I actually find the AR to be quite southpaw-friendly, with the safety being the sole exception. If I place my right, supporting hand around the front of the magwell, it puts my thumb in an ideal place to operate the mag release, and my middle finger right next to the bolt catch/release, without any significant "adjustment" of the hand. I have to operate the safety with my left index finger, however.74novaman wrote:Although I will say that I feel an AK is more user friendly for a southpaw then an AR. (But either one is entirely usable)
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- Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:42 pm
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Re: Left eye dominant and right handed son
- Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:38 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Left eye dominant and right handed son
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Re: Left eye dominant and right handed son
I'm the opposite, right eye dominant but left-handed.
I learned to shoot leftie from the get-go. Rifle, pistol, shotgun, I all shoot with my left side, including my left eye, and I keep both eyes open. I'm pretty fair sure I'm able to do this as, when I was a kid, I learned the trick of crossing either eye independently of the other, and focusing through the eye that was still looking forward. It's an amusing party trick for kids (and quite amusing when you learn it as a kid yourself and pull it on your teachers!), but at the time, I had no idea it would actually prove to have a useful function. I just got bored.
End result, no matter which side I'm shooting from, I can still focus on the sights/target, and as I have close to zero fine motor skills off the right side, it's certainly helped that I can "alter" my eye dominance to match my "handed-ness."
Point being, it IS possible to train one's eyes to be "at-will independently dominant." Start by teaching him how to cross his eyes, then how to focus out of either one, and after a little while, depending on how well he learns, he'll be "ambi-ocular." Oh, and you'll have several years of him pulling this trick on random bystanders, and the funny looks that result.
I learned to shoot leftie from the get-go. Rifle, pistol, shotgun, I all shoot with my left side, including my left eye, and I keep both eyes open. I'm pretty fair sure I'm able to do this as, when I was a kid, I learned the trick of crossing either eye independently of the other, and focusing through the eye that was still looking forward. It's an amusing party trick for kids (and quite amusing when you learn it as a kid yourself and pull it on your teachers!), but at the time, I had no idea it would actually prove to have a useful function. I just got bored.
End result, no matter which side I'm shooting from, I can still focus on the sights/target, and as I have close to zero fine motor skills off the right side, it's certainly helped that I can "alter" my eye dominance to match my "handed-ness."Point being, it IS possible to train one's eyes to be "at-will independently dominant." Start by teaching him how to cross his eyes, then how to focus out of either one, and after a little while, depending on how well he learns, he'll be "ambi-ocular." Oh, and you'll have several years of him pulling this trick on random bystanders, and the funny looks that result.