Eye Dominance and Shooting

[Talyn]

It does not matter which eye is dominant or if you have cross-eye dominance (the dominant hand and dominant eye are on opposite sides, e.g. a right-handed person with a dominant left eye) because the handgun is in space in front of you when you extend the gun to fire it.

Eye Dominance and Shooting

PDN has been receiving questions and comments about eye dominance as it relates to shooting a handgun and a long gun. Let’s clear up some misconceptions.

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[Snake45]

Revolver or Semiauto?

9mm or .45?

Eye Dominance...

Okay, let's do it all again...I guess...

 

[Bassbob]

"Some people say the solution is that in rifle training sessions, you need to learn to shoot with your opposite hand. Deryck does not agree and believes you should instead train yourself to close the opposite eye so that when you bring the rifle up to your face to get a solid cheek weld, you actually are closing the proper eye. This is a much more efficient way than training to shoot with the weak hand. "





Deryck is a dumbass. If you're right handed and left eye dominant and you shoulder your rifle and close your right eye you aren't going to be looking at your sights. If you shoulder your gun and close your left eye you will not be "Closing the proper eye" and your target will be approximately 2" away from where your bullet landed.

You have 3 solutions. You can somehow adjust your irons to compensate for that 2", you can put an optic on the rifle or you can shoot the rifle from the weak side. This is the same for beaded shotguns.