muffin Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Quite simple the shoulder the gun is on has to have the control of gunpoint from the eye on that side of the face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLondon Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Just done the eye dominance test and it turns out I'm left eye dominant but right handed, do I try being a lefty or just carry on as I am,I've always shot with left eye closed. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Just done the eye dominance test and it turns out I'm left eye dominant but right handed, do I try being a lefty or just carry on as I am,I've always shot with left eye closed. Jim up to you but there is a process to change shoulders I have done it. Do not just go out pick a gun lefthanded and shoot with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 These DIY eye dominance test are a great guide but when you mount a gun things can change as the brain comes into play aligning the eyes to the barrels, but left eye will very rarely (I never say never) magically become right eye dominance as the gun is mounted. I for one suffer with indeterminable eye dominance now and it changes through the full spectrum sometimes minute by minute, learning to control or deal with eye dominance is a task that must be mastered to shoot well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 These DIY eye dominance test are a great guide but when you mount a gun things can change as the brain comes into play aligning the eyes to the barrels, but left eye will very rarely (I never say never) magically become right eye dominance as the gun is mounted. I for one suffer with indeterminable eye dominance now and it changes through the full spectrum sometimes minute by minute, learning to control or deal with eye dominance is a task that must be mastered to shoot well. Agreed. I am right handed and my left eye is the stronger eye. I learned 40 years ago to blink the left eye closed as I mount the gun - and it works OK for me. Over the years I have found that the right eye 'anticipates' this and tends to take over automatically, so the process is seamless. I don't really see the gun or rib, just concentrate on the target. However, if I consciously leave the left eye open, the right eye stays in the 'secondary' role, the left eye sees the gun barrels, the target is hard to see/lost and EVERYTHING (except the target) goes to pieces! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsallpl Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 It moves on both sides ? Dan Does it move exactly the same distance when closing alternative eyes, or does closing one move further than the other.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Tell what if your local to me I'll meet you at the range and have a look and get you killing some targets if you like have explained your eye dominance and any gun mount issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Be interesting to hear how the OP has got on in the 9 months or so since he originally posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLondon Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Hi all Further to my previous post regarding my wonking eye dominance, I've always been a left eye closed shooter and had what I thought to be a ok ratio regarding shots to hits ie I've never considered myself a hit more than I miss kind of guy. Anyway after the eye dominance hullabaloo I thought I'd try switching to lefty and though it didn't feel uncomfortable at all it just didn't work,so I tried the both eyes open option and though I had to really concentrate on actually keeping them both open the results were really quite amazing. I shot 42 woodies for 50 carts. Now I know that it may have been a fluke etc and I'm not going to get over excited but the more I shot the more natural it felt for me. I'll wait to the next outing to see whether I should proclaim myself as one sharp shooting **** or just and old **** trying to kid himself. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Hi all Further to my previous post regarding my wonking eye dominance, I've always been a left eye closed shooter and had what I thought to be a ok ratio regarding shots to hits ie I've never considered myself a hit more than I miss kind of guy. Anyway after the eye dominance hullabaloo I thought I'd try switching to lefty and though it didn't feel uncomfortable at all it just didn't work,so I tried the both eyes open option and though I had to really concentrate on actually keeping them both open the results were really quite amazing. I shot 42 woodies for 50 carts. Now I know that it may have been a fluke etc and I'm not going to get over excited but the more I shot the more natural it felt for me. I'll wait to the next outing to see whether I should proclaim myself as one sharp shooting **** or just and old **** trying to kid himself. Jim Both eyes open off the left or right shoulder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLondon Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Both eyes open off the left or right shoulder? Off the right shoulder,I tried left shoulder right eye closed but though it felt ok it just didn't work for me. I didn't try left shoulder both eyes open as the right shoulder both eyes proved to be quite successful. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Off the right shoulder,I tried left shoulder right eye closed but though it felt ok it just didn't work for me. I didn't try left shoulder both eyes open as the right shoulder both eyes proved to be quite successful. Jim BOth eyes open gives you binocular vision if you are left eye dominant then off the left shoulder will work better, but going out into the feild picking the gun up wrong handed and shooting is totally the wrong way to do it....... If you want to know the right way to do it let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Thanks for the replys everyone, Am in Runcorn I'm a BASC coach and located in St. Helens. contact me via PM webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLondon Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 BOth eyes open gives you binocular vision if you are left eye dominant then off the left shoulder will work better, but going out into the feild picking the gun up wrong handed and shooting is totally the wrong way to do it....... If you want to know the right way to do it let me know. I'm slightly confused here,I'm left eye dominant and a right shoulder shooter I tried the both eyes open still mounting on my right shoulder and found that to be a success (on the one occasion I tried it) Am I doing it wrong or have I totally missed the a point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 without seeing you shoot Jim i think you either have switchable dominance or aren't left eye dominant if i mount a gun right handed both eyes open i am looking down the side of the barrels.... So I'm confused, but it seems to work so keep at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLondon Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 without seeing you shoot Jim i think you either have switchable dominance or aren't left eye dominant if i mount a gun right handed both eyes open i am looking down the side of the barrels.... So I'm confused, but it seems to work so keep at it! I'll stick at the both eyes open thing and see if it was a one off good day or something more than that either way thanks for your input and I'll give you an update in the near future Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Jim It's what I was trying to say earlier it only matters what your eye dominance is with the gun mounted, any other time it's irrelevant to your shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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