Thread: Lefty shooting right

Originally Posted by Jake77

Picking up on this thread my 8yr old son is cross dominant - right handed left eye dominant. He’s starting to get keen to move beyond the 22 but struggles to get view through the scope without me covering his left eye. From what I’ve read here sounds like I might be better to try him shouldering the rifle on the left shoulder rather than to try training him to use his right eye?

Yes thats worth trying, it might take some practice. While it's possible to shoot with a scope, open sights are just about impossible to shoot right handed if you are lefty eye dominant.