New to shooting.

I imagine this is much easier to deal with when shooting handguns, but how should I deal with being a righty with horrible eyesight in my right eye vs left?

I was told that if you can force yourself to shoot on the side of your dominant eye, you will be more accurate.

 

I'm lucky enough to have both on the right.

Shooting lefty just does not seem realistic to me.

I am in the same situation! I couldn't find a Left handed Mossberg shotgun (don't know if they even make them), so I am just going to go with a right handed model and use it as I see fit. I am 20/20 in both eyes but I feel for Home defense at 20 yards or less, I should be pretty close to target, but for rifles with scopes and such for long range activities, I will have to go with a Lefty solution (i.e. Stag Arms AR-15 4L).

Shooting lefty just does not seem realistic to me.

 

What's funny is I always shot rifles and BB guns Lefty naturally since I was a youngin; not knowing why I did that all the time. I even play Billiards lefty since I was like 5 years old. I do everything else as a righty. I didn't find out why I was like this until I took the eye dominant test about two months ago and found I was left eye dominant. Now everything makes sense to me...

 

But back to your comment...For me as a righty with left eye dominance, it feels (and always felt) PERFECT for me to pick up any long gun with my left hand on the trigger and my right hand for support...That's just how my body naturally did it...even though I learned how to play pool and shoot from righty teachers!

I couldn't find a Left handed Mossberg shotgun

 

There are other options available. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithaca_37

I knew a slew of guys during training and in the field that were as you mentioned in the subject. Long story short, they all learned how to shoot lefty. Having bad eye sight in your right eye (if you're a right handed shooter) doesn't mean that eye isn't dominate. Dominate eye has to do with a correct sight-picture. If you attempt to shoot with your strong hand, but left-eye dominate, chances of hitting what you're aiming at will go down dramatically. I have seen guys, though, that refuse to shoot lefty, and instead will grip with their right, and cock their head in such a manner to the right to allow for the left eye to clearly look down the sights. So, its definitely possible to do that. However, that only really works with pistols, and not so much rifles or other long guns. There was an old thread that had to do with finding the dominate eye, etc...

Browning BPS shotguns are bottom ejection.

I'm right handed and left eye dominant. I'm so right handed, that I would probably have a hard time trying to pick my nose with my left hand, let alone try to shoot. That said, I've recently been forcing my self to shoot long guns left handed. It's awkward at first, but, surprisingly, after doing a bit of dry fire practice at home, it becomes less awkward. I recently took a shotgun class, and shot the whole thing left handed (minus the pistol work, which I did right handed). Didn't seem to slow me down at all, altho i did have to set up my gear a little differently so I could do reloads from my right side. It's just like anything else.. you have to practice doing it.

My biggest issue is that my eyes suck in general, and keeping both eyes open I either see 2 front sights, or 2 targets, and sometimes I see 2 front sights AND 2 targets. Still trying to work that one out, so, more often than not, I end up closing my right eye.

I am right hand and left eye. I am also ambidextous. I shoot right handed using my left eye for hand guns and I shoot righty with my long guns using my rigth eye. Takes some practice. Bur it is VERY do able.

I am right hand and left eye. I am also ambidextous. I shoot right handed using my left eye for hand guns and I shoot righty with my long guns using my rigth eye. Takes some practice. Bur it is VERY do able.

 

I'm left handed and left eye dominent but I can shoot right handed pretty well. Practice, practice, practice.

My wife has the same issue and she can not wink. She shoots pistols right handed and learned to shoot rifles left handed.

I couldn't find a Left handed Mossberg shotgun

 

There are other options available. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithaca_37

 

I know there are other options...a simple google search will produce good results; but I am a stubborn kind of guy and I always liked the Mossbergs, so I bought one. I have the feeling that my right eye will work just fine for HD after I get some good practice in (if sights are even going to be used in this type of close range scenario). I am sure when I get a rifle next, it will definitely be left handed.

Remington makes an 870 with left handed ejection, and that's what I have and use.