Thread: Left eye dominant shooter, left handed rifle?

I'm blind in my right eye so have to shoot with my left eye and I'm right handed.

I share my (FTR target) rifles with my right eyed, right handed son.

It works for me.
I can shoot as fast as I need to with the left hand on the trigger and the right hand on the bolt and reloading.
In competition in ideal wind conditions I can fire ten counting shots in less than 3 1/2 minutes.

Originally Posted by Cyclops

I'm blind in my right eye so have to shoot with my left eye and I'm right handed.

I share my (FTR target) rifles with my right eyed, right handed son.

It works for me.
I can shoot as fast as I need to with the left hand on the trigger and the right hand on the bolt and reloading.
In competition in ideal wind conditions I can fire ten counting shots in less than 3 1/2 minutes.

In that style of prone shooting, and BR, some right hand shooters prefer left hand bolts left hand ports, right hand eject. The right hand doesn't get lifted and position lost. Left hand shooters would have everything the opposite. As you point out it makes for quick shooting.

So, your shooting style in FTR may actually give you an advantage particular with quick electronic marking and a constant wind condition. The Ozies call it machine gunning.

Originally Posted by zimmer

In that style of prone shooting, and BR, some right hand shooters prefer left hand bolts left hand ports, right hand eject. The right hand doesn't get lifted and position lost. Left hand shooters would have everything the opposite. As you point out it makes for quick shooting.

So, your shooting style in FTR may actually give you an advantage particular with quick electronic marking and a constant wind condition. The Ozies call it machine gunning.

The fastest I've shot in competition was on a manually marked target at Trentham in the 2020 300 metre competition.
10 shots on each target face, 6 times, in a 75 minute time limit.

I shot the 6 targets in 42 minutes, with 22 minutes being spent letting the barrel cool between target faces.

That's 60 counting shots in 20 minutes, an average of 20 seconds per shot. Had the best marker on the day.

Scored 598/600, using a barrel with a round count of over 5500.

Originally Posted by Cyclops

The fastest I've shot in competition was on a manually marked target at Trentham in the 2020 300 metre competition.
10 shots on each target face, 6 times, in a 75 minute time limit.

I shot the 6 targets in 42 minutes, with 22 minutes being spent letting the barrel cool between target faces.

That's 60 counting shots in 20 minutes, an average of 20 seconds per shot. Had the best marker on the day.

Scored 598/600, using a barrel with a round count of over 5500.

6mmBR?