Range Firing Processes

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11 years 8 months ago #19905 by Siscowet
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MrMarty51 wrote: USATC,Fort Knox Kentucky,1971.
The range instructors told the left handers that they could shoot lefty if they wanted,but He also warned them about how hot the brass was that was coming off the ejector port of the AR.
I did not see one person firing lefty style,and there were several lefthanders in the bunch.The instructors did take time to help the left handers shoot right hand,one of them was Our Platoon leader,He did pass the range firing with some very respectable scores,so,it can be done with very good results.

Bet the M16's didn't have a brass deflector back then like they do now. When you are in a line with other armed people, whether bird hunting, or a skirmish line for that matter, the person on the right end has a reaction time advantage if he is left handed and has to shoot anything to the right of him. Bird hunting, that is always my spot.

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11 years 8 months ago - 11 years 8 months ago #19908 by Siscowet
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OleCowboy wrote:

VTIT wrote: Do any of you have cross dominant eyes? My son is right handed but he is left eye dominant. It isn't bad with a red dot sight because he can keep both eyes open but it's a :censored: PITA :banghead: with a scope and some iron sights.

We took a course together and the instructor helped him out some but I think unless you are in the same situation you don't understand the problem. It's even worse with a pistol. I am working with him on that but ammo is so scarce/expensive that we don't get to practice enough. Any hints would sure help.

YES! And I can (or could) shoot Expert with 1911, M 16 off either shoulder. Best thing you can do is get him a BB gun put up some targets and let him shoot and shoot and shoot off both shoulders till he can nail the 10 ring. Its tough and if like me he has some depth perception issues, most will be overcome but his changes of becoming a pilot are slim and about none, even a navigator, I could not pass the depth perception portion of the test for helicopter or anything the Army and Air Force flies in spite of aceing the written tests. LOL I did pass the carrier landing portion of the Navy flight test but the part where they have two objects in a box and you have to line them up is what always tripped me up, so I was never a pilot...

If you work with him and using both sides he will do fine in life, just won't be a pilot...

good advice. A Pellet rifle and a pellet pistol taught me to shoot left for rifles and right for pistols to compensate for it. Later I learned to be ambidextrous in both. And interestingly enough, why I washed out of pilot training was exactly what you are talking about. About the same time. 1968.
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11 years 8 months ago #19911 by jtallen83
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Process.......nope, no process in general, I try to change things up regularly but I do pay attention to rate of fire, no mag dumps on my AR-10, the price of ammo makes this easier now.
I might decide to shoot the 300 yard target or roll the propane tank down the hill and see how many hits I can get, that was a real show the first time! I have 360 + acres at my Brother-in-laws for a range, I have to work around where the cattle are but if I get tired of banging steel or punching paper we have targets like abandoned wagons, tractors, and cars scattered around the place. We are going to work on a walking range in one of the hollows this summer, wish I could afford a pile of steel, the old AR-10 wears out your normal chunk of scrap iron from the pile in a hurry! :twothumbs:

Note; I always require top quality eye protection,goggles for the kids, when shooting these unconventional targets, actually anytime we shoot but safety glasses are fine for punching paper in my book. I find the kids always listen, the adults laugh till I start leaving, explaining that I don't like to witness these painful eye injuries and waste my shooting time taking them to the Doc.

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11 years 8 months ago #19913 by LebbenB
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Bet the M16's didn't have a brass deflector back then like they do now.

Back in the mid seventies-early eighties, a brass deflector was developed for the M16A1. It was an "L" shaped piece of plastic that clamped into the carrying handle. Worked pretty well, except occasionally the case would bounce back into the ejection port. We used them for lefties when I was on the trail in the 90's

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11 years 8 months ago #20004 by Sharkey
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My 10 yo is a lefty but right eye dominant. He's working on getting used to it when it comes to shooting and he got his first high power pellet rifle for his birthday this year.

Only 1200fps but a good starter rifle for him with a little 4x scope on it.

We haven't had any good FULL days of shooting due to weather but he's been practicing his grip and "hold" quite a bit so it'll be more natural once we get a day of shooting.. :)

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