Sorry to hear you're not getting long well with learning to shoot with the other eye, Ted. I don't know how you feel about .410s, but they would solve the other eye issue, dealing with recoil. They'll break clays, kill small game and .........as showed us some years ago by Chuck Heald, wild pheasants. New loads take turkeys out like a direct hit by lightning. Non-tox loads are available and, while I have not done so yet, I know they would take woodies and teal cleanly at proper range. Recoil with 1/2 oz. loads is just about non-existent. I know shells have always been higher priced than other gauges, but if it meant shooting shotguns or not I'd just have to bite the bullet, pardon the pun.
I know none of this deals with your struggle to "change sides", but if you could work that out, then a .410 might keep you shooting with the boy a lot longer. And, I'll bet the prospect of having to stop doing that is one of the things that's bugging you the most.
Best wishes friend, Stan
