One eye, or both eyes - The Firearms Forum

kutaho · 06-21-2009, 05:17 PM

i shoot with both eyes open, how bout you?
Open irons of course.

Pistolenschutze · 06-21-2009, 05:48 PM

With handguns, always two eyes open. Rifles, one eye only.

Insulation Tim · 06-21-2009, 05:50 PM

I'm practicing on shooting my pistols with both eyes open. I had been a one eyed squinter.

Shooter45 · 06-21-2009, 06:02 PM

Both eyes.

Big ugly · 06-22-2009, 04:05 AM

I am right handed but left eye dominant. I fire with one eye on rifles and 2 with handguns.

johnlives4christ · 06-22-2009, 04:44 AM

one eye one rifles, 2 on shotguns and handguns.

my wife is left eye dominate...right handed, but she cannot close one eye and leave the other open, says she never has been able to since she was a kid, so... i tell her... "atleast I can shoot!"

carver · 06-22-2009, 04:47 AM

Close work, both eyes open, long or short gun. Target, one eye open, long or short gun.

TranterUK · 06-22-2009, 04:55 AM

For me? Varies. What's best? whatever helps you shoot better.

Pistolenschutze · 06-22-2009, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by TranterUK

For me? Varies. What's best? whatever helps you shoot better.

True enough, Tranter, but I think a good argument can be made that shooting a handgun with one eye tends to throw off the aim because most of us have one eye that is dominate over the other. I know that is definitely true for me. I do much better with both eyes open shooting a handgun of any kind. With the much longer sight radius of a rifle with iron sights, I don't think it really matters very much. With a scope mounted, it doesn't matter at all since the scope can be adjusted to compensate for the shooter's style of shooting. Just my 2d worth.

mrkirker · 06-22-2009, 10:08 AM

Both eyes open, handguns or long guns.
I had problems with eye-fatigue during the latter phases of competitions until I learned to shoot with both eyes open.

TranterUK · 06-22-2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Pistolenschutze

Just my 2d worth.

Just making me feel at home, and my age!

40CalJoe · 06-29-2009, 04:16 PM

Both eyes wide open, most of the time. As a righty with left eye dominance, it is tough sometimes not to close the right eye if the sight picture is not right.

fmacsin1 · 06-29-2009, 07:04 PM

Both eyes open, long or short.

vytoland · 06-29-2009, 07:52 PM

shooting with either the right or left hand...............both eyes open

Tom Militano · 07-01-2009, 01:52 PM

Both eyes open.

45nut · 07-01-2009, 02:45 PM

Target shooting rifle or pistol, one eye open. Deer hunting, one eye.

Combat pistol both eyes open. Cowboy pistols both eyes open. Cowboy rifle one eye closed.

For me it depends on the situation. Shooting combat, when my front sight hits the target I pull the trigger and continue to the next target.

johnlives4christ · 07-01-2009, 03:05 PM

i got to noticing more the other day when i was shooting my 22 rifle and i keep both eyes open most of the time. i only close one eye when i am target shooting and think about it i guess, i'll probably try to keep both eyes open from now on because it seems more natural to me.

FTK87 · 07-01-2009, 06:15 PM

I like the idea of both eyes open, but can't bring myself to do it evertime out of habit I guess. But they say when you close the one eye you loose virtually all of you depth perception and all of one side of your periferial-SP? so in theory I don't see a reason not to try and shoot with both eyes open.

Sasha88 · 07-01-2009, 06:53 PM

I'm learning to keep both eyes open especially with red dots.

06-21-2009, 05:17 PM	#1
kutaho Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Peoples Republic of the Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,852	One eye, or both eyes i shoot with both eyes open, how bout you? Open irons of course. __________________ No man stands in the same river twice If all else fails grab a rock Mi Taku oyasin --> Last edited by kutaho; 06-21-2009 at 05:35 PM..

06-21-2009, 05:48 PM	#2
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: One eye, or both eyes With handguns, always two eyes open. Rifles, one eye only. __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

06-21-2009, 05:50 PM	#3
Insulation Tim Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,298	Re: One eye, or both eyes I'm practicing on shooting my pistols with both eyes open. I had been a one eyed squinter. __________________ Tim *"Remember the Ark was built by amateurs....Professionals built the Titanic"*

06-21-2009, 06:02 PM	#4
Shooter45 Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Contributor Posts: 8,752	Re: One eye, or both eyes Both eyes.

06-22-2009, 04:05 AM	#5
Big ugly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Knoxville Tennessee Contributor Posts: 2,603	Re: One eye, or both eyes I am right handed but left eye dominant. I fire with one eye on rifles and 2 with handguns. __________________ "You say the Devil made do it with a smile. Raisin' hell and howlin at the moon. Well I'm gonna put your @$$ back in line. I'm gonna scare the Devil out of you." BlackBerry Smoke Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R513dA4peMg Nothing is "proof" against a truly talented fool. Swanshot

06-22-2009, 04:44 AM	#6
johnlives4christ Former Guest Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,828	Re: One eye, or both eyes one eye one rifles, 2 on shotguns and handguns. my wife is left eye dominate...right handed, but she cannot close one eye and leave the other open, says she never has been able to since she was a kid, so... i tell her... "atleast I can shoot!"

06-22-2009, 04:47 AM	#7
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,264	Re: One eye, or both eyes Close work, both eyes open, long or short gun. Target, one eye open, long or short gun. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

06-22-2009, 04:55 AM	#8
TranterUK Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 5,103	Re: One eye, or both eyes For me? Varies. What's best? whatever helps you shoot better. __________________ DVC - Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas - Accuracy, Power, Speed. The light at the end of the recession tunnel IS a train coming the other way!

06-22-2009, 10:08 AM	#10
mrkirker Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,067	Re: One eye, or both eyes Both eyes open, handguns or long guns. I had problems with eye-fatigue during the latter phases of competitions until I learned to shoot with both eyes open. __________________ *I don't know if dogs have a heaven, but there will be dogs in mine.*

06-29-2009, 04:16 PM	#12
40CalJoe V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: In the middle Posts: 421	Re: One eye, or both eyes Both eyes wide open, most of the time. As a righty with left eye dominance, it is tough sometimes not to close the right eye if the sight picture is not right. __________________ *I will give hussein obama exactly the same respect liberals gave George W Bush: NONE.*

06-29-2009, 07:04 PM	#13
fmacsin1 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Moosehead Lake, Maine Posts: 433	Re: One eye, or both eyes Both eyes open, long or short.

07-01-2009, 01:52 PM	#15
Tom Militano Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Jacksonville, AL Posts: 1,255	Re: One eye, or both eyes Both eyes open.

07-01-2009, 02:45 PM	#16
45nut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,428	Re: One eye, or both eyes Target shooting rifle or pistol, one eye open. Deer hunting, one eye. Combat pistol both eyes open. Cowboy pistols both eyes open. Cowboy rifle one eye closed. For me it depends on the situation. Shooting combat, when my front sight hits the target I pull the trigger and continue to the next target. __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that. Shane Nemo me impune lacesset We recall the case of the Shoshone war band which showed up complete with one 30-30 rifle per man the week after Pearl Harbor, and simply wanted to have the enemy pointed out to them. "We hear there's a war going on and we want to go fight it." Jeff Cooper *KCCO*

07-01-2009, 03:05 PM	#17
johnlives4christ Former Guest Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,828	Re: One eye, or both eyes i got to noticing more the other day when i was shooting my 22 rifle and i keep both eyes open most of the time. i only close one eye when i am target shooting and think about it i guess, i'll probably try to keep both eyes open from now on because it seems more natural to me.

07-01-2009, 06:15 PM	#18
FTK87 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chouteau, Oklahoma Posts: 481	Re: One eye, or both eyes I like the idea of both eyes open, but can't bring myself to do it evertime out of habit I guess. But they say when you close the one eye you loose virtually all of you depth perception and all of one side of your periferial-SP? so in theory I don't see a reason not to try and shoot with both eyes open.

07-01-2009, 06:53 PM	#19
Sasha88 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: 25411 Posts: 75	Re: One eye, or both eyes I'm learning to keep both eyes open especially with red dots.