I have a situation that I need some help with. I recently purchased a Glock 27 and I like it but I am not real consistent. After shooting today I took some notes and looked some stuff up online but what I am about to tell you I can't find on line.
I have determined that I am cross dominant, left handed and right eye dominant, I came to this conclusion with the finger test. If I hold out my left hand index finger and close my left eye the target stays and doesn't jump, here where it gets a bit complicated. If I hold my right hand index finger out on a target and close my left eye again the target moves but if I close my right eye the target stays.
Now today I shot 150 rounds swapping hands, if I shoot left handed I hit to the right of the bulls-eye, if I shoot right handed I hit to the left of the bulls-eye.
The way I understand cross dominance is that one eye is always dominant but my situation seems to change and cross by which ever hand I shoot with.
does anybody have any ideas on what I can do? Also I see a ghost target most times when I focus on my sights no matter which hand I use, if I focus on the target to try to get realigned I see ghost pistols.
When I learned to shoot as a kid with a rifle or shot gun I always shot left handed, right eye closed and didn't do to bad and that is true to this day but with my pistol its getting frustrating.
Thank you to whoever can help.

Thomas,
First, you need to decide if you are going to shoot right handed or left handed..Then you must stick with that decision. Whichever you are the most comfortable with, is the one I would advise you to use. Next...NEVER focus on the target when pointing-in (aiming). Stay focused, and train yourself to focus solely on the front sight.....HARD focus.
Now, if you decide to use your lefthand as your firing side hand...No problems, right....?? simply close your right eye.....PRESS the trigger while focusing on the front sight...get a good sight picture, let the weapon fire itself.
Using your right hand as your firing side hand is a bit more complicated, in your case. Assume your proper stance and an aggressive two handed grip. Addressing the target, you need to move the weapon a bit to the left to line up with centerline of your body and the target. Now...SLOWLY rotate your head a bit to the right to bring your LEFT eye directly behind the rear sight so as to align it with the front sight , the axis of the barrel and your target. You are properly pointed-in now. It may take a few iterations of this procedure to get comfortable with it and your confidence is reinforced to the point that you are positive that you can now shoot accurately and with consistency. Start slowly and when you feel good about this...fire a few magazine loads of ammo at....7 meters distance..then you can move back some when it is really working for you....Good Luck..

I don't think about which eye is being used when I'm shooting left handed, unless a scope is involved on a rifle.

Are you sure that you are cross-eye dominant? It sounds more like you don't have a dominant eye and switch back and forth a lot......

Regardless, I would just get a .22 revolver or auto and practice. A lot. Your body wil sort it out in good time....

About the only time cross-eye dominanc is truely hopeless is with shotguns. Then you have to either slightly obscure the dominant eye, so the brain switches. Or take the beads off the barrel and learn to shoot instinctively.

Sir,

I've the same situation in reverse. In my formative years, was told to shoot with my dominant eye, and followed tha advice for exactly one range session. The Brass defelctor on the "left handed" M16 deflected the brass off my chin and inside of my T-shirt, and scalded me like a hog. I switched, mid table.

I would shoot with your natural hand, and learn to dim the other eye, just enough. I had to learn with mine closed tight, and eventually it got easier. The good news is, after all of these years of shooting, my right eye is much better, and I have more parity wth both.

I think the lefting/ righting problem might be caused by an over-agressive strong hand grip. If one squeezes the gun and the trigger at the same time, they do that. Hold tighter with your off hand, and allow the trigger finger to do its "smooth" thing. As mentioned, look at the sights throughout the stroke.

Likely one of the hardest physical manipulations in existance is to shoot a pistol straight, 20 ounce gun, 6 lb trigger. It will get better with practice.

Best to you Sir.

Steve

If I understand you correctly your dominate eye is changing? If so, you could try shooting for instance with your right hand and blurring your lefthand lens on your shooting glasses with scotch tape. I don't know much about pistol shooting but in shotgun shooting sometimes people have trouble when they are tired their normally weak eye takes over the normally dominate eye and it becomes difficult to hit targets.
I don't know it will help you but that's what I'd try. Good Luck!
Mike B.

With a pistol it doesn't matter much which eye you use. I just put tape over the off-eye, and shoot right handed with my left eye. It's no big deal since you don't have to put your cheek on the stock...

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Gentlemen,
It matters not whether the dominant eye is changing from eye to eye or whether he is unable to determine which eye he is able to shoot with. As I stated in the my original post, the shooter needs to decide which eye is his dominant eye and the one that he is most comfortable and confident with. He needs to train with that eye, exclusively. If he does this and trains his eye to except the image of the front sight, his marksmanship skills will greatly improve. Once the brain excepts that image, all this speculation about changing eye dominance, etc. will become irrelevant and not a factor in his shooting. I know of what I speak..!!