Help me properly use my new red dot - tricks for focusing properly, etc.

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Hey guys

Recently picked up a TRS-25 and got it attached to my SU22 - Now I have to re-learn where/how to focus in order to get the full value from it.

Anybody got any pointers on getting my eyes used to focusing properly? My eye naturally focuses through the sight and kills my peripheral to the point where I may as well close my off-eye.

Tips? Tricks?

Thanks,

-Scott
 
Scott, the red dot optics are designed so your eyes just follow their natural focus. you focus on your target, and simply superimpose the red dot over the target. you are not looking at the dot, it simply falls in your line of sight. Once you get it figured out it becomes the most natural form of aiming their is. nice simple and very very fast. they work very good for guys who are crossed eye dominant. for example right handed shooters who are left eye dominant. the left eye is left to really focus on the target while the right eye looks at the target through the optic and picks up the dot along the way. Ideal, near perfect aiming system in fact.
 
The key to red dots it to not look at them but through them.

1) Start facing the target looking at it with both eyes open rifle down focusing on the target
2) while still looking at the target with both eyes and focused on the the target shoulder the rifle
3) you should now have a red dot floating in space between you and the target and the sight and rifle should be blurry
4) put dot on where you want to hit

The key is not to look at the dot or the scope just the traget

Once you got that down try this neat trick. Tape over or cover the front of the red dot and do the same as above. Notice how nothing changes? Due to some brain magic as long as you can see the dot you are good to go.

Hope that helps

Shawn
 
That's exactly the kind of advice I was looking for. At first I was staring through it just like a regular scope, but I knew that wasn't quite right.

So it's just a matter of practice and getting used to keeping the target as the object of your focus. I'll work on it!
 
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