Any of you truly ambidextrous?

[Ala Dan]

Yep, truly ambidextrous~! Born right handed, but learned at an early age to
use my left hand as good as I do my right hand; while playing first base in
little league baseball. So, I just kept on developing the use of my left hand,
eventually branching out into other possibilites; even writing~!

Too expand a bit further, training to use both hands ("ambi") has really paid off
in both handgun qualification, and during defensive tactics during my LEO status.

 

[elkhuntingfool]

My dad can shoot with either hand just as proficient. It's been fun watching him shoot what he calls off hand and be just as comfortable with his 'on hand'. He was in a cast for quite a while when he was a kid and learned how to do everything lefty. His hand writing is EXACTLY the same with either hand. Bats with either hand, etc... even whooped my butt with either hand.

He doesn't shoot lefty nymore now that he has semi-autos - something about brass hitting him in the face that he doesn't really care for

 

[Sheldon J]

It happend to me...

When I was a kid it was common for parents of left handed children to make them right handed to make it easer for them in society, This resulted in...

I ended up using both hands with basically equal dexterity.
I write right handed, but can do so much more legibly left handed.
I eat, and drink left handed most of the time.
Shoot equally well with either hand although my right is stronger.
Play tennis with either hand which is great because my backhand is horrid.
Is a great aid when working in tight places because either hand will do when fixing things.
Right eye dominant due to cross eye issues, they switch at will (one eye straight other one looking in) which drives the optomologist nuts.

 

[possom813]

I reckon I'm somewhat ambi. I can do almost everything from either side, I'm a little slower on my right. I prefer using my left hand for everyday tasks, such as writing, but for precision it's pretty much my right.

I prefer to shoot from a left-handed stance, but can quickly change over to a right handed stance. I'm not one-eye dominant and usually shoot with both eyes open, unless shooting with a scope.

Does anyone else shoot with both eyes open?

-John

 

[esmith]

Neither of my eyes are dominant over each other. I still shoot righty and everything is fine.

 

[Bilt4Comfort]

I do not have a dominant eye, and can shoot practically equal right or left handed...both eyes open.

The only other thing I can do left handed...well...I only tried it because I heard it felt like someone else was doing it.

 

[ZeSpectre]

Read Sharps Shooter's post (#11) above... That's me.

Recent "warm up" with my CZ-75B shot left hand/left eye only then right hand/right eye only (unsupported, bulls-eye style)

 

[M60]

I shoot a rifle lefty mostly. However, when I need to shoot around a barricade and it's easier to shoot it righty I will. I don't see any differance between the two. I shoot a handgun lefty, but can shoot righty almost as well and will a little practice I could come up to speed with the right. I throw left and batt right. I play the drums right and bass (not very well) left. I can write right if I slow down a little. I do most of the things on the list above, although I'm not depressed. I have always had a hard time reading analog clocks/watches. I don't think I'm truly ambi, but I'm close.

Mark.

 

[Regolith]

Nope. For the most part, I'm a lefty, but I do many things right handed, particularly things that require strength and little dexterity.

I can also shoot pistols either hand, but I'm better with my left, though I'm right eye dominant. Figure that one out. Rifles I shoot better lefty, unless I have a good rest, then I can do fairly well with either side. Shotguns I'm better shooting left handed. I don't try to shoot cross dominant, I just close my right eye, or concentrate on "forcing" my left eye to become dominant.

I don't bother manipulating the bolt on bolt actions with my left hand. I just support the entirety of the guns weight with my left hand, throw the bolt with my right, move it back out to support the rifle, and keep shooting. If I do it so that my right hand never leaves the bolt, I can be extremely fast with it, but it degrades my accuracy.

 

[xpun8]

Semi-ambi maybe-
In little league ('77) through now I bat from both sides, throw left, golf right, shoot mostly right, eat left, write (print) with either, working around the house/cars I use mostly right. I call myself right handed. Someone mentioned funny writing stuff-me to. I can write mirror image right and left handed, I wrote a paper in college backwards to piss my Eng comp prof off. I don't think any of that is because I'm semi-ambi, more to do with how whacked my brain is.