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I was wondering if you guys shoot with both eyes open? I had hard time with it but was told I must learn in order to observe my target and surrounding threats. Is this just tought to marine snipers or is this a popular thing?
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JCalhoun":2p83e5sb said:Shooting with both eyes open is the proper way to shoot a rifle/shotgun. That is how I was always coached to do it. Unfortunately I cannot do it no matter how much I try. I tend to get double vision and can't focus on anything. I used to wear an eye patch when I shot matches but now I just close my eye since I sometimes have to use a spotting scope while shooting.
SJB358":13whgdyw said:We have always been taught to shoot with both eyes open, reason being is if you close one eye, you lose 50% of your situational awareness and therefore you are depriving your brain out of alot of information. I know it sounds crazy, but if you think about it, try walking around with one eye closed.
A decent technique to get your eyes used to shooting with both eyes open is too put a piece of scotch tape on your shooting glasses in front of your non dominant eye, lightly smudge scotch tape by pressing it in your fingers, it will slightly blur the image, allowing you to shoot with both open. Once you get accustomed to this, peal the tape. It isn't as complicated as I explained it, but it has worked for alot of shooters. It took me a little while to really get used to it, but once you do, you'll find you won't get a migraine from trying to keep your eye closed during extended periods of shooting. Scotty
257 Ackley":3ki5i34v said:SJB358":3ki5i34v said:We have always been taught to shoot with both eyes open, reason being is if you close one eye, you lose 50% of your situational awareness and therefore you are depriving your brain out of alot of information. I know it sounds crazy, but if you think about it, try walking around with one eye closed.
A decent technique to get your eyes used to shooting with both eyes open is too put a piece of scotch tape on your shooting glasses in front of your non dominant eye, lightly smudge scotch tape by pressing it in your fingers, it will slightly blur the image, allowing you to shoot with both open. Once you get accustomed to this, peal the tape. It isn't as complicated as I explained it, but it has worked for alot of shooters. It took me a little while to really get used to it, but once you do, you'll find you won't get a migraine from trying to keep your eye closed during extended periods of shooting. Scotty
That works if your dominant eye is the side you are shooting from. My problem is that my dominant eye is my left and I shoot right handed. I wore a patch whenever I had to shoot for scores. I am going to give your suggestion a try and see if I can make it work.
Polaris":1t4zefff said:I was taught back in the air-rifle days with the taped glasses method. It was religiously drilled into me not to close that bleepin eye (our instructor was a WWII vet Sergeant in the USMC, career man, had won several NIT and other Camp Perry matches so you bet we listened). Now it is second nature to leave 'em open. The only exception is with open iron or peep sights. I still use both eyes, but squint the non-dominant eye a bit to fuzz out the double vision on target. With optics, shotgunning and pistol shooting I keep both wide open.
ScreaminEagle":344fd3hs said:Both eys are always open using scopes and red dots. For the life of me though, i cannot keep both open using iron sights. Everything goes crazy