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teach left handed son to shoot right handed?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:05 pm
Need some advice--my son is a lefty and is beginning to learn to shoot. It's become obvious to me that shooting right handed guns will be very awkward/unsafe, and left handed youth models are few and far between. What say you re just teaching him to shoot right handed from the get go? He's 5 BTW
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Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:08 pm to NorthEnd
I wouldn't force him to shoot right-handed if he is left-handed just because of the availability of left-handed guns.
Now if he is right eye dominant that's more of a reason to shoot right-handed.
Now if he is right eye dominant that's more of a reason to shoot right-handed.
This post was edited on 2/26/15 at 3:12 pm
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:10 pm to NorthEnd
He should shoot based on his dominant eye rather than dominant hand.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:10 pm to civiltiger07
Teach both.
Learning to shoot with your offhand vastly improves the other.
When my buddies celebrate a 200 yard bullseye with a high powered rifle.... I die a little inside.
Learning to shoot with your offhand vastly improves the other.
When my buddies celebrate a 200 yard bullseye with a high powered rifle.... I die a little inside.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:11 pm to NorthEnd
I shoot left handed, but sometimes wish I had just learned right. Although there are only several guns I have found uncomfortable in my life.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:14 pm to NorthEnd
quote:
It's become obvious to me that shooting right handed guns will be very awkward/unsafe,
This is not the case, teach him left handed. Don't be a lefty hater...
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:14 pm to Creamer
I shoot left handed as well and the only gun I found uncomfortable is an AR15.
As another post stated let him shoot how he is comfortable.
As another post stated let him shoot how he is comfortable.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:16 pm to NorthEnd
On many guns the safety can be reversed.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:17 pm to NorthEnd
Anything else like baseball or jacking off I'd say no way. Let him do it how it feels best to him.
But with the limited availability of left handed guns, and an even more limited secondary/used market I don't think this is the worst idea in the world.
But with the limited availability of left handed guns, and an even more limited secondary/used market I don't think this is the worst idea in the world.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:19 pm to NorthEnd
I'm a lefty, shooting left handed, left eye dominant. Been using right handed firearms all my life and never had an issue with the shotgun. Technically the shotgunner isn't supposed to close an eye, so dominance shouldn't be an issue.
Rifles and handguns can be a little different based on safety and mag release.
There are plenty of lefty shotguns available, teach him to shoot and enjoy shooting, worry about the rest later.
Rifles and handguns can be a little different based on safety and mag release.
There are plenty of lefty shotguns available, teach him to shoot and enjoy shooting, worry about the rest later.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:19 pm to Clyde Tipton
So it is better to shoot a gun less accurately and less naturally than he could? That is safer?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:29 pm to NorthEnd
I don't think it's unsafe for him to shoot against his natural eye. Millions of people do it. But if he's left eye dominant, I would let him shoot that way.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:31 pm to wickowick
My dad made my bro (lefty)shoot right handed at a young age and now he's probably a better shot than all of us. Will be like riding a bike once he gets used to it and will thank you later.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:31 pm to tenfoe
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He should shoot based on his dominant eye rather than dominant hand.
This. When my twin brother and I were 10, we were shooting skeet with a single shot 12 gauge. My brother shot it one time, turned to hand it to me, and a large gash had opened on the top of his right cheek.
Come to find out, though we are both right handed, he is left eye dominant. He leaned his head over the cocked hammer on the gun so he could see better down the barrel with his left eye, and when the hammer came forward upon pulling the trigger it sliced his cheek open. He didn't even feel it until I said something. That was nearly 3 decades ago and he still has a slight scar.
He doesn't shoot much, but when he does he shoots left-handed and uses a right handed rifle, and a left handed 870 Wingmaster.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:33 pm to DownSouthDave
OP, take a piece of paper and roll it into a tube or give him an empty paper towel roll. Tell him to put it up to his eye and look through it.
Whichever eye he put it to is his dominant eye.
I can shoot a shotgun pretty much equally well off of either shoulder. Not so with a rifle or pistol.
Whichever eye he put it to is his dominant eye.
I can shoot a shotgun pretty much equally well off of either shoulder. Not so with a rifle or pistol.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:34 pm to wickowick
Occasionally hunt with a guy that is comfortable shooting with either hand. Pretty impressive range on the ducks. For the second shot, he can swap hands instead of spinning around, losing balance and looking foolish
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:34 pm to NorthEnd
Left hand
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:39 pm to BoredStateWorker
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When my buddies celebrate a 200 yard bullseye with a high powered rifle.... I die a little inside.
I celebrate that I hit paper at that distance
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:48 pm to NorthEnd
Well if you want him to be able to walk into any buddy's hunting camp, pick up a gun, and be able to shoot it, then teach him right handed.
BUT. Like said it's really what his dominate eye is. But make him learn both ways.
Fwiw. I'm right handed, left eye dominate. I shoot right handed. My dad is a lefty and shoots over/unders and shoots lefty. But I can change up and shoot skeet lefty. It freaks some of my buddies out.
BUT. Like said it's really what his dominate eye is. But make him learn both ways.
Fwiw. I'm right handed, left eye dominate. I shoot right handed. My dad is a lefty and shoots over/unders and shoots lefty. But I can change up and shoot skeet lefty. It freaks some of my buddies out.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:53 pm to NorthEnd
I think it's more about his dominant eye than being left handed.
I am left handed, but right eye dominant, and shoot right handed.
I am left handed, but right eye dominant, and shoot right handed.
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