I shoot lefty but I’m right handed. Happen to be left eye dominant. Wonder how many like me

@gstrader73

5 жыл бұрын

I'm left eye dominate. Shoot long gun left handed, pistol right.

@jeremyroot7872

5 жыл бұрын

👍Yep me too.... I’m left eye dominant, shoot a long gun lefty, and although I shoot a pistol more often right handed; I’m pretty decently ambidextrous and can run the gun either way without a lot of difficulty.... though if I have the choice with the pistol I tend to stick with the “righty” lol....it’s strange though how my trigger finger seems to feel more natural or in control (for lack of a better description) shooting a rifle with my left hand trigger finger but a handgun completely flips the script.... I’m not real sure what kind of weird physiolgical mojo is goin on but hey it works LOL😄

@Grimpurple_minion99

4 жыл бұрын

Left eye dominant, right handed. Shot lefty as well with an AR

@davegrizzly6301

4 жыл бұрын

same here ! except blind in my right eye...

@Dipp182

4 жыл бұрын

Trained left handed

2:11 Somebody knows how to make his lady happy.

@MrRyuzaki1

6 жыл бұрын

Tomasz Skowroński Gotta shove your fingers in there and work thing lose...if you know what I'm sayin'

@magnanimus9692

4 жыл бұрын

Fucking lol

@toolman101476

4 жыл бұрын

Tomasz Skowroński I knew it.... someone was going to in some way mention fingering a lower unit... lol

@super5oldier139

4 жыл бұрын

@@toolman101476 the standout of this entire video XD

@GTFBITK

3 жыл бұрын

Get loose baby.

As an unwilling lefty, I appreciate seeing this kind of content out here.

Thanks so much for posting for us lefty shooters, keep up the great work!

@GuyKirk

4 жыл бұрын

I'm right handed, but shoot left handed, how'd that happen. :) I actually find it easier sometimes for us lefty's.

@tonyh2181

4 жыл бұрын

I'm the same way. Right handed but when shooting rifle I shoot southpaw

@Exotic-c43

3 жыл бұрын

What gun is that

I have to say...this was the best video for LH users that I've come across. I learned a tonne in 3:41 than trying to figure it out on my own at the range. Thank you.

@lukecast6360

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

i feel so wierd being an left handed shooter as a fully right handed guy, atleast my left eye is the dominant one ,so i dont have any problems aiming.

@BaritoneMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

3 years later but I'm in the same boat. Big bonus is that as naturally right handed people shooting lefty, our recoil control is naturally better since most recoil control comes from that support hand!

@donteriofloyd3746

2 жыл бұрын

@@BaritoneMonkey # weeks late to our comment but thanks for info!

Best lefty video I've found so far. I'm actually right handed, but I was taught archery by eye dominance, and that carried over into non-handgun firearms for me, so, being an avid mil-sim type hobbyist, that gets in the way a lot.

@br0leg274

4 жыл бұрын

It gets in the way? Shooting since 13 years now. Got an crosseye dominance to the left eye. Shooting Pistole right sided rifle leftsided it gives me only pros til now, can switch shoulder transitions without losing much accuracy and can also working down all manipulation. The only con is the belt management, where to place the dump pouch ;)

This was extremely helpful. I have been trying to learn for weeks on how to operate my AR but this was by far the best one yet!

This will help me when I get the rest of my first build in two weeks, glad to be finally using my 2A.

20 years of manipulating the M-16/M-4 in the Marine Corps and I am a right-handed, left eye dominant shooter. I actually find this platform to be easy for the "left-handed" shooter. I think it's easier to make magazine changes and manipulate the safety. Racking the bolt is pretty much the same regardless. Maybe this is just what I'm used to doing. I've shot right-handed rifles and shotguns (left-handed) all my life and trying to shoot a left-handed version seems strangely awkward for me when it should be easier. Great video and a sense of confirmation that what I have been doing for years, to address such issues, seems to be the best course of action.

@electroevolution5777

2 жыл бұрын

I am the EXACT same way. I'm finding that as a leftie it is easier, faster, and smoother to operate right-handed firearms than left-handed firearms. I'm still toying with the idea of a side charger. I'm also looking for videos and info out there regarding our findings here.

@johannsen4171

10 ай бұрын

I'm the same right handed left eye dom I want to get a 308 ar 10 how is the ejection of a 308 in front of the face is it different than a 556?

I'm left handed and this video helped immensely. Really excited to put my shiny new AR through the paces soon.

I prefer right handed AR setups as a left hander. All i need is the ambi charging handle and maybe an ambi safety and im good to go Love this video!!!

This video is a godsend, recently bought my first AR and was considering dropping a bunch more money on ambi conversion tools. I've come to realize that training around the standard equipment is far better in terms of tactical viability

Thanks for the video. I'm cross eye dominate; dominate right hand but dominate left eye. I can see through my scope easily out of my left eye, but I really have to strain with my right into the scope. So it's nice to know that for a person like me with my visual aliment that running a standard rifle isn't going to be a huge obstacle.

Im Right handed doing every thing BUT shooting Rifles and shooting pool. I have no idea why this is but its been this way since I was a kid. Thanks for posting this.

@GuyKirk

4 жыл бұрын

OMG, i'm the same way. I'm right handed, for the most part, but shoot left handed. I even shoot pool left handed. I think it's because i have to have my right foot forward, even when i shoot a hand gun, i use my right hand because i have to keep my right foot forward.

@chilichad

4 жыл бұрын

Same here! I own a couple Savages lefty model deer rifles and was looking for lefty AR types.

@Exasperatus

3 жыл бұрын

You're all left eye dominant. I got my oldest son (who is lefthanded like me) a Red Ryder bb gun last Christmas and was surprised when he naturally started shooting it righthanded. He said he just aims better with his right eye. Now I'm looking forward to getting him a bolt action .22!

The worst problem I had in the Army, was brass going in my shirt. They had these brass catcher things, but they lead to more jams than they were worth.

@anwarnesbitt5636

3 жыл бұрын

Thats the one thing I’m afraid of some hot brass going into my face

@Desert1776

2 жыл бұрын

@@anwarnesbitt5636 Stag Arms makes a left side ejecting AR.

@anwarnesbitt5636

2 жыл бұрын

@@Desert1776 I’m definitely gonna check it out I’ve also started learning how to shoot right handed as well to eliminate that problem.

Thanks for this.I'm lefty and bought an ambitious safety and mag release but this is good to know👍

Super helpful....Thought using a RH weapon would mean significant handicaps and compromises. You made it look fluid and effective. Sweet!! Gonna practice.....

I’m left handed, just got an ar15 recently, haven’t shot it yet but I guess I’ve almost got all the basics down Oh an this helped

Bro you move like a machine 🤘🤘🤘🤘 awesome tips brother 👊

Awesome video this is going to help me so much

that actually helped a lot. thanks mate.

Very cool video, congrats from Brasil

Getting my first rifle soon and this video is like a godsend. I was worried about the whole left handed thing but I’m glad to see it almost works better

great presentation!!!

I haven't been shooting long but I already do all of this! lol very informative for me to know I've been doing the right things. I do however want an ambidextrous safety so I can switch to fire with my thumb and back to safe with my index on the left side

Great video.

Awesome video very informative 👌 I was wondering if I could just put an upper receiver and bcg on a mil spec rifle. Not a whole upper and not the whole receiver just the upper receiver and bcg

Good video. I'm Lefty for writing, tennis and shooting but for whatever reason. Righty for golf,baseball etc.

During my military service I took cover behind a tree and leaned on the tree on the left side and started firing and got the cartidge cases in my face...

I would come back up on target first, then with your left hand work the charging handle, it’s a little quicker and allows you to get your rifle on target before you get that left hand back down to the grip

THANK YOU!!!! More videos, more weapons please!

As a lefty thank you for the tips and no my mother was not a witch 🧙🏼

Thanks, I'm blind in my right eye but right handed this helps A lot now I don't have to spend more on an ambidextrous rifle.

@mikejrSAA

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Roy. Check out www.deflectorbrake.com Let me know if you think that might work for you. If so, let me know and we'll get a deflector brake kit headed your way.

Great video, man! A lefty thanks you :)

I'm right handed but always shot left I just find it more naturally to get it in position on my shoulder & cheek I only shoot shotgun at the moment as I'm in UK so I need my FAC but just wanted know my options for ambidextrous rifles good vid 👍

Great video, Thx!

Salute from stockton Cali "😎😎😎

I set mine up with ambi mag release, but left only safety and left only charging handle. If I fall during the boog, I want some right hander to feel what it's like to be a lefty.

great video thanks!

Worst problem I have is that as a lefty, the right eye is more dominant, so when using a rifle for target practice I never know which is a better option, my eyes or my comfort... semi-ambidextrous. So now i'm essentially shooting crosseyed. I've noticed that the paras shoot with both eyes open and I've been trying to practice this method using a pistol but it's not the same with a carbine or rifle. any tips?

the hard part is a "tactical reload". swapping a mag with some rounds for a fresh one. ive practiced but man is it weird.

@brandonbrockwell4997

4 жыл бұрын

Have you ever tried running a dump pouch on your right hip? You could just drop the mag you’re removing in that instead of trying to get it slipped back into a mag pouch

@eigelgregossweisse9563

4 жыл бұрын

@@brandonbrockwell4997 Yeah, easiest way is to just retransition to right handed swap reload, since under stress, fine motor sorta goes out.

Anyone have problems with hot brass hitting the arm or anything like that? I have a couple ar’s and it’s not MUCH of an issue, but I have this mini Draco that kind of sucks to shoot lefty. The charging handle isn’t like the ar. It sticks out quite a bit and sometimes jabs my forearm. Hot brass ejecting is also something I’m thinking about for both platforms.

Helpful thanks

I love being a righty running the rifle lefty

1:08 One of the biggest reason why as a left handed shooter, I hate the AR platform. Was a big reason I always hated Table 2 when I was at the range in the Marines. Right handed "coaches" could never understand.

Im definitely putting that safty on when speed reloading

Dude thankyou!

For my rifle I currently have a lefty safety, charging handle, and bad lever on it. I wanna get a lefty mag realese but im not sure if it's compatible with the bad lever. Anyone out there got a setup with both?

THANK YOU

I like running a bad lever to put the bolt back home. That, or I will break my firing grip and run the bolt with my left hand. I’ll have to try the roll and charge.

Awesome

I shoot lefty and left eye dominanton rifles, but on handgun my right has the trigger finger, kinda weird

best place to train!!!!!!

🙏🙏🙏 thank you!

I am left eye dominate and left handed. I shoot handguns right handed and rifles left. Anyone else have struggles shooting ARs and getting gasses in your face since your face is closer to the ejection port than a righty? Any tips ?!?! Thank you

This is outstanding. Southpaw outlaw.....

thanks dude..

Funny how life goes, I'm a righty with a dominant left eye.

its just me that realized this guy look like "axe" from lone survivor movie version,,

@JohnsonMalarkey

4 жыл бұрын

@ Hendra Pratama What you actually meant was, the dude in this vid looks like an actor that played Axe from that movie, aka Ben Foster.

@hendrapratama5515

4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnsonMalarkey sir, yes sir!

Are there any other accessories added to that rifle like a ambi bolt catch?

@CavBoy1

6 жыл бұрын

chipperwoods Battle Arms Ambi Safety, Sig Ambi Mag Catch, and chopped Magpul Bad Lever (lever part is chopped off so it doesn’t interfere with Ambi Mag Catch). I like the he big button on the bolt catch as my fingers find it easier. Hope this helps.

Contradicting, support hand to run charging handle to nose fire control, but you used fire control hand for the bolt release

The only thing I've ever had to worry about was the brass catching on my gear.

Is that a magpul sling (MS3 Sling GEN 2)? Also, as soon as we're all allowed outside to see each other again Im going to come up there fo some training!

@CavBoy1

4 жыл бұрын

It is a Magpul Sling

I need advice. I’m wrong handed and I’m going to suppress my BCM MCMR 11.5” pistol. How much is the gas in the face going to suck? Any tips to help that?

@CavBoy1

4 жыл бұрын

TrenchSniper21 You’re going to get some in your face. It’s not horrible, eye Pro is a MUST.

You are the best

Some but not all of this works for me. I'm not a typical lefty so I have to further adjust.

Im lefthanded. Spent 12 years in Canadian infantry. Lots of shooting courses. These drills being shown here…..on emergency reloads i would rack my charging handing from the top with palm down. Its waaaaaay better than this. No canting the weapon. Manipulating the safety id keep my thumb on left side for selecting fire and use the same hand index finger for back on safe. As I go more specialized though i had the techs put an ambi safety and bad lever on my gun. Much better. With the c9 or m249 in US i actually wore soccer shin pads on my right arm. I shot that thing from the standing alot with the shorty barrel and pistol grip. The link and brass would hit my right arm and tear it up. I painted some plastic soccer shin pads and wore them under my combat shirt. It worked amazing. Looked like I had a bionic arm but she saved my arm.

Very nice. What kind of sling and mount location? I need something like that

I do have a question. Is there such thing as a making the rifle eject the brass from the left side of the gun instead of it smacking you in the face? I guess it would depend on the rifle or manufacturer wouldn't it?

@CavBoy1

4 жыл бұрын

Kanden Stag and CMMG make a left hand ejecting upper receivers for AR rifles. Hope this helps.

So when shooting suppressed, how do you avoid all the gas in the face coming out of the right hand side ejection port of the receiver as a lefty?

@CavBoy1

9 ай бұрын

No real way around it unfortunately… Flow-through suppressors are better and gas-buster charging handles help a little. Building a lefty Stag Arms upper has helped the most though.

I prefer to shoot this way and am right handed with extreme left eye dominance. No problem using my left as a trigger/operator. Is there any danger from brass or gas being that the ejector is on the right said? I see the man has no problem in this video with brass ejecting but is it ever a problem? Thank you

@CavBoy1

4 жыл бұрын

No problems. The deflector works at keeping that stuff out of your face pretty well.

I love being a lefty with carbines and shotguns.

@dave2158

4 жыл бұрын

I am right handed but left eye dominant. Have you had any face safety issues with the ejector being on the right side? My manual says to fire from right side on my PCC 9mm even though I can change the charging handle and magazine release from right to left handed.

@leftyloose8576

4 жыл бұрын

Dave since I wear glasses I really don’t any issues at all. Ejects aren’t a problem either to be honest

@leftyloose8576

4 жыл бұрын

Dave the magazine release is the only thing I’d consider changing to the left side but I’m still debating and I have a ambi charging handle so that’s no problem

🇺🇸👍 good information

Great video! It just seems to me though that with all the technology we have now, lefty shooters should have an easier option with guns that are made predominantly for right handed use. Especially in regard to AR types. Designers should have their designs saved on a computer right? Idk why they can't just take a 3D model and flip it completely so that everything becomes a mirror image that is lefty friendly. Sure safety usually comes dual switch so that not much of an issue. G36 has a nice idea with their ambidextrous rack and reload, contour that is also ambi, yet it still ejects cases on the right side. I guess that's my only gripe really, just having a design that allows both left or right ejection or having a ready design for lefty customers readily available also

@CavBoy1

4 жыл бұрын

BD2DK There are several manufacturers that make very ambi-friendly carbines out there, SIG being one of them. Unfortunately, some police agencies and military unit only get what they’re given and are stuck with ‘righty’ guns. These are just a few methods to help those folks out.

As a lefty it almost feels like the ar is a left handed gun anyways. Everything is faster and easier EXCEPT manipulation of the charging handle

@Verdha603

3 жыл бұрын

Provided you have one with a brass deflector, the only item I considered a “necessary” change would be an ambidextrous safety. Everything else you can work around with enough practice, though I’ll admit the likes of the Kalashnikov and the M1/M1A/Mini-14 lineup tend to be more lefty friendly IMO.

Mr. Cavallaro, which one of SIG SAUER courses would cover this topic?

@CavBoy1

4 жыл бұрын

Knuckle_Bump Rifle Mechanics, Rife Operator, and Advanced Rifle Operator. Hope to see you at the SSA!

@CavBoy1

9 ай бұрын

And Rifle Instructor

Does anyone have an AMBI mag release and if so, how do you like it?

@CavBoy1

9 ай бұрын

Yep! Sig ones are great!!

The problem i cross often is the rejected ammo firing auto..Im shooting lefty

Very silly question but where does the strap across your chest end? I love that configuration but don't know how I would achieve that.

@CavBoy1

9 ай бұрын

It’s a Single-point sling. It wraps around the body and only attaches at 1 point towards the rear of the firearm. Behind the grip in this case.

Thanks could u do one for bolt-action rifles?

@BrianBinOR

6 жыл бұрын

TWINN3DG3CKO 121 I've only fired a bolt action for hunting (lifelong civilian), but what I do is rotate the rifle about 45° counter clockwise with the bore as the axis of rotation, reach over the top with my left hand and work the action. As for how that translates into tactical shooting, ymmv.

@martinparr4194

4 жыл бұрын

I bought a Mauser yugo 24/47 with a straight bolt handle. I think that this makes it easier for left handed operators.

Thx for the info. Life is weird being a lefty. Bought my dad an AR for Christmas. When we shot it, the brass burned my neck so bad, and went down my shirt 😂. Won’t be shooting that gun again

I am a left handed shooter the first thing I did was put an ambidextrous Charging handle on my AR. I've never had to move the gun from its firing position to do any of the things he is doing. Keep in mind I have only been into the shooting Or guns in general for the past 4 years. I have only had an argument for 2 years so maybe I am doing it wrong.

Im left handed but right eye dominant, i hate it lol trynna train my left eye

ambi safety and a bad lever would make things a bit easier

@bradleymorgan8223

5 жыл бұрын

The idea is that you should be able to pick up any AR on the planet and be able to run it

I love that rifle, what rifle is that bro.?

@CavBoy1

4 жыл бұрын

Otis Smith Awesome!! Sig MCX!

like to see the brass flying out..............

In general this is good information. But I realized this is useless when it comes to states where pistol grips on an AR is illegal. The workaround I found is to just install as many of the control on your left side. That may cost a bit but it helps assure better grip and retains mechanical function.

my problem is inhaling smoke coming out of the chamber

@James_T_Kirk_1701

5 жыл бұрын

Logan Wightman google permetex charging handle mod. I do it on all mine. It helps some.

@CavBoy1

4 жыл бұрын

Logan Wightman Fellow Lefty, welcome to my pain.

does anyone know what gun this is exactly

@CavBoy1

9 ай бұрын

Sig MCX Gen1

Just buy left hand at from Black Rain it’s it stag. Spent 10 years in army. I have both stag and black Rain. I will not buy right handed anymore. If the manufacturer won’t make left rifles their loss.

is the safety not gonna break anytime soon during constant abuse? newb here who wants to know more about rifles as a lefty. 🤓

@CavBoy1

9 ай бұрын

Shouldn’t.

Idk why but I use my left for rifles and snipers but handguns I use my right

He'd be a good instructor

@CavBoy1

9 ай бұрын

❤

I know this will sound crazy, but what if you started making left handed models.

does the shells not flying by your face not bother you?

@brandonkruse1663

6 жыл бұрын

Calob Bruce usually have right eye closed so you don't usually see hulls ejecting

@BrianBinOR

6 жыл бұрын

Actually the rudest firearm I've encountered for throwing brass in a lefty's face is the humble Ruger 10-.22

@CavBoy1

6 жыл бұрын

It’s one of those things you just kind of get used to after a while.

@michaelzschoche2746

6 жыл бұрын

i'm left handed and shot all right handed M4's while in the army, and even my AR-15 doesn't even bother me. Like you said you get used to it. To be honest I don';t even notice the casings coming out anymore.

should i get a lefty ar

@CavBoy1

9 ай бұрын

Yep

😁👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Left handed people gotta reload like an AK

I am right handed and left eye dominant