Never had this happen before on the range

[Fogman01]

My wife is left handed - right eye dominate. She has a hard time with barrel sights not because she doesn't understand the picture but because she keeps changing eyes and changing what she sees. Putting her head over the stock to shoot strong hand, strong eye doesn't work even with a .22. Strong eye, weak hand; weak eye, strong hand? She is most "comfortable" shooting a scoped rifle right handed and using the right eye. But she has trouble being able to close the left eye and use only the dominant eye. We are going to try putting a patch on her shooting glasses so she will be able to keep both eyes open. I am going to have her try a red dot sight on a handgun but right now it's on my S&W 500 and I know she won't like shooting that whichever eye she uses. (Most people close both eyes when they shoot that gun.) It's very frustrating for cross eye dominate people to learn to shoot and for instructors to teach them. Finding a consistent shooting stance does not always result in a "natural" or "comfortable" position for them... the way rifles are made and the way their bodies work, the aiming process doesn't feel "natural" or "comfortable". It takes a lot of perseverance but knowing the cause is a big help.