Left hand shooters

[skidmarc]

Dentures

 

[Lobo1]

Never realized there were so many lefties on ODT.

Left handed thumbs up to all of you.

 

[inkdaddy]

All my handguns are geared for me being left handed, I have one revolver that is a standard right handed shooter. Everything else is southpaw!

 

[colts]

I shoot lefty. My nephew has the eye dominance issue and had to learn lefty. I will just agree with things already mentioned. When I shoot ducks and it's cold and wet, I often get an eye full of burning hot powder. I have a lefty bolt gun for deer. Browning bps shotguns have a central safety and a bottom eject. They are the same as an Ithica 37. One thing about learning right hand controls is that you can operate most guns. I wouldn't want to use all lefty guns myself.

 

[streetglide08]

Any of you shoot right hand guns? Grandson is left handed looking to purchase 22lr down road Assuming a left hand will be best. Thanks for any info

I'm fixing to be 58 years old and have been a lefty with long guns my entire life. No issues a with any of the many firearms I have owned in my lifetime. One ODTer stated a Bullpup would be an issue and I agree. Never owned one so not a problem. S
Fire handguns right handed and left eye dominant. Hasn't benne an issue either. I guess its all in what you learn to do with what you have.

 

[gh1950]

I would say it is more important to figure out which is his dominant eye and teach him to shoot from that side. My wife is right handed but left eye dominant so she has a very hard time shooting right handed rifleso/U shotguns.

Can't emphasize this enough. I'm left handed, do everything left handed, but right eye dominant, so shoot a long gun right handed, shoot a pistol left handed.

I used to work with a lot of youths training them to shoot shotguns, and the ones that really got messed up at an early age were the right handed, left eyed dominant shooters. They were the squinters,

Back to the original question, I know several left handed shooters, and they mostly shoot right handed guns. Some guns are of course "neutral" Bottom loading pump shotguns (BPS, ), O/U shotguns, single shot rifles. Truth is most left handed shooters get so used to it they don't notice.

But before doing anything, get his eye dominance check, professionally. Not by Bubba at the range telling him to touch his nose.

 

[Rzr570]

I'm a lefty and all my guns are RH except my SBE2