Thread: Lefty shooting right

Thanks heaps for all the info team.
But, talking about shotguns sorry. My bad for not lack of detail.
Looking at o/u and piss all left handed ones out there for a beginner.

Originally Posted by kellyraz

Thanks heaps for all the info team.
But, talking about shotguns sorry. My bad for not lack of detail.
Looking at o/u and piss all left handed ones out there for a beginner.

Kilwell have a few Lefty O/U's but they are around 2700 ish. Have you considered putting up a "wanted" flyer at the local gun club.
I shoot with a couple of lefties I will ask them if they know of anything available.
Other wise there are cheaper lefty shotguns (again see Kilwell website) which would get you started.

For shotgunning it will depend on your eye dominance. I am a left shooter, but right eye dominant. If I have both eyes open I tend to shoot behind the target. If I close my right eye, I mostly hit the target. After that the only difference is that some guns have a cast in the stock.

Originally Posted by May BE

For shotgunning it will depend on your eye dominance. I am a left shooter, but right eye dominant. If I have both eyes open I tend to shoot behind the target. If I close my right eye, I mostly hit the target. After that the only difference is that some guns have a cast in the stock.

@kellyraz - have you checked your eye dominance yet? No amount of practice will overcome being cross-dominant. I'm in the same situation as May BE above. I tried to get to grips with shotguns as a slightly built youngster shooting left-handed but just couldn't get it sorted. After I'd lost the love for the shotty my optometrist told me to invest the time to learn to shoot right-handed as it eliminates the problem of having to shut an eye, and back in the late 80s there were sod all left-handed riffles about so it was a win-win. Thousands of air rifle pellets later I did learn to shoot right-handed so it feels totally natural now.

Relatively recently I got to have a go at a few shots at clays down the line - shot right-handed as is normal for me now and what a difference. I could actually see myself getting back into shotguns and clays again.

Forgive us if we're teaching you to suck eggs here - it's good to bring it up as I've seen quite a few inexperienced shooters doing weird things trying to get a sight picture through a scope. When I get them to do an eye dominance test it often explains it - they're just trying to look with the dominant eye, even if it's not the same side they've shouldered the rifle on.

Originally Posted by Steelisreal

@kellyraz - have you checked your eye dominance yet? No amount of practice will overcome being cross-dominant. I'm in the same situation as May BE above. I tried to get to grips with shotguns as a slightly built youngster shooting left-handed but just couldn't get it sorted. After I'd lost the love for the shotty my optometrist told me to invest the time to learn to shoot right-handed as it eliminates the problem of having to shut an eye, and back in the late 80s there were sod all left-handed riffles about so it was a win-win. Thousands of air rifle pellets later I did learn to shoot right-handed so it feels totally natural now.

Relatively recently I got to have a go at a few shots at clays down the line - shot right-handed as is normal for me now and what a difference. I could actually see myself getting back into shotguns and clays again.

Forgive us if we're teaching you to suck eggs here - it's good to bring it up as I've seen quite a few inexperienced shooters doing weird things trying to get a sight picture through a scope. When I get them to do an eye dominance test it often explains it - they're just trying to look with the dominant eye, even if it's not the same side they've shouldered the rifle on.

Thanks heaps for this info. I am like the fella above, right eye dominant, shoot left shoulder, once right eye closed shoots not bad. might have to consider the right shoulder.
I'm happy to be told to suck eggs haha one way to find out how things work and there seems to be a lot of experienced people on here with ways around.

Thanks again everyone.

Originally Posted by kellyraz

Thanks heaps for all the info team.
But, talking about shotguns sorry. My bad for not lack of detail.
Looking at o/u and piss all left handed ones out there for a beginner.

Shooting a right handed gun bent to the left is a pain in the chuff for me. You have to look for something left handed ie less common and more costly. Or guns without a cast which seem to be cheaper guns. Unfortunately some Autos also have a caste!

Originally Posted by kellyraz

Thanks heaps for all the info team.
But, talking about shotguns sorry. My bad for not lack of detail.
Looking at o/u and piss all left handed ones out there for a beginner.

bakail or lambers will see you right,there is not much cast on them.older bro is lefty as is bro in law....
I right handed,right eye dominant BUT as young fella learnt to wink (thinking of gals no doubt) so I can shoot lefty easy enough,I just shut right eye. I often semi close my left/offside eye any way so its no biggie.
the lever options sorts rifles....
dont rule out a single barrel either....
you will use less ammunition and kill just about as many ducks... trust me on this one,even using pump or semi its usually a single that goes down...the multiple bird hits are great and make you fell like superman,but the singles soon add up.
there are times whe nI still take the single for a walk....and with one of them in hand,I seldom miss.