I shoot right handed. My RH bolt action .22 and grampa's falling block Stevens .22 Favorite work OK for me left handed too. Any semiautomatic .22 isn't as good for me RH and is awful left handed. I don't know why.
Are you using iron sights or a small diameter .22 scope? You might consider trying a larger low power scope with a bigger objective lense to pull in more light to your eye. A good scope might help your right eye and could make it easier for you to get used to shooting left handed too. Try looking through some different scopes before you buy any to see what works best for both of your eyes and in your shooting conditions.
Paul's suggestion of an offset scope mount sound's like a good one too.
Several years ago I put a cheap used 2.5x32mm shotgun scope on a pellet gun and that worked out very well for shooting rabbits in the snow on winter nights. The rabbits were tearing the bark off young trees and eating any shrubs and rose bushes they could get to. I could see the rabbits well against the snow cover, but it was much too dark to see iron sights on the gun. Small 20mm diameter .22 scopes were a joke in low light.
A low magnifiacation scope with a big objective lense sucks in a lot of light. The view through the 2.5x32mm scope was actually brighter and more detailed than what I could see with my naked eyes and glasses. The scope's cross hairs showed up well against the snow and the low power magnification still left a reasonably wide field of view at very short ranges. FYI, A 32mm objective is 2.5 times brighter than a 20mm, a 40mm is 4 times as bright as a 20mm.
Since then I've tried the 2.5x32mm on a the bolt .22 rifle and it's great. I put another used 4x32mm and a cheap used zoom 3-7x32mm on two other .22's. The zoom scope always stays on 3x and is OK, the view on the 4x is darker and a little too narrow compared to the other two.
In the off season used deer rifle scopes can be found reasonably priced on ebay and sometimes on craig's list. Inexpensive 1 inch scope rings for .22 rails are available on Amazon.com and ebay.
Some wing shooters use "Red Dot" style scopes on shotguns, I've never tried one. I think I've seen something similar being used by US forces on M-16's in Iraq too. I've had good luck with a green "High Vis" bead sight on the end of the shotgun barrel.
Shooting off a brick or two of .22's to adjust and fine tune your shooting style sounds like a good excuse to have some fun. Good luck.
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