I am cross dominant (right shouldered shooter; left eye dominant) I have always had to close my left eye to hit anything. Anyone out there who has the same problem and what methods did you use to help overcome this? I've heard and tried the tape on the left side of my shooting glasses, but I never could get used to that. Any other suggestions?
If I had learned anything in Weapon Qual training as a police officer, shoot with both eyes open. however this is a problem for a rifle with a scope or laser sight scope. (when I was in LE, i had an AR-15 with a laser scope) it made it hard to focus if i had to shoot with my right. I am Left shooter Left eye Dominant. during qual training, we had to shoot right and left with all the weapons we are there to qual. AR-15 was a tough one for me. what i found helpful was this, when i had the rifle in my right arm, i used right eye sight even though the left was trying to take over, i then used my left eye to look at the target beyond the scope if i could, and right eye to match the scope laser to the target. its not 100% accurate but it helps.
strangely enough, i am left hand in everything except when i kick a football.. i kick right foot.
this is not a strong advice, but you may want to learn to shoot left perhaps? all i have to say as long as you can hit the target with a nice tight group, you should be okay. i know its tough, believe me, my first time doing weapon quals was tough but i passed it.
after practicing and training from a good firearm instructor, i was able to do 256 out of 260 score for my weapon quals was my best one til a few years ago i got to 258 out of 260. practice does take time and hopefully not years. but it does show accuracy with patience and practice.
other ways of doing it, patch your eye dominant eye, and slowly force your opposite to take control of dominant, after several times doing this, you may gain a right eye dominant.
ive gotten used to shooting with a weaver stance with both eyes open except when shooting a rifle with a scope. shotguns and pistols ive used both eyes open.