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samuraimizu

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So I went to the range to work on accuracy and i focused on my right hand shooting "shooting my beretta and a range .45 1911". Im left eye dominant and shoot left handed normally and have gotten pretty accurate and my ROF has gotten faster. Buuuuuuut the more i worked on right hand shooting with my left eye i was more accurate and the grouping was tighter and more accurate with both pistols.

left: faster rof and accurate vs right: more accurate but slower rof

so would it be better one way or the other or work on both evenly?
 
To quote my favorite instructor - "I've never seen a stopwatch in a fight."

Don't focus on how fast you're shooting, focus on how good you are shooting. What is your naturally dominant hand? If you are more accurate right handed, and that is your dominant hand, that's how you should train.
 
It's been noted by experts who study shootings that it's quite common for people to be injured in the hands and arms during shootings. I would say that being able to shoot (and reload/etc.) well with either hand is a very useful skill.
 
As John said, it's very useful to be able to use either hand. I find I am even more accurate with weak-hand only shooting; probably a bit less shaking from drinking coffee and the like. Problem is, I'm not very dexterous with the weak hand. In a fast and furious fight, (which I hope to never get into) I'd kinda be sunk without my right hand. Not hopeless, mind you, but far worse off. I do practice weak-hand drills, but it will never equal the dexterity I enjoy with the right hand.

I am cross-dominant.
 
My answer is -- practice both ways. Like you, I am left eye dominant. Even if that weren't the case, I'd still advise practicing both right and left handed. You don't know that you won't be injured in one hand. You don't know if you may need to shoot around a corner, or which corner that might be. Proficiency with either hand or both hands is the answer.
 
My father is the same way. Every year when he requalifies as a LEO, he gets a little worse with his right (dominant hand) and a little better with his left. He's been shooting much better with his left hand for a long time. Since he still does fine with the right hand, and he's more comfortable with it that's how he carries. I would say keep practicing with both so that way in a real world situation you can use whatever hand can get to the gun quicker and easier.
 
I'm left eye dominant and I'm more accurate shooting left handed. I'm naturally right handed, however, and it is much more comfortable for me to shoot right handed. I divide my range time 50-50.
 
I am left-eye dominant with a very strong prescription. Perhaps legally blind without corrective lenses. For whatever reason, the left eye seems to move and focus more quickly. So, I shoot pistols left eye, right hand. I shoot rifles and shotguns left-eye, left shoulder. Among friends I have a great reputation for handgun accuracy and mediocre wingshooting.

Keep doing both until you develop an advantage that you value for one method.
 
keep practicing with your weak hand.......become as proficient as you can........we never know what life situations we will face or the future may challenge us with........you have two good hands.....use them both

i have been using this finger exerciser to strengthen my weak hand and it has made an improvenment for me.


http://www.prohands.net/who/sports/handgun/
 
Start of Quote: To quote my favorite instructor - "I've never seen a stopwatch in a fight."

Don't focus on how fast you're shooting, focus on how good you are shooting. What is your naturally dominant hand? If you are more accurate right handed, and that is your dominant hand, that's how you should train. End of Quote

I'm not sure I agree with this, if you are practicing for self defense. I would think it's a combination of accuracy & speed. Put 2 or 3 shots into a 4" upper chest grouping at the range, is a practical skill. Speed up when you can do it, slow down when you can't.

The tactical advantage in a gun fight goes to the person who consistently hits his adversary with 2 or 3 shots grouped in a lethal area.

Btw, this isn't what I do. I'm still focussing on absolute accuracy, with no concern for speed. I don't currently plan on being in an adversarial gun fight.

When I was a kid I shot right hand using my left eye dominant. Intructors broke me of the habit and now I can pretty well shoot ok either hand. Just not fast. Yet.
 
50-50 ill work on it.

50-50 will be fun lol and so will dual wielding :Dlol

I don't currently plan on being in an adversarial gun fight.
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I dont either lol. Accuracy is a big thing but when out with friends at the range. A fast ROF is fun but it doesnt mean anything it the grouping is as big as a dinner plate lol. I want to bring another challenge to be quick but accurate to the table when it presents itself:D. But outside of that I agree that the speed needs or has to come with efficiency.

I found myself when shooting right handed that i was using my left eye when aiming. The more i did it the more it got comfortable and accurate. Im left eye left hand dominant so naturally its easier in my left hand. It just surprised me that my right hand shooting was visibly better than the left after about 10-14 rounds with both tha 9 and 45.
 
"it doesnt mean anything if the grouping is as big as a dinner plate lol."

Hmmm.

If I'm shooting a bad guy in the chest to save my life, a shot group as big as a dinner plate would suit me just fine.
 
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