Comments on: Off-Set Scope Mount for Southpaw Who Shoots with Right Eye

By: Daniel E. Watters

Daniel E. Watters — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:21:32 +0000

I seem to remember that the late John Amber had a similiar issue with his eyesight. He had custom stocks made with a significant cast off to achieve the same effect.

By: David S.

David S. — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 05:19:12 +0000

I have a similar problem, in that I am right-handed but shoot with my left eye due to vision issues in my right eye. I have taken a different approach to adapting my long guns. I either raise the sights / scope, or lower the comb to allow shooting right hand / left eye. I went this route because I sometimes shoot in 3-gun matches, and may need to shoot off of either shoulder depending on stage layout, barricades or other obstacles. Since the sights or scope are still centered, I can do this easily. The downside of this is that the cheek weld on the stock is less than ideal when shooting left-handed, but I find that this is an acceptable trade-off for me. YMMV, of course.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:11:16 +0000

How about this – the scope mount on my old top-eject Winchester 94 is offset to the left. For a left-hander just turn the rifle around… err bad idea, forget I even mentioned it.
(I couldn’t figure out a way to start this comment out with the classic “Hold my beer….)

By: RickW

RickW — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:03:35 +0000

I see this is an older thread but I’ll throw this in just in case. Due to amblyopia as a child, my right eye sees everything as “peripherally” sharp but is useless on its own. I manage ok with bolt actions but a couple of mine are semi-auto and shooting left handed, I often get a cartridge ejected in the face. Would it be impossible for a scope maker to use mirror optics or such to have the face of the scope in line with the barrel, and then do a couple 45 degree angles so that the back of the scope is in line with the left eye? Maybe a lack of sales would make the idea less than cost effective. I could get alot more fun outta my firearms with a setup like above but I’m not skilled in the machine shop for such a task. Any direction or a cost for such an item as above would really be appreciated! Thanks!

By: Johannes Nowak

Johannes Nowak — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:22:12 +0000

I asked Andreas Atzl today, the scope mount is in the same line as the action/barrel. Matt D. says it right, it`s only 2 and a half inch offset, the distance is easy to correct with the scope, out to 300 yards. Andreas told me when you cross line of sight with line of barrel, problems become bigger at longer ranges.

I hope its understandable, english is not my native language, im from Austria.

By: RoyB

RoyB — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:41:16 +0000

Hey, It’s me. RoyB the guy that built this scope mount! I’m honored that Accurate Shooter wrote an article about this Off-Set scope mount. I did this for my longtime shooting buddy, George, who through some medical problems, is losing the sight in his left eye. George is one hell of a serious shooter and I can’t stand shooting without him. I’d give him my left eye if I could figure out how. I’m right handed, I don’t use it much anyways. Let’s hope this gets George back in the game! Thanks!

By: Matt D.

Matt D. — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:25:03 +0000

I would think so. but once you are zeroed at say 100 yards, the change would be pretty small I would imagine. Say you are zeroed at 100, the scope is offset what 2″ that means that at 200 yards your rounds would be 2″ opposite from the side of your scope if you don’t rezero. At least that would make sense to me.

By: Johannes Nowak

Johannes Nowak — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:54:07 +0000

i will asked that,tomorrow. The owner is a friendly, older austrian competitor. If Andreas Atzl machined that item, i will ask him for details. I will photograph it also.

By: NFlynn

NFlynn — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:39:39 +0000

would he have to correct windage per distance even without wind blowing for the offset? or does the scope being parallel to the bore take care of that?

By: Johannes Nowak

Johannes Nowak — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:38:15 +0000

Today, I saw somewhat like that, on a european made Atzl light varmint rifle at the european br championsship.