

Yeah if I point at something with my arm iam left eye dominant but when I point using the gun I’m right eye it’s baffling me 

I would ask someone who understands eye dominance to check for you. Some opticians  don't  understand it and lots and lots of shooters don't. If you go to a ground for a lesson the very first thing, after safety, will be the check for eye dominance. If you don't  get that checked you have a bad coach.If you don't want to see a coach, go to a ground that has some novice stands and pick yourself a simple going away target. Shoot 4 clays, with your left eye shut and then 4 clays with your right eye shut. It should be very obvious which of your eyes is dominant. If it isn't  you could have central vision which is quite rare. Good luck. Then try to match your eye to your natural shooting shoulder, if it's  both  the same then that's good if not close the undominant eye just before taking the shot.

From Auntie 

Edited December 31, 2024 by 100milesaway

[Houseplant]

I believe my 10 year old son is left eye dominant, but shoots right handed. He really struggles with scopes.

[kriss]

left eye dominant found this out 58 yrs in the army cadets at school. im righthanded but shoot lefthanded as couldnt hit a barn door shooting righthanded.

[shaun4860]

11 hours ago, Houseplant said:

I believe my 10 year old son is left eye dominant, but shoots right handed. He really struggles with scopes.

I don’t struggle with scopes as I close my left when using them 

[Scully]

Have a lesson or two with a good coach, that should determine one way or the other which is which. 
My nephew has always closes his left eye just before he pulls the trigger. 
My optician told me years ago I’m left eye dominant but I still shoot from the right shoulder and with both eyes open. It doesn’t seem to affect my shooting as I hit more than I miss, so who knows? 🤷‍♂️

[situndertree]

Use a curvy baseball cap, low on the head. Both eyes open, the only eye that can see the end of the barrel ( sight) is the eye nearest the stock, whether left handed or right handed. 

The other eyes view of the barrel end is obscured by the down slope of the curvy peak.

Works for me!

 

[Houseplant]

6 hours ago, shaun4860 said:

I don’t struggle with scopes as I close my left when using them 

He can't do that for some reason only know  to a 10 year old. I'm going to try him with an eye patch.

[Westley]

On 30/12/2024 at 23:20, Long range farmer said:

Has anyone had similar issues when I point at something or look through a cd and even when I went to the optician I’m left eye dominant but when I am holding a shotgun what ever I'm looking at lines up with my right eye as if I’m right eye dominant. Has anyone else had this problem it’s getting frustrated now as my instructor is saying I’m right eye and my optician is saying I’m left eye 

You have not said as to what standard you are shooting. IF, the answer to that is reasonably well to good, then forget about eye dominance and work on other things, like gun mounting, stance,hold point, and kill points. I was shooting with a couple of friends last Sunday. I noticed that one of them was calling pull, then immediately moving his gun towards the trap. This caused him to 'chase' after the clay, he then either never caught up with, or overshot the clay completely. He has had recently had eye surgery (cataract) and was blaming that for his loss in performance . I got him to 'pre mount' his gun more often. His score improved. So it is not always a master eye thing that can cause you to miss.

[EnfieldLock]

On 31/12/2024 at 00:56, 100milesaway said:

Eye dominance does not come from your eye it comes from your brain. Lots of shooters believe that the eye which gives the best unaided (with glasses) vision is their dominant eye and in many cases it is wrong.Some people have central vision. Until I had the cataract removed from my right eye I was almost blind in this eye but it was still my dominant eye.

From Auntie 

I had no idea of that.  My vision with my right eye is far better than the left and I'm right eye dominant, so I'd assumed that the two went together - and I dare say many other people make the same assumption, too.  I was born left-handed, my parents forced me to change to right handed before I was even old enough to sit up in my cot, and I didn't know about it until I was 16.  When I started shooting rifle in the Army Cadet Force, aged 13, I shot right-handed, and it seemed perfectly comfortable - it was only when I took up shooting the longbow, in my 40s, that I got really confused, as shooting both left and right handed felt pretty much the same!  Only reason I plumped for right handed in the end was that, from years working as a draughtsman, my right forearm was very much stronger than my left.

[Houseplant]

I've been teaching a bunch of kids to shoot a rifle today. I reckon 2/10 are left eye dominant, right handed. 

[London Best]

More women are RH but left eye dominant than men.