Test for dominant eye

[V8landy]

Hi

 

Is there a simple test or check for your dominat eye?

[richie76]

Yes.. open both eyes and point at an object at the other side of your room, close one eye and see if your still pointing at the object. now open both eyes again and close the other eye

 

The eye the moves off target is your least dominant eye

 

Hope this makes sense and helps

 

if all else fails google dominate eye test

[dustyfox]

Yes.. open both eyes and point at an object at the other side of your room, close one eye and see if your still pointing at the object. now open both eyes again and close the other eye

 

The eye the moves off target is your least dominant eye

 

Hope this makes sense and helps

 

if all else fails google dominate eye test

 

 

Ah man if thats right, I have just found out that I am right eye dominant and I am left handed.

[V8landy]

Great thanks,.

 

Just did it and on closing right eye it moved off target. I am right handed.

[richie76]

damn boys!!! your both opposite dominant eye like me

 

I shoot of my right shoulder and am left eye dominant. this means if target the gun with both eyes open you are most likely looking down the side of the barrels not down the rib, correct??

 

2 cures

 

well kinda.. shot one eye when shootin but ya lose perception for distance..or wear safety glasses and experiment putting a piece of tape over your dominant eye in different size till you balance max vision and looking down the rib of your gun,, by doing this you will be able to gauge distance better

[richie76]

should have put shut 1 eye not shot..then again if you get shot in the eye that would cure your eye dominance. or we could swap eyes dustyfox..

[Fatcatsplat]

The way i was shown was to hold a cd or dvd at arms length in both hands and then draw it back towards your face - Whichever eye the hole in the middle ends up over is the dominant eye.

[V8landy]

The way i was shown was to hold a cd or dvd at arms length in both hands and then draw it back towards your face - Whichever eye the hole in the middle ends up over is the dominant eye.

This method works the best. still right eye, and I shoot right handed.

[dustyfox]

The way i was shown was to hold a cd or dvd at arms length in both hands and then draw it back towards your face - Whichever eye the hole in the middle ends up over is the dominant eye.

 

I dont know why but this time its my left eye is dominant, Im confused

[richie76]

i'm not the worlds best teacher, this might explain in more detail and better..haha

 

 

http://www.basc.org.uk/content/eye_dominance1

[Fatcatsplat]

Keep your eye on the bogey

[MM]

tried the cd, and it just ended up on my nose

[MM]

ok, so im right eye dominant, and im right handed. what does this hold for the future?

[Fatcatsplat]

Then you're nose dominant. Close both eyes and shoot by sense of smell

[dustyfox]

Right on that BASC page the guy is pointing at the camara I am doing the same as the central vision one. So I am now really really confused.

[MM]

[richie76]

it means your lookin down the rib of yor gun with both eyes open when its mounted and targeted?? which is good and you can hang cd's from your nose and still shoot straight

[MM]

next you will have me snatching pebbles from your hand

 

whats that other eye test, Ishiana, or something. the one with the dots.

[richie76]

bottom line..if ya shooting what your aiming at dont change it. just keep doing what your doing

[clayman]

The pointing test, and the CD test, must both be considered preliminary checks. They will identify clear problems, ie if one eye is significantly more dominant than the other - but the ONLY conclusive check is both with a gun mounted, and dynamic, ie the gun is moved.

 

Just running through a few pointers - if the CD comes to your nose its because you brought the CD back slowly and focused in the hole, not the background through it - try holding it at arms length, focus on an object at least 30-40 yds away, and bring the CD back quite quickly, its a slow movement back that gives the opportunity for the eye to re-focus and screw up the test.

 

As far as with the gun is concerned, this needs a second person.

 

The reason for doing this is that you can test R.Eye D, with the finger / CD, but because the difference is not great, say 45/55 when the gun is in place the brain says, "hey, half my lower vision on my R eye is blocked out", and switches to the Left to fill in the block. This often gives "ghost" barrel images, or just a confused sight picture.

 

The second person looking back down the EMPTY gun will see a person who has a left eye pull, canting their head over a bit, and the right eye will be off the rib a little to one side.

 

Also, you can get a perfect test with a static gun, but follow a moving object to the left and then the right (the other persons arm / finger to full stretch right and left), what is often found is that when movement is put in place, the mount can start correct, but end up with some left eye pull.

 

Raising the comb so the sighting is at least 3mm above the rib ( use the £1-00 coin test - see Clay Target Shooters Handbook or ask any CPSA coach, and make sure that A: you get the coin back B: they haven't put the price up to £2 !!!), is often a good cure - and correct gun fit, too many people have their head buried so the back of the action is obscuring too much of the shooting eye's vision forcing the L/E to take over.

 

Also, various factors affect off eye pull. Target Type ( the ladies O/T Irish Champion shoots trap two eyes, but with crossing skeet targets her L/E takes over and she has to shoot one eye shut after mounting). Light conditions: in low light the brain may call on more vision from the less dominant eye; fatigue, stress, diet, time of day etc etc can all bring in varying degrees of off eye pull.

 

It is not commonly appreciated that unless your are blind in one eye, they is ALWAYS an element of off ete pull, and this is a variable element. Understanding that can explain some weird misses that occur in a person who is 95% of the time totally shooting eye dom, and under certain circumstances the other eye does interfere enough to screw up a shot.

 

Other remedies include, Fibre optic beads ( Easyhit etc); closing off one eye after mounting ( two eyes for target acquisition, speed and direction, but one eye for forward allowance); patching or dotting out the central vision of the off eye - leaves periphery vision in place but removes the central aim of the off eye.

 

Jerry