Match Pistol -right hand, left eye

[Lundy]

All
I'm shooting an EVO 10, medium grip, and even with maximum twist, it doesn't feel right. It never comes up to a natural rise and my trigger finger is reaching because my wrist is twisted to the right . I'm wondering how much difference the Rink grips with the 7 degree twist makes? They are £200 ish and I'm not taking the plunge without some recommendations.
Does anyone with the same situation have experience of these twisted grips grips?
Cheers
Lundy

[nickm marshall]

I have shot a few guns with these 7 degree twist as you call it. But that was left eye left grip.
I hardly noticed the difference.

Why not try packing your existing grip with plasticine and see what you think.

[vbull]

If you don't mind my asking, why are you shooting right hand left eye ? Is your left eye dominant but you are right handed ?

[silvershooter]

I've battled with this problem for years.(Dominant and superior L eye, and R handed).
If you have longish fingers, they will tend to come round too much with the 7 deg twist option, so you will need more volume in the grip.
I've tried R eye, R hand, that was not very satisfactory.
I'm now shooting left handed, the decision was made for me due to pain in my right shoulder, and I wish I had done this earlier in my shooting career.

[mrgeoff]

I’m Rh and left eye, but as I wear glasses, it’s worse looking out of the side of the lens.
Struggled to shoot like this and then went left handed, much better results. All you need is the time and effort to convert.

[Turnup]

I was taught pistol by a right hand - left eye shooter. First thing he said to me is to do what he said and NOT what he did. He was a very good pistol shot and a good tutor too.

His stance was pretty much unique. Extremely open. He would be facing about 135 degrees away from the target, (face the target square on, move feet to turn left 90 degrees, and then another 45 degrees) with an extreme twist to his right at hips and with head rotated all the way to his right. He was looking over his right shoulder at the sights and target. This brings the left eye in line with the sights and target. Looked weird but it really worked for him.

[Turnup]

I’m Rh and left eye, but as I wear glasses, it’s worse looking out of the side of the lens.
Struggled to shoot like this and then went left handed, much better results. All you need is the time and effort to convert.

I recall I got a bit bored with shooting so decided I would try left hand left eye shooting just for the challenge. Took about three months to feel comfortable doing it like that but it can be done and becomes natural. Went back to RH R eye and immediately fell right back into the old way. Interesting experiment. Also found that reloading an underlever was actually faster if already holding the rifle in the left hand.

[Lundy]

If you don't mind my asking, why are you shooting right hand left eye ? Is your left eye dominant but you are right handed ?

Yes! I'm right handed , left eye dominant!
I'm naturally right handed and can't see for toffee with my right eye and never have , so it's very dominant. I also shoot rifle but am quite happy to shoot left handed , but have tried and failed with the pistol on that score

[hwtyger]

First, may sound strange, but coaching-wise, the dominant eye is leading for whether to shoot l/h or r/h.
So have you ever tried lefthanded?
That said, cross dominance is very difficult. I had a cross dominant rifle 'test-case'with my trainers exam.
He had a zero stance that was waaaaaaaaaaay off. (on the neighbours card).
Its very difficult to correct that with stance. Allthough pistol is easier than rifle.
I'd certainly block the vision of your non-aiming eye with a blend. Otherwise, your target will never be where you want it to be
Secondly, did you ever tést whether your left eye is dominant? Visibility is a good clue, but its not a test.

[JB101]

If you can not get on left handed then you really should be using an eye patch / obscurer over the left eye to ‘make’ the right eye the dominant one.
I don’t think tha angled rink grip would be sufficient to counter the difference as the angle is quite severe .


ATB
James