I've only been shooting on and off for about 10 months now, and I'm a lefty. Now I love to shoot, and would love to possibly compete locally in IDPA. So that got me thinking a bit.

When I started golfing years ago, a pro told me that if I could handle golfing right, I should, since it would give me better equipment choices, and courses were laid out for righties, not lefties. So I did.

Today, I was reading some tips for fast reloading for competition, and it got me thinking. Unless you can find a gun with all ambidextrous controls, then you're going to have some disadvantages shooting left since the controls are laid out to be worked with the right thumb.

So, if I already shoot isosceles stance, with both eyes open, switching to shooting right would mostly consist of having a right handed holster, working on right handed draw and getting used to working the controls with my right thumb.

What am I missing? Any suggestions?

I've already been working on my off hand (right handed) shooting, and my groups aren't much worse than my left handed groups. (Which says more about the poor quality of my groups than my off hand abilities.)

Just wondering if anyone has gone down this road before, and if so, what are the benefits and pitfalls?

Sigs are very friendly to left hand shooters,
I shoot left handed and have not felt disadvantaged in my shooting experiences except in possible revolver shooting and reloading

If you are considering switching hands, You may want to verify which is your dominent eye, I see more concerns on learning to shoot with the dominant eye not being on the strong side than I do with left handed shooting.

I did it. I'm right eye dominant and very left handed. My CCW shooting instructor had the same advice for me. It took me a little time and effort, but now I feel more comfortable shooting right handed than left.

Equipment availability was the primary reason for switching to a right strong hand.

I am left handed and right eye dominant. I fought the eye dominance for several years and then switched to shooting right handed. It was awkward at first but after a number of dry fire type drills where I would pick up the firearm (pistol, rifle, shotgun) and prepare to use it. I am equally or more comfortable using my right hand as my left.

The benefit of switching hands for me is that I had to re-learn how to shoot with my right hand and in the process got rid of 30+ years of bad habits.

Good luck.

Good info. Thanks.

I'm actually left eye dominant, but I shoot both eyes open in an isosceles stance, so it's really more of a hand placement issue.

And in fact, right now I'm shooting only right, since I have a case of shooter's elbow in my left and shooting right doesn't bother me.

I think I'm going to focus on being as ambidextrous as possible and work both hands as equally as possible for a while.

Shoot to favor your dominant eye. Absolutely, no exceptions. Vision is much more important. Don't switch hands if you are shooting with your strong eye. I can't emphasize this enough.