“Any hope for a shooter shooting with the left eye closed?”
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There is always hope for a one-eye shooter. The problem is, you are probably as good as you will get with only half your vision working with you.
We have taught many people who only have one eye, and they are able to shoot well because they are used to looking at the world with only one eye. You, however, are used to looking at the world with both eyes and you are now giving your brain incorrect information on how to hit a small four-inch disk at exactly the time when you are supposed to shoot it. This disk is hard enough to see with both eyes. Now you want to see it with only one eye.
If you find the target with both eyes and then shut the eye, you have given the brain two different sight pictures. You have gone from seeing the target at a specific distance, speed, and picture of the target to seeing a picture that looks farther away, faster and smaller. Let’s not make this any harder than it is. This causes doubt in your swing and prevents you from trusting your point.
The only time dominance comes into play is when you look at the barrel. You should be looking at the target and inserting the barrel somewhere to the front of the target’s flight path and pull the trigger as it hits your cheek.
I used to shoot one-eyed since my left eye is so dominant. I now shoot right-handed with both eyes open. People told me for years that I couldn’t possibly do it, but because of the way the eyes work together, after 12 yards it is possible.
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