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  1. Rick, thank you. In that test, the answer is no. The relationship between the tip of the finger and the object didn't change, whereas if I repeated that test by covering the right eye, it will change. Therefore, it seems that in that test, I am right eye dominant. I guess I feel better about that result because it corroborates what I currently do --- aim with my right eye and shooting right handed. It's just that it bothers me when I come up with a different conclusion when I do that popular test of cupping your hands focusing on a distant object and bringing it to your face. I'm past my mid-40's now and my eyes have already deteriorated and when my shot goes south after a layoff, I begin to wonder if the eye dominance issue has just surfaced into my shooting.
  2. It seems that eye dominance problem is prevalent but I have to post another thread because I haven't seen my version of the problem. Whenever I do that popular test --- cupping both hands outright except for a little opening between thumbs and forefingers, focused on a distant object, and bringing my hands to the eyes -- the opening always lands on my left eye. The conclusion is left eye dominance. I'm right handed so that's supposed to be a cross dominance problem. However, it seems my natural aiming of my right hand is tied to my right eye. If with both eyes open I point my right forefinger on a distant object, I think that's mostly my right eye working properly, not my left. Why? Because with both eyes open pointing at a distant object with right forefinger, it's the same place that's being pointed to with my right eye only (left eye closed) open --- if I closed my right and opened my left, my right finger's point seems to shift over to the right, to an incorrect place. Because of the last paragraph, I always aim with my right eye. Despite the fact that popular test of bringing your cupped hand to you face shows I should be left eye dominant. Am I wrong for this?
  3. Nice link to the video. Very informative.
  4. $25 an hour? Wow, it's that low? I guess that's good for someone like me in need of a coach. That will really help my cause, that's for sure. FWIW, I'm an aspiring instructor myself and would have liked to see something more. Nothing expert-level serious and not for marksmanship or competitions, but for beginners and everyday people in need of learning gun safety. For my elementary aged kids, I pay $60 per hour tennis lessons and even a little more for private golf lessons for them. About same when I hired a soccer coach for them before the start of last season. Those aren't big-time pros but just average market rates. Big-time tennis pros are going over $100 per hour. Apples and oranges, I know. I haven't checked prices around yet but will do so, soon.
  5. Thanks for the reply. I don't know what the going rate is so don't really know how much to pay. I'm flexible and will pay whatever the market rate, and I figured it won't be too bad as I basically need another set of eyes (hopefully good ones) maybe once or twice a week for a limited number of weeks. Also, I'm coming in closer from ground zero compared to other more experienced shooters, so just about any decent coach will do. I don't even mind if they're not deadeye shooters themselves just as long as someone is knowledgeable and helps me correct some things. Like with getting a golf pro to correct a swing, I can benefit from another set of (knowledgeable) eyes.
  6. Anybody have any recommendations? I'd like to tighten up my handgun marksmanship at the range and would like someone who's a good coach. Thanks.
  7. BTW, TheHun, nice handle. You wouldn't happen to be associated with a popular guy on the web with the same name, would you? Just curious.
  8. I like to dryfire regularly, usually in the morning before I start my day's activities. I put snap caps in. I like one poster's reply of using dedicated guns for dryfiring. Hey, that's another reason I can use to get some more guns. ;-) Maybe I'll get some old, cheap versions for that.
  9. Man, that's sure a lot of vendors! It's good to have so many options. I guess I'll have to try the search feature to get recommendations on which one to go with for my guns.
  10. I've been doing this instinctively for ages. Sure the grip flips a little but if you're used to it, it can be pretty fast. Maybe you lose some microseconds than if you had a normal grip during the release, but that works for a short thumb guy like me...
  11. I go 75%/25%. I've recently had an instructor tell me to go 90%/10% but I feel more comfortable with my way better.
  12. Newbie to competition shooting here observing. Glad to hear other people's reaction from their first experience with something. Seriously looking at this 3-gun myself, if it's around here in SoCal.
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