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- From: reb@amc.com (Bob Brunjes)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Right-handed/left-eyed: how to retrain eyes?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.154815.28485@amc.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 15:14:40 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Applied Microsystems, Redmond, WA
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- In article <1992Nov16.190904.17903@u.washington.edu> basiji@stein.u.washington.edu (David Basiji) writes:
- #
- #I am right handed but left-eye dominant.
-
- Me too, _very_ pronouncedly.
-
- #I currently have three options with my right-handed rifle:
- # 1) shoot left handed and struggle to work the action
- # 2) shoot right handed with my left eye closed
- # 3) shoot right handed with both eyes open.
- #
- #Obviously, option 3 is preferred. Hence, I am trying to retrain my
- #eyes so that I will not be limited to the left-eye perspective. I am
- #putting a patch over my left eye for short periods of time (one hour)
- #once or twice each day but have only been doing this for a few days.
- #It is clear to me that my right eye is lazy since it's difficult to
- #focus and see clearly (there are some really interesting physiological
- #effects when you can only see out of the subordinate eye), hence, I'm
- #trying not to overwork it until the focussing muscles are stronger.
- #
- #Has anyone done this successfully? Am I going about it wrong? Any tips?
- #
- I guess the best solution depends (sorry about that) on the nature of
- your experience. In my case, I've been shooting _something_ since I was
- quite young, and the first BB gun or bow was instictively fired left-
- handed; it was the only way I could see. To try to start shooting right-
- handedly now, it would seem like throwing away 45 years of experience,
- and I don't choose to do that.
-
- If you don't have much experience shooting left-handedly, changing
- sides should be less of a problem, and you have more choices.
-
- Actually, I kind of _like_ having the bolt handle on the same side as
- the hand holding the fore-end, especially on semi-autos. This
- assumes of course that I'm not using a military sling hold.
-
- If a left-hander is a south-paw, is a left-eyed person a south-light?
-
-
- Bob Brunjes Applied Microsystems Corp
- Redmond, WA
- reb@amc.com
-