Posted: 7/31/2010 9:15:48 AM EDT
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EDIT: So my last few range trips I have been working on shooting from my weak-side. I am not too bad with my AR equipped with Comp M2, but it looks like the dot is outside the Aimpoint. If I had to use irons I would be fucked. I have a hard time closing my right eye and using my left to sight in a target. I really suck with a pistol weak-side. What is some advice to help a someone shoot using their non-dominant eye? Is there any tricks to help with this or is it just practice, practice, practice? I understand the importance of this, but how many stories have you heard about someones winning a gun fight by switching to their weak-side? Considering they couldn't use their dominant hand for some reason. |
| Maneuverability is greatly increased when you are moving through tight spaces if you can seamlessly transition. The closer you can stay to the walls, the better... Being able to go left/right reduces the likelihood of presenting yourself as a target prematurely. |
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Quoted: Maneuverability is greatly increased when you are moving through tight spaces if you can seamlessly transition. The closer you can stay to the walls, the better... Being able to go left/right reduces the likelihood of presenting yourself as a target prematurely. Bullets travel along walls. You should not press up against your cover if you can avoid it. |
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Maneuverability is greatly increased when you are moving through tight spaces if you can seamlessly transition. The closer you can stay to the walls, the better... Being able to go left/right reduces the likelihood of presenting yourself as a target prematurely. Bullets travel along walls. You should not press up against your cover if you can avoid it. I'd rather remain hidden and risk that than walk down the center of my hallway and deal with the lack of concealment... at least in my own home. Definitely something to consider though. |
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Wait, do you mean reaction side (rifle)/hand (pistol)? Off hand, to me, is a stance with a rifle. For instance, If I were to say transition from the Ready to Offhand position it would mean something totally different between the two of us. I believe he means from strong-side to weak side. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Maneuverability is greatly increased when you are moving through tight spaces if you can seamlessly transition. The closer you can stay to the walls, the better... Being able to go left/right reduces the likelihood of presenting yourself as a target prematurely. Bullets travel along walls. You should not press up against your cover if you can avoid it. I'd rather remain hidden and risk that than walk down the center of my hallway and deal with the lack of concealment... at least in my own home. Definitely something to consider though. Stay concealed, just back off of your cover when you pie a corner. We used to tell recruits "Cover is not your boss, don't suck up to it." Bullets usually don't ricochet like billiard balls. Most of the time they will deflect off a hard surface and travel downrange about four to six inches off the wall/floor. This is why it's possible to shoot a shotgun at the ground underneath a car, and hit people in the ankles on the other side. If your range will allow it, do some drills shooting targets using walls and floors. It is interesting to see the effect in person. |
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Learn to shoot with both eyes open. People have been doing it for years, it just take practice. Practice it. You know a guy is good, when he can shoot a string that would cause the bridge of his nose to obstruct his strong eye "say right to left" and yet he hits. This is the guy that can switch eyes.. Yes keep them both open. |
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So my last few range trips I have been working on shooting "off hand". I am not too bad with my AR equipped with Comp M2, but it looks like the dot is outside the Aimpoint. If I had to use irons I would be fucked. I have a hard time closing my right eye and using my left to sight in a target. I really suck with a pistol off hand. What is some advice to help a someone shoot using their non-dominant eye? Is there any tricks to help with this or is it just practice, practice, practice? I understand the importance of this, but how many stories have you heard about someones winning a gun fight by switching to their "off hand"? Considering they couldn't use their dominant hand for some reason. I once rounded a corner to be greeted by a man with a 2X4 who proceeded to break my right scapula and fracture the humerus at the joint with one strike. I backed up like mad while trying like heck to draw my weapon, but the signals from my brain to do this simply weren't working. Fortunately, I realized it in time, and had practiced enough drawing with my left hand out of my retention holster, that I was able to get my sidearm out with my off hand and stop the fight. As far as dominant eyes go, I am of little help to you there––I am right handed but left eye dominant, so off hand shooting with a pistol is not that big a deal for me. ETA: I should clarify––-by "stop the fight," I mean that the individual in question decided that once I had a pistol pointed at him, it was a good time to drop the board and lie down for a while until some friends of mine wearing identical clothing could come by and take him to the land of free but nasty food. |
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So my last few range trips I have been working on shooting "off hand". I am not too bad with my AR equipped with Comp M2, but it looks like the dot is outside the Aimpoint. If I had to use irons I would be fucked. I have a hard time closing my right eye and using my left to sight in a target. I really suck with a pistol off hand. What is some advice to help a someone shoot using their non-dominant eye? Is there any tricks to help with this or is it just practice, practice, practice? I understand the importance of this, but how many stories have you heard about someones winning a gun fight by switching to their "off hand"? Considering they couldn't use their dominant hand for some reason. I once rounded a corner to be greeted by a man with a 2X4 who proceeded to break my right scapula and fracture the humerus at the joint with one strike. I backed up like mad while trying like heck to draw my weapon, but the signals from my brain to do this simply weren't working. Fortunately, I realized it in time, and had practiced enough drawing with my left hand out of my retention holster, that I was able to get my sidearm out with my off hand and stop the fight. As far as dominant eyes go, I am of little help to you there––I am right handed but left eye dominant, so off hand shooting with a pistol is not that big a deal for me. Damn.. Glad you are still with us. |
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I am right handed. I just started using my left hand for everything that i possibly could. At first I was pretty clumsy and slow at doing things but over time I got better. I practiced with an airsoft AR and 1911 in the house. Eventually I went outside and used a drop in .22 conversion in my AR and just shot a lot of ammo until I got used to it. I even propped some pallets up against a tree to simulate a barrier. This took a few months, as you become ambidextrous with your hands your eyes tend to adjust and kind of do the same thing. that is if the same side eye and hand are dominant. But If your dominant eye and hand are the opposites I don't know how it would work 
Wiki article on Ocular dominance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocular_dominance |
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Quoted: Wait, do you mean reaction side (rifle)/hand (pistol)? Off hand, to me, is a stance with a rifle. For instance, If I were to say transition from the Ready to Offhand position it would mean something totally different between the two of us. Yeah, offhand means shooting your rifle without support to me. I do it just about every week at 200 yards with iron sights. I don't practice shooting weak side with a rifle, as there is no combat style course to practice that. |
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I'm working on a clinic for this ~1 week away. Don't have a lot of time right now so here's the quick version: Practice. The vast majority of people appear capable of becoming nearly ambidextrous given enough practice. Further, there is a neurological ability to transfer spatial/motor skills = you don't start over from zero when you switch hands/eyes. Enough practice to be "good enough" is less than you might think. Once I have my write-up refreshed I will post the essence of it ~or a link. . |
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Quoted: Quoted: Wait, do you mean reaction side (rifle)/hand (pistol)? Off hand, to me, is a stance with a rifle. For instance, If I were to say transition from the Ready to Offhand position it would mean something totally different between the two of us. I believe he means from strong-side to weak side. This is what I mean. Sorry for the confusion. |
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I understand the importance of this, but how many stories have you heard about someones winning a gun fight by switching to their weak-side? Considering they couldn't use their dominant hand for some reason. Hits to the hands/arms are actually fairly common in gunfights...which is one reason why I'm a fan of carrying a BUG on your weak side. |