Lefty's or people with kids that are left

pavilion · #1 10-12-2021, 03:33 PM

I have been taking my son out shooting a bit the last little while, he's 5, and appears to be left handed, writes left throws left but does the odd thing with his right, so maybe a bit ambidextrous, either way he wants to hold the gun right but can't seem to figure out the trigger, he always wants to use his left hand, I have attempted the eye dominance thing with him and it seems like he is right eye dominant, but I don't know what to do for him, correct his right handed shooting or try and get him shooting left, if anybody else has been through this or has any input I would sure appreciate it, thanks

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fps plus · #2 10-12-2021, 03:35 PM

My thought is to go with the dominate eye

Twisted Canuck · #3 10-12-2021, 03:44 PM

I had a couple kids (and a wife) who had dominant eye and strong hand reversed. It was easier to get them to shoot 'weak' handed then to get them to shoot with weak eye. Got to go with dominant eye. That was with archery and rifles.

And now my youngest daughter kicks my butt busting clays with a sweet little Remington 1100 LW in 20g I found here. So I'm gonna quit shooting clays with her.

Stinky Buffalo · #4 10-12-2021, 04:15 PM

I'm kind of like your son, pavilion, I'm all mixed up with handedness.

At this point, I'm good with shooting with my dominant eye and the hand on that side.

Good on ya to train them young!

Twisted Canuck · #5 10-12-2021, 04:27 PM

I said I 'had' a couple kids and wife....I actually still have them. Everyone is alive and well.

THEBUGLER · #6 10-12-2021, 04:29 PM

Get him shooting with his dominant eye. This weekend I put in a lot of time with a BB gun and getting my left handed left eye dominant 5 year to shoot left. I made him have bad habits and let him shoot for the last year right handed. I threw the gun in a miter saw cut her down to his proper length of pull. After some complaining and one large tantrum he was hitting the cans every time and couldn’t believe how good he could shoot using his dominant eye. Now to break him shooting a bow right handed.

Jerry D · #7 10-12-2021, 05:01 PM

Yea definitely get a stock that fits the youngster. That will help with how the gun fits and make it more natural.

Jerry D · #8 10-12-2021, 03:44 PM

Go dominant eye and shoot with that side.

Ask him to look through a roll of toilet paper or paper towel

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pavilion · #9 10-12-2021, 08:19 PM

Thanks for all the advice, everything I have read has said go with the dominant eye so I guess that's what we will go with, luckily he is young enough it can just be natural for him to shoot right even if he's a lefty,... I think its more me than him, as a righty I think about shooting left and it just throws me off....but I guess if I did I could buy one of those sweet m70s off chuck haha

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catnthehat · #10 10-12-2021, 09:25 PM

Eye dominance can change in a youngster , my son is left handed and he was left eye dominant when he was young. When he was about 10 years old or do his eye dominance changed to his right eye.
He shoots right but writes with his left .
Cat

wallz · #11 10-13-2021, 11:01 AM

I'm left handed, and shoot right hand.

I have a son that is left handed and it was just more natural for him to shoot left handed. I tried to get him shooting right hand, and just gave up and bought him a lefty rifle. He would shoot the 10/22 right handed, and then just switch to his left shoulder, and was more confident with his shooting that way.

I even use his lefty bolt sometimes, but shoot it right handed. Just takes a bit to get used to running the bolt left handed.

Talk about confusing things. The rest of the kids are all shooting right hand.

Keep him practicing on the right shoulder, and it will get natural. Remember the 22 LR is a cheaper practice round as well.

glen moa · #12 10-13-2021, 11:29 AM

My son is left handed. At the start he was shooting left. He was small the the guns didn’t fit well. He was not shooting good. I started comparing our targets. Then he was trying harder to be accurate and switched to right hand. Now he just does right hand and is very accurate.

kujoseto · #13 10-13-2021, 06:37 PM

My son does most things right handed but he is left eye dominant and picks up toy guns to shoot left and shoots his bow left. He’s still quite young, but I’m curious what you lefties would suggest when he’s getting into rifles: how much does it matter to have a left hand bolt action? Assuming you’re shooting with left eye dominance, what is your experience using right hand vs left hand rifles?