Left handed shooter with right eye dominance...

[TANGOBRAVO13]

Im 17, and i am joining the Marines nexy year. I have shot shotguns and small rifles as a kid but not that often. In the past year however i have started shooting a lot more with pistols, and AR-15s. My question is, seeing that i shoot left handed but i recently found out i have right eye dominance, should i learn to shoot right handed before i go to boot camp? I heard that they train you to shoot with your dominant eye, not your hand. Right now i shoot a pistol with my right eye closed and its kind of awkward. So should i start shooting righty with a pistol and a rifle?

[sochr000]

Not too sure about the Marines, as I was Army, but, yes, they do want you to shoot with your dominant eye. I would recommend getting used to it a little bit, but it's not a terribly big deal. There will be kids you meet in basic who have no idea how to work a gun, or that hamburger comes from a cow (no really, some people believe hamburger comes from the store, that's all they know) So, if you have to relearn how to hold the rifle while there, its not a big deal, you'll fit right in.

On a separate note, the most important thing to remember in basic is, everyone is stupid, don't retaliate, because one day you'll be that stupid guy. Some people also don't learn, knowing this helps, as being around them will probably make you very angry, but they can't or won't learn how to do things the right way, avoid this kid at all costs, he'll make you a strong man (through push-ups).

Your best bet, blend in, don't try to be helpful, don't try to avoid things, just do what you're told, and basic starts to feel like Boy Scout camp, only they can yell at you here.

[hammAR]

Im 17, and i am joining the Marines nexy year. ....................................seeing that i shoot left handed but i recently found out i have right eye dominance............................................

First off welcome and you are making a good life choice........

Second, God tried to help YOU fix your infliction and the Marines will finish it......it will not be a choice...right handed or join the Navy........


Gunny out!.............

[TANGOBRAVO13]

Im 17, and i am joining the Marines nexy year. ....................................seeing that i shoot left handed but i recently found out i have right eye dominance............................................

First off welcome and you are making a good life choice........

Second, God tried to help YOU fix your infliction and the Marines will finish it......it will not be a choice...right handed or join the Navy........


Gunny out!.............

haha thanks. so if i start shooting right handed, should i keep both eyes open when shooting then?

[hammAR]

haha thanks. so if i start shooting right handed, should i keep both eyes open when shooting then?

..preferable to keeping both closed................

[TANGOBRAVO13]

haha thanks. so if i start shooting right handed, should i keep both eyes open when shooting then?

..preferable to keeping both closed................

hahaha okay. cause i tried that and i was seeing double or something it didnt seem right. does it just take some practice to get used to it?

[justaguy]

Good luck. You will have fun.

As far as the shooting. Primary Marksmen Instructors (PMI) deal with teaching all people from all walks of life to learn to shoot. And they have to "unteach" people bad habits. Just pay attention and dont worry about it they know how and what to do. As long as you listen and do what they say you will do just fine.

I dont know anything about you but I would focus on running, push up's, and sit ups. You do a lot more of those than you do shooting. And remember no matter what you do it will be wrong and you will have to do it again. It is more mental than physical. and dont laugh at DI's. They dont like that.

[TANGOBRAVO13]

Good luck. You will have fun.

As far as the shooting. Primary Marksmen Instructors (PMI) deal with teaching all people from all walks of life to learn to shoot. And they have to "unteach" people bad habits. Just pay attention and dont worry about it they know how and what to do. As long as you listen and do what they say you will do just fine.

I dont know anything about you but I would focus on running, push up's, and sit ups. You do a lot more of those than you do shooting. And remember no matter what you do it will be wrong and you will have to do it again. It is more mental than physical. and dont laugh at DI's. They dont like that.

haha yeah i would never laugh at a DI, i value my life and i try to run every day and workout. as of right now i can get a 280 on the PFT i just gotta get my run time down a couple more minutes

[justaguy]

Good luck. You will have fun.

As far as the shooting. Primary Marksmen Instructors (PMI) deal with teaching all people from all walks of life to learn to shoot. And they have to "unteach" people bad habits. Just pay attention and dont worry about it they know how and what to do. As long as you listen and do what they say you will do just fine.

I dont know anything about you but I would focus on running, push up's, and sit ups. You do a lot more of those than you do shooting. And remember no matter what you do it will be wrong and you will have to do it again. It is more mental than physical. and dont laugh at DI's. They dont like that.

haha yeah i would never laugh at a DI, i value my life and i try to run every day and workout. as of right now i can get a 280 on the PFT i just gotta get my run time down a couple more minutes

You will probably graduate a 300 if you do a 280 now. Learn the basic history of the Corp's, General Orders, rank for USMC as well as Navy, and just blend in. I thought DI's were pretty funny, but only laughed once. What MOS are you looking at?

[TANGOBRAVO13]

Good luck. You will have fun.

As far as the shooting. Primary Marksmen Instructors (PMI) deal with teaching all people from all walks of life to learn to shoot. And they have to "unteach" people bad habits. Just pay attention and dont worry about it they know how and what to do. As long as you listen and do what they say you will do just fine.

I dont know anything about you but I would focus on running, push up's, and sit ups. You do a lot more of those than you do shooting. And remember no matter what you do it will be wrong and you will have to do it again. It is more mental than physical. and dont laugh at DI's. They dont like that.

haha yeah i would never laugh at a DI, i value my life and i try to run every day and workout. as of right now i can get a 280 on the PFT i just gotta get my run time down a couple more minutes

You will probably graduate a 300 if you do a 280 now. Learn the basic history of the Corp's, General Orders, rank for USMC as well as Navy, and just blend in. I thought DI's were pretty funny, but only laughed once. What MOS are you looking at?

Infantry. im gonna do that for 4 years, get to know everything, then re enlist and try to get into Scout Sniper School or Recon. but well see how it goes haha.

[hammAR]

hahaha okay. cause i tried that and i was seeing double or something it didnt seem right. does it just take some practice to get used to it?

Infantry. im gonna do that for 4 years, get to know everything, then re enlist and try to get into Scout Sniper School or Recon. but well see how it goes haha.

I am not quite sure of their current doctrine, however to become a Marine you WILL be a Rifleman...you Will be rated AND scored on hits on target (no more hit or miss), so regardless of how you do that, practice and practice, then practice more......set a personal goal to become the Designated Marksman (DM) then work you way up or down from there.....you can google and find the qualification requirements.....Here you will get an idea of the new quals: New M16 Qual Course and here is a good description (opinion) of the new Qual Scoring system: OPINION

If you have more questions feel free to post them.............

Gunny out..........

[hammAR]

haha yeah i would never laugh at a DI, i value my life .....

There will be times that you will really want to, but as justaguy stated ...IF you do, you will only do it once....
that is why he still has a hard time laughing...
at least on the outside...Cheers justagrunt....

[TANGOBRAVO13]

haha yeah i would never laugh at a DI, i value my life .....

There will be times that you will really want to, but as justaguy stated ...IF you do, you will only do it once....
that is why he still has a hard time laughing...
at least on the outside...Cheers justagrunt....

yeah i can see where i would laugh at them. i went to a simulation boot camp up at camp ripley and they brought all the DI's up from Parris Island. It was pretty funny watching some kids just keep on making mistakes and getting IT'd by 5 DI's at once

[justaguy]

You are getting a little ahead of yourself. Finish your first enlistment and see where you are in life.

Unless they changed something you can try for Recon right out of School of Infantry (SOI). Which is a good time to try because you loose some discipline when you hit the fleet, and you are in pretty good shape. Like boot camp Indoc's are a lot of mental. You also need to be a strong swimmer and very comfortable in the water. On the weekends while you are in SOI dont spend all your time getting drunk in Oceanside and stay in shape and save some money.

It's up to you, but I wouldn't dick around doing the recruiting thing after boot camp. Get to SOI, and get things going.

[TANGOBRAVO13]

You are getting a little ahead of yourself. Finish your first enlistment and see where you are in life.

Unless they changed something you can try for Recon right out of School of Infantry (SOI). Which is a good time to try because you loose some discipline when you hit the fleet, and you are in pretty good shape. Like boot camp Indoc's are a lot of mental. You also need to be a strong swimmer and very comfortable in the water. On the weekends while you are in SOI dont spend all your time getting drunk in Oceanside and stay in shape and save some money.

It's up to you, but I wouldn't dick around doing the recruiting thing after boot camp. Get to SOI, and get things going.

yeah thats what i am probably gonna do. But back to my original topic, does anyone have the same problem i do? or know anyone, and what i can do to fix it?