Early on I know I used one eye (left) and now I use both from conscious practice. What is taught as the proper way in a defense situation?
I use both for defensive shooting, but for long distance pistol I use one eye for a very fine focus.
Quote from: The_Shadow on August 16 2015 04:26:13 PM MDT
I use both for defensive shooting, but for long distance pistol I use one eye for a very fine focus.
+1
Both eyes open and focused on the front sight.
The reason I started this was after watching some YouTube videos and seeing people squint for that one eye. If you shoot competively, I don't think that would work!
I'm right-handed (and shoot that way), but I'm left-eye dominant. In order to get my wrist lined up straighter, I prefer to use my right eye for shooting, and that requires that I close the dominant left eye.
:-\ Not trying to be a "Thread Crapper" ........ If I see this post ONE MORE F'n TIME on one of my shooting boards, I'm going to pull both my F'n eyes OUT!!!! :'( :'( :'(
Looking at the poll... It looks ;) like whatever works!
Both eyes for close range and one eye for long range
I keep trying two eye, but it just feels so unnatural to me I always seem to revert back to one eye.
Quote from: gandog56 on August 24 2015 08:28:44 PM MDT
I keep trying two eye, but it just feels so unnatural to me I always seem top revert back to one eye.
Same for me. No matter what I do, I find shooting both eyes open unnatural.
I will say that in my defensive shooting class we actually did some shooting with eyes closed after acquiring targets mentally. This was all close up and personal target inside of the 5 yards... :D
I shoot one eye open I struggle to distinguish which eye is picking up the sights without squinting.
Quote from: The_Shadow on August 25 2015 12:22:18 PM MDT
I will say that in my defensive shooting class we actually did some shooting with eyes closed after acquiring targets mentally. This was all close up and personal target inside of the 5 yards... :D
Reminds me when I was qualifying on the .45 in the Navy. The guy next to me was closing his eyes every time he pulled the trigger. I shot 25 holes in my target, all around the heart area. There was 29 holes in my target. He was getting mine, the guy's target on his other side, the dirt............pretty much everywhere except where he was supposed to.
BOth open, work really hard to see the flash and track the front sight back down. When I am "on" i can do it and call my shots really well. I am not at the range enough lately to be "on" much.
Only takes seconds of being shot at on both sides for your brain to tell you I want to see all around open your eyes dummy before we die.
Quote from: Intercooler on August 16 2015 03:58:24 PM MDT
Early on I know I used one eye (left) and now I use both from conscious practice. What is taught as the proper way in a defense situation?
Agreed!
I don't have proper binocular vision. I was born with crossed eyes and had surgery to correct the condition but my brain never learned to combine the images. I can see with either eye but only one at a time, so when I shoot, I'm only really shooting with one eye. I don't close the other but the image from the other eye doesn't complicate my sight picture, either. I still have peripheral vision from the other eye, but sights that use the Bindon aiming concept like the fiber illuminated ACOGs just work like regular scopes for me.
Had LASIK mono vision surgery last so I can only shoot with one eye open.