Walker570 Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 In that rare occasion then you are probably correct. Then as mentioned earlier a patch on the shooting glasses would sort that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Some interesting comments and as ever on PW some "absolute" answers that overly simplify what can be a complex problem. As in the thread about 'what should I see when i look down the rib?' or the ever popular 'what barrel length should I choose?' the answer is there is no single correct answer, it is what is right for the individual concerned. Even the great Digweed will ocassionaly dim his left eye on certain targets. If you can shoot both eyes open without issue then do that, if you cant then don't. Most will find on certain targets it does help to dim an eye, even if you don't normally have any issues. Slow quartering rabbits and floaty settlers for me benefit from dimming my left eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 grrclark, what is meant by "dimming my left eye" ? Sorry for my ignorance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 In that rare occasion then you are probably correct. Then as mentioned earlier a patch on the shooting glasses would sort that. Although I haven't practiced for some years, I qualified as a BASC coach back in '86 and in my experience this problem is far less rare than you indicate. The right sized and correctly located patch - when this is appropriate - is little more than 8mm in size and usually located in the top left hand corner of the glasses and therefore has very little affect on 3D vision until your cheek is on the comb as such is the intention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 grrclark, what is meant by "dimming my left eye" ? Sorry for my ignorance. Closing my left eye, even if fairly briefly. Just long enough to give an umambiguous sight picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 As a kid I used to wear an eye patch to correct a cast in my left eye. (I often describe this as my pirate phase.) Eventually the cast was corrected surgically and I ceased to be Long John Silver. Parting with the parrot was traumatic for a six year old. Although I was boss eyed the left eye was not weak, it just did`nt look in the right direction and my brain would block out much of the information generated from this eye to avoid double vision. I took up shotgun shooting at 16 and have always done reasonably well at it. At the age of 21, in order to qualify for a driving course, my employer had my eyes examined on one of those stereoscopic machines. The operator nearly had a fit and said I shouldn`t even be in the job, never mind about to drive fast cars because the machine showed that I had no stereoscopic vision whatsoever. We had a long discussion which included him being unable to explain how I was in the firms clay shooting team and resulted in me being sent to an eye specialist who`s response was that I had perfect depth and distance perception using just one eye and that having two eyes is more about inbuilt redundancy - you can lose one eye and still see - than both being neccessary to percieve depth or distance. As I`m now much older my left eye sometimes takes over from my right causing me to close the left. With one eye shut I still have perfectly functional depth and distance perception and the gun is pointing where I`m looking. I`m not sure where that fits in this discussion but thought you might be interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Mudpatten, i had a lazy left eye and wore an eye patch as a bairn as well and have had a remarkably similar discussion with an opthalmologist who using a depth perception test determined i didn't have any. I told him to throw something for me to catch, my depth perception is absolutely fine. Despite being hugely right eye dominant all of the time my left eye does try to take over sometimes when i'm shooting, hence ocassionaly closing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Yes, those driving course eye sight tests threw up a lot of problems for some people, me included. I needed specs and did not realise it. I too was shooting clays without too much problem, except glasses in the rain ! I later had the laser treatment on both eyes and they have been great for the last 25 + years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Closing my left eye, even if fairly briefly. Just long enough to give an umambiguous sight picture. OK. I've just got a gun out of the cabinet and tried this. Oh eh. Then my left eye shut completely....... I tried hard......after an hour i thought this a load of balls. I put contact lenses in got my shooting glasses on and started swinging my gun around on the patio this morning. Early doors. No neighbours. Started sticking bits of plastic **** on the glasses. My missus fell about laughing so i blamed you Mr Clark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddler Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Both eyes open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squinting shot Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 I started shooting with left eye closed and couldn't get into it so I now shoot with 2 eyes open and it just feels natural and alot easier to track the clays. My dad has no chance of hitting anything unless he shuts an eye he has always shot with 1 eye closed. Suppose its what works best for you. The club I soot at has a old chap that shuts both eyes as he pulls the trigger maybe a flinch reaction. Good luck all the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 OK. I've just got a gun out of the cabinet and tried this. Oh eh. Then my left eye shut completely....... I tried hard......after an hour i thought this a load of balls. I put contact lenses in got my shooting glasses on and started swinging my gun around on the patio this morning. Early doors. No neighbours. Started sticking bits of plastic **** on the glasses. My missus fell about laughing so i blamed you Mr Clark. Hahaha i have broad shoulders so don't mind taking the blame. Best targets to try it on are floaty straight incomers or a straight rising teal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andra Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Both eyes open for me a lefty with left eye dominance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 1 eye open, 1 eye closed, dominant eye closed or open left or right. If you hit your target does it really matter. Folk chucking in all these issues, you have more info rattling round in your head that is not at all really nessesary. We will all have different techniques. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver pig Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 My wife is left eye dominant but shoots right handed, she overcome the problem by putting chapstick on the left lens of her glasses making her right eye hard focus when both eyes are open, works great for her.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 I've been a full 180 degrees on this .. Started at 11 being left eye dominant and shot for 20 years with one eye shut. Last year I used the translucent patch on glasses over my left eye ... took another look and yippee I found I was now right eye dominant. I've been using my left hand position to blank out the barrels from my left eye in recent weeks, but on Sunday shot my first ever round with both eyes open and no 'aids' ... I might start to hit a couple more now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evolution380 Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Had my first lesson today and prior to going out had my vision monitored and i was left eye dominant. To correct this we went through some drills and then i had my left lens of my safety glasses covered with a little tape. Only enough to stop me using it to focus on the target but still had my peripheral. Naturally I want to close my left eye and have done previously when looking down the barrel, this method seemed much more comfortable, eventually I should be able to remove the tape and my right eye compensated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 I shoot right handed but left eye dominant. I shoot gun down both eyes open but as soon as I'm on the clay and Iv mounted the gun I shut my left eye, id love to be able to have both eyes open, what's all this tape on glasses business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingo15 Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Basically if you mount the gun and stick a dot of scotch type tape about 12 to 16mm they say, on your glasses so you can't see the bead and a bit of the side of the barrells. There a few videos on you tube about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 This is a good start ... http://www.shotspot.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 I shoot right handed but left eye dominant. I shoot gun down both eyes open but as soon as I'm on the clay and Iv mounted the gun I shut my left eye, id love to be able to have both eyes open, what's all this tape on glasses business. When you close your left eye, you will then have to move your barrels to your right in order to hit your target. The idea of the tape is to keep the gun pointing at the target ALL of the time. Keeping the left eye closed is the only option, BUT an awful lot of people will open their left eye at the wrong moment, causing them to miss to the left of the target. Master eye can switch during shooting, especially under stress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andra Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 My wife is left eye dominant but shoots right handed, she overcome the problem by putting chapstick on the left lens of her glasses making her right eye hard focus when both eyes are open, works great for her.... Ok cant resist - does that stop the lenses from cracking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 The way I shot today,I think both eyes were closed,what a day.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Ok cant resist - does that stop the lenses from cracking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver pig Posted June 10, 2017 Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 Ok cant resist - does that stop the lenses from cracking Nice one, It helps her crack the clays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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