9 year old son. Right handed, left eye dominant.

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Right handed, left eye dominant.

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That’s me…

For rifles and shotguns as a young man I did well with lever actions, pump actions and automatics. Shooting them as a lefty. You can’t train them to use the right eye; don’t even try.

I did occasionally use a right handed Model 7 as a deer gun. Reloading required lowering the gun entirely between shots. Not ideal…. Eventually; I made the switch to left hand bolt actions and was much happier.

For long guns and archery he’s gonna be a southpaw for all intents and purposes. He’s all set if you have some LH actions.

Where things sometimes get wacky is with handguns. Odds are he’ll want to hold it in his right hand and use his left eye.

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left eye dominant

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thats easy, just get him an eye patch and make him wear it for 2 weeks straight and he wont be left dominant any more.

also, his right eye may have an issue and need glasses. thats what usually causes this.

Teach him to shoot w both eyes open.
A temporary eye patch will help the transition.
I have the same story. Right handed left eye dominant.
Thank goodness I had an uncle who was a very experienced shooter.
Worked with me from a young age, starting w BB guns, to shoot both eyes open.
The alternatives, shooting left handed or crossing over are very bad and will impact him for the rest of his life.

I had this same issue as a kid, I couldn’t hit spit with my BB gun. My old grandfather was the same and knew the cure, he tested me then had me switch to left handed shooting.

Been doing it all my life now, it especially helps wing shooting and with a bow.

I'm a lefty and shoot right handed because I don't feel like having to buy left handed guns and shite

Make him shoot right handed

I'm same. Can shoot right handed well. But. Have to definitely use LH bow.

Same situation right handed left eye dominant. Let him shoot left

I’m R handed,L eye dominant.I always shot R handed with L eye closed.I’ve always been pretty good shot,( boot camp I shot # 4 out of 260 guys during qualification)

But I’ve always read that it’s better to shoot side one’s eye is dominant.When I started my wife hunting I started her shooting L handed as she is L eye dominant.She is a very good shot.She shoots Marlin 30-30.

I tried to swap over,it was very awkward because I had been shooting R handed so many years by the time I learned about all that.

I’m right handed and left eye dominant. Have always shot left handed. I can shoot righty in a pinch but much prefer left handed at this point. My shotgun is left handed, which is nice so it isn’t throwing shells across my face. My rifle is righty and has never bothered me.