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Posted: 6/19/2016 4:52:56 PM EDT
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I am left eye dominant but right handed. It's more comfortable for me to wear my PVS-14 on my left eye. I shoot right-handed, so using the PVS-14 to line up on a rifle's sights becomes an exercise in changing the helmet mount from left to right side. Anybody else have a similar conundrum? Solutions? |
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I'm a cross dominant righty, as well. (Which is actually GREAT for both-eyes-open-pistol-shooting, BTW!)
I've found that with my -14, rifle shooting is either: A - IR laser mounted on the rifle, -14 on the helmet (This is my preferred method) or B - 14 mounted behind the optic via the TNVC twist-off mount. I much prefer "A", and only use "B" when I occasionally shoot one of my Aimpoint equipped rifles that I haven't ponied up for a DBAL or OTAL on, yet. I swapped my PVS-14 over to the right side for a bit, but found that it was a compromise, and doing it the preferred was left me perfectly suited to drop my "naked" eye behind the optic and carry-on seamlessy if the environment suddenly became white-light friendly. I know it's not really an answer to your question as stated, but dropping $399 on an OTAL-C at TNVC might well be "THE answer" for you. (Or even better, a DBAL - that thing is sex on a biscuit...) |
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Quoted: I'm a cross dominant righty, as well. (Which is actually GREAT for both-eyes-open-pistol-shooting, BTW!) I've found that with my -14, rifle shooting is either: A - IR laser mounted on the rifle, -14 on the helmet (This is my preferred method) or B - 14 mounted behind the optic via the TNVC twist-off mount. I much prefer "A", and only use "B" when I occasionally shoot one of my Aimpoint equipped rifles that I haven't ponied up for a DBAL or OTAL on, yet. I swapped my PVS-14 over to the right side for a bit, but found that it was a compromise, and doing it the preferred was left me perfectly suited to drop my "naked" eye behind the optic and carry-on seamlessy if the environment suddenly became white-light friendly. I know it's not really an answer to your question as stated, but dropping $399 on an OTAL-C at TNVC might well be "THE answer" for you. (Or even better, a DBAL - that thing is sex on a biscuit...) I already have a DBAL inbound. Should be here Tuesday.  Also already have a Streamlight TR-2 IR Eyesafe on my FNX45 tactical pistol. It's a hoot to be in total darkness and ringing steel that nobody else can see. The IR flood works great on it too. I believe streamlight discontinued the total IR model.  I'm hoping the DBAL will allow me to shoot with my PVS-14 on my left eye and still be able to use my IR Defense MKII Hunter with my right eye. In a 2 way pinch there would be no telltale laser that way.  |
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I am left eye dominant but right handed. It's more comfortable for me to wear my PVS-14 on my left eye. I shoot right-handed, so using the PVS-14 to line up on a rifle's sights becomes an exercise in changing the helmet mount from left to right side. Anybody else have a similar conundrum? Solutions? If youre using a head mounted PVS-14 you should be aiming with an IR laser. Im right handed right eye dominant. I wear my PVS-14 over my left eye. It keeps me from smacking the pvs-14 on my aimpoint by accident. Also, don't need to take the time to flip up my PVS-14 if there is a sudden source of light, I just raise the rifle up to eye level and look through the aimpoint like normal...aside fromt he fact that there is a bright green flashlight shinning into my left eye. 
Only issue ive had was when I first started wearing it over my left eye I would get a mild headache. Think my brain wasent happy with having to rely on the left eye. but I quickly got used to it. |
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I am also right handed and left eye dominant. I do the same thing as Spartikis... I wear my monocular over my left eye & use my ATPIAL-C for aiming. Then if it becomes light enough, I just use my right eye to aim through the optic.
The best thing I did was buy another monocular & run duals
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Everyone I know who is cross dominant shoots their rifle left handed and pistol right handed, except my daughter who insists on doing both left handed. I don't even know how you would shoot a rifle with your non dominant eye. I shoot BOTH right handed (But use my left eye on the pistol - pan/tilt my head a little towards the right so that my left eye aligns with the sights). I never even noticed I did it until the first time I qual'd with a pistol in the Corps. The coach asked me if I was "cross-dominant", and I was like "fuck if I know...". (This was after civilian police academy, and a few years of shooting/qual'ing on the civy side, no less - shows how well THAT training went..) He showed me that I was, and then told me how I was shooting. Works great and I never had to "learn" to keep both eyes open when shooting a handgun - it just kinda happened. As far as shooting a rifle left-handed, it may have changed since the 90's when I was in boot, but I specifically remember our PMI telling our lefty recruits that he didn't give a DAMN what hand they jacked off with, they'd learn to shoot the rifle his way. One of my closest friends was a lefty (and prior service army), but he shoots the AR right-handed to this day... (granted, that's handed-ness, not eye-dominance, but you gotta figure there was a fair percentage of Marine recruits left-eyed who were shooting righty just like me)
I guess, in my case, the "floating" nature of the head position behind a handgun lends itself to my dominant (left) eye naturally taking control. The cheek-weld of a rifle lines my non-dominant eye up naturally with the sights and it does it's thing? |
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