Uhhh...not sure I understand. I am right-handed, so I hold the gun in my right hand and use my right index finger to press the trigger. My left hand supports and stabilizes the pistol, and assists in managing recoil.

If I were left-handed, I'd do it exactly the opposite.

Is this a trick question?

I am primarily left-handed. That is, I shoot shoulder arms from the left shoulder, and my left eye is my master eye. I write with the pen or pencil in my left hand. (Use both on the keyboard) I throw and bat (Used to, that is.) right handed. Also shoot the handgun right handed.

At one time I shot the revolver right-handed and sighted with my left eye. But, since having cataract surgery a couple of years back, I now use my right eye.

Some years back, a friend took a photo as I was sighting in on a groundhog, some 100 yards out. "Jeez, Bob, you're sighting with the wrong eye!" he exclaimed. After I dropped the groundhog, he added, "Buddy, that was one h*** of a shot!"

Bob Wright

And, yes, when I was a little kid, I used both fingers to pull the trigger.

Originally Posted by Mike Barham

Uhhh...not sure I understand. I am right-handed, so I hold the gun in my right hand and use my right index finger to press the trigger. My left hand supports and stabilizes the pistol, and assists in managing recoil.

If I were left-handed, I'd do it exactly the opposite.

Is this a trick question?

Nope, buI knew it might have caused some misunderstanding since both hands are actually involved in shooting.

And I did'n want to call it right-handed or left-handed since that may not always correspond with other common activities like writing, eating, et-cetera.

That has been explained in some detail by Bob. Also, I'm right handed but I started to shoot with either hand and I'm all right with it, although in all other activities I'm right handed.

In other words, by 'strong' hand I mean the hand which grabs the gun's butt or grips and actuates the trigger. The 'weak' hand just supports and stabilizes the 'strong' hand together with the gun.

OK, I'll re-formulate the question more clearly

Your question was clear to me as written mccoy.

I am right handed and eyed but can shoot with either hand.

mccoy: Sir; I didn't read your question until after I voted
Thought I knew the question before hand.

Four left shoulders later;
only right hand; strong.
Left; nothing good is going to happen

Thanks for the edit. The comments about the trigger finger threw me off.

I train for weak hand (left hand for me) shooting, but I am very far from ambidextrous. Left handed shooting is work for me.

Originally Posted by mccoy

Are you right-handed or left-handed in shooting an handgun (or ambidextrous)?

Right-handed means you grab the gun's butt and actuate the trigger by your right hand, eventually supporting and stabilizing right hand and gun with your left hand.

Does it have to be the gun's butt?

Originally Posted by akr

Does it have to be the gun's butt?

akr,
in this board, rigorously so !!!!!!

What can I say----right is right!

I wonder,
since the number of answers to the poll starts being representative enough, what about the circa 20% of guys who shoot left-handedly a revolver?

Do revolvers come in left-handed version, so that the cylinder is ejected on the right hand side of the frame? Or do you have to juggle some to eject the spent rounds and reload?

Actually, a lefty with the correct technique can reload a revolver faster than a righty.

i shoot right handed but, i use a spoon or fork w/my left hand.

Originally Posted by Mike Barham

Actually, a lefty with the correct technique can reload a revolver faster than a righty.

Mike, I'm not using moonclips nor speedloaders now, when I'll get started with them I'll be back to you for advise...

Well, I can shoot with either hand, also.

But, if I want to hit what I'm aiming at, I shoot right handed!


Bob Wright

Originally Posted by stormbringerr

i shoot right handed but, i use a spoon or fork w/my left hand.

Ha! Good combination-you don't have to put down one to use the other!

Bob Wright

Originally Posted by Bob Wright

Ha! Good combination-you don't have to put down one to use the other!

Bob Wright

I am mostly left handed in day to day things but when it comes to fire arms was taught to be ambidextrous as a child.

I'm right handed but I practice a little with the left when shooting.

Originally Posted by mccoy

Are you right-handed or left-handed in shooting an handgun (or ambidextrous)?

Right-handed means you grab the gun's butt and actuate the trigger by your right hand, eventually supporting and stabilizing right hand and gun with your left hand.

I am a natural southpaw but my dad forced me to learn to do things with both hands So I can shoot a rifle or handgun righthanded if the need arises.

Thanks DAD!

I shoot and write left handed, but I throw/bat right handed. Although I usually shoot a mag or two right handed whenever I go to the range to try to train it.

I am a lefty, and I shoot revolvers with my left hand being my strong hand. When I shoot semiautomatics, I use my right hand as my strong hand. Weird.

My right hand is my strong hand, but I shoot pretty well with my left, too.
I favor my right hand mostly because I'm right-eyed.

(I learned, a long time ago, that if you are cross-dominant, follow the master eye, not the strong hand.)

I write, throw, catch, kick, shoot, eat, play drums and just about everything else right handed..I consider myself right handed....I try to shoot with one hand only with right and left and I also try to shoot left handed with two hand grip when I go to the range (left hand holding and pulling trigger, right supporting, left eye on sights)...

What is weird is whenever I do any excersizes or weight lifting, my left hand is actually stronger by nature than my right...I have been using a hand excersizer lately to improve my grip strength and I can tell my grip is stronger in the left, but my left hand and foot is less coordinated than my right...When I ride my bicycle or my motorcycle I am more comfortable turning tight turns to my left side versus my right side..

Willy

Being left handed I learned early on that I was going to rather do everything bas akward as us leftys are resigns to doing or I was going to learn to use both. So shooting firearms, playing my drums, shooting pool..well..about everything but writing I do with both. I write left handed and I bowl left handed (Neither I do really well..heh). I guess that would make me pretty good two handed shooting I really don't know being ammo is just too expensive to be shooting "two fisted" Plus it scares people if you're shooting on a public range..heh