Probably the most random question you will ever see on CC

Colleges & Universities United States Military Academy - West Point
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<p>Hi everybody!</p>

<p>Sorry to bug you with this question, but it kind of bothered me a little after I thought about it.</p>

<p>I am for the most part left-handed. I shoot and write left-handed. In all the military videos and documentaries I see, I never see anybody shoot left-handed. Are there special procedures for lefties, or does it not really matter?</p>

<p>I’m sorry, but I was just really curious about what West Point did with left-handed shooters. </p>

<p>I understand that the majority of our population is right-handed, but I was just curious about the current situation. Thanks for your input!</p>

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<p>Being left-handed myself, the more important question is this: which eye is your dominant eye? That is going to make a bigger impact on how you shoot. I am right eye dominant and shoot right-handed. You might need to check that out before deciding which way to shoot.</p>

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<p>I am right handed but left eye dominant…strange</p>

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<p>Left leg flyer, left eye dominant, hands ambidextrous in all skills excepting writing…my kindergarden teacher made me put it in my right hand… thwarting potential left handedness. </p>

<p>Shooting is a pain when you’re the only person with your legs the other way when everyone is lying kinda close together.</p>

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<p>You’ll have your own firing position, you won’t be near anyone else. Shooting left dominant is just a matter of switching hands and shoulders. Ejecting the magazine may be different, since that button’s on the right side of the rifle, but your safety selector switch is on the left, so that may be easier. Definate plus - the ejection port is on the right, so you’re far less likely to get hot brass down your collar or sleeve!</p>

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<p>you have to learn how to shoot with your right.
shooting lefty definaly isnt the army way.</p>

<p>lol JK. in my ROTC they teach the lefties seperately.
seperate but equal.</p>

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<p>In my ROTC I was instructed with everyone else. All that matters to me is at least making marksman.</p>

<p>Love the dime and washer drills. We used to have stack contests. Good times.</p>

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<p>did they stand the nickel upright on the barrel tip?</p>

<p>but yeah im leaving Univ. of Central Florida ROTC to the usma prep school
i dont like that ROTC very much…</p>

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<p>Sounds like an interesting challenge…</p>

<p>I still love the Green Mountain Battalion. They were like family. For me it was the school I didn’t like.</p>

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<p>Thats cool. I’m a righty that shoots left. I’m left eye dominant and always have been. I can’t even close that eye by itself. lol</p>

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<p>I was talking to my grandpa about this. He joined the Marine Corps in the 50’s and back then, you either shot righty or you got kicked out, because the you can’t shoot the M-1 left handed or you’ll get hot shells in your face. It’s pretty cool to watch him switch sholders and eyes while shooting. The way the M-16 is, you can shoot it lefty easily.</p>