Post by: JoshT on June 16, 2009, 08:55:03 PM
I shoot pretty much all my sights with both eyes open. Standard sights, peep sights, handguns, shotguns and scopes up to about 10x... all of them with both eyes open... that's how I was taught. I know keeping both eyes open has many advantages if you can do it: greater field of view, maintaining depth perception, view of critter uneffected by recoil, etc. I guess this is why the whole "all I saw was a scope full of fur"... or "I couldn't find it in the glass" things have never happened to me.
But, I know most guys shoot with one eye closed even with open sights. Have any of you tried to master shooting with both eyes open and just can't do it... or are there advantages shooting with only one eye that I'm just not seeing?
Post by: haugenna on June 16, 2009, 09:42:55 PM
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Post by: shoot-em-dead on June 16, 2009, 10:43:35 PM
I was just taught to shoot with one eye closed, so that's how I've always done it. Never thought to try shooting with both open. I can see where you would have an advantage if you can do it though.
:yeah:
Post by: walt on June 16, 2009, 10:50:20 PM
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Post by: Straight Shooter on June 17, 2009, 08:49:01 AM
...with a scope up to the higher magnifications, once its up around 9 or 10 i tend to close one eye:yeah:
Post by: MountainWalk on June 17, 2009, 10:49:42 AM
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Post by: TheHunt on June 18, 2009, 12:43:49 PM
A single eye collects light to make out the image your looking at. With both eyes open you are collecting twice as much light. Therefore your brain can consume more neural stimulas from two eyes then one which in low light conditions you should be able to see better with two eyes open then one. But what the heck do I know? I am not a neurologist or medical doctor but I have played doctor a few times in my life!!!
Post by: Mookie on June 18, 2009, 12:59:05 PM
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Post by: bow4elk on June 18, 2009, 10:58:01 PM
Compound (with peep) - squint left eye to center peep during draw, then both open for shot ;) :o
Post by: bearhunter59 on June 25, 2009, 02:43:12 PM
I'll bet you either already use reading glasses, or need them...
Post by: JoshT on June 25, 2009, 02:56:37 PM
Post by: BigGoonTuna on June 25, 2009, 03:49:21 PM
biggoontuna...sounds like you need your eyes checked...no joke, serious. What you described is exactly what happens with me when I try to use both eyes. I know I need glasses. What is happening is one eye is seeing a little nearsighted and the other one is either ok or seeing a little farsighted. Try focusing on the rear-sights one eye at a time, and then try focusing on the target with each eye individually. In my case, I can see the rear sights clear as day with my right eye, but can't see the target worth a darn with it. I can see the target clear as a bell with my left, but it's just fuzz with my right eye. My left eyes is @20/15, and my right eyes is @20/80, according to the eye doc.i've wondered if i needed glasses, but it's mainly for reading things at distance(like road signs). when i was working, i printed newspapers and could see a line of dots sticking out(which is about .010" wide) if the colors were out of register without a magnifying glass. i kind of figured that screwed up my eyes.
I'll bet you either already use reading glasses, or need them...
Post by: jackelope on June 25, 2009, 03:59:29 PM
Post by: Gearhead1940 on June 26, 2009, 10:25:06 AM
you could just have eye dominance issues. i do. i wear glasses...i'm a right handed shooter with a dominant left eye. it's backasswards from what it needs to be. i try really hard to shoot with both eyes open but have trouble doing it depending on the situation. it's a pretty common issue people have.
Yep, that's my issue too. Left eye dominant, right handed. When I used to shoot competitive .22 I had a perscription lense made for my shooting glasses for my right eye and had an opaque "patch" for my left.http://www.knobloch-shootingglasses.com/allframes.html (http://www.knobloch-shootingglasses.com/allframes.html) The opaque eye patch let you keep your eye open without seeing downrange screwing up your sight picture and by keeping the eye open with the same relative amount of light it wouldn't put an undue strain on your shooting eye.
Post by: jackelope on June 26, 2009, 10:33:27 AM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 26, 2009, 10:40:35 AM
I am right handed and left eye dominant, and I have found this is true. I would love to shoot with both eyes open for a better field of view, but I cant, the sight picture keeps shifting on me.