One eye or two?

Scanner,
The sight picture switching sounds like cross eye dominance. Having 20/20 vision has nothing to do with that. I don't know what you mean about the binos though. You can't use two eyes with binoculars either?
Clay-bird shooters have some neat tricks like putting a small sticker on their shooting glasses so the offside eye can see everything but the end of the barrel. This gives every advantage of finding targets, estimating range speed and lead that shooting with two eyes offers, but still prevents the wrong eye from taking over the sight picture.
 
Dogleg said:
Scanner,
The sight picture switching sounds like cross eye dominance. Having 20/20 vision has nothing to do with that. I don't know what you mean about the binos though. You can't use two eyes with binoculars either?
Clay-bird shooters have some neat tricks like putting a small sticker on their shooting glasses so the offside eye can see everything but the end of the barrel. This gives every advantage of finding targets, estimating range speed and lead that shooting with two eyes offers, but still prevents the wrong eye from taking over the sight picture.
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with binoculars I get both eyes fighting each other. Hard to explain. I've used binnos for over 30 years, and tried all the adjusting tactics, etc, but in the end the best thing is to close one eye. Not that I'm complaining about it, it works good for me. The sticker on the shooting glasses does work, and I used it many times at the range. Maybe I should go see an eye doctor again, but he'll have to stand in line behind the dentist, first;)
 
I shoot with one eye closed, except for with shotguns, where precision isn't the key. I find I'm far more accurate with one eye. And I can actually see through the scope with my left eye closed. I can't even see the crosshairs if I leave both eyes open.
 
scanner said:
with binoculars I get both eyes fighting each other. Hard to explain. I've used binnos for over 30 years, and tried all the adjusting tactics, etc, but in the end the best thing is to close one eye. Not that I'm complaining about it, it works good for me. The sticker on the shooting glasses does work, and I used it many times at the range. Maybe I should go see an eye doctor again, but he'll have to stand in line behind the dentist, first;)
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Sounds like your binoculars are out of collimation.
 
One eye with a scoped rifle, two eyes with everything else. I would agree with the statement above that sounds like the bino's are out of synch.
 
scanner said:
I thought about this, myself. I think it might be the case.
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I actually met a fella once ( a good hunting partner) that didd not have a dominant eye.:confused:
Baffled me, to say the least!:D

I shoot everything with both open, for depth perception, less strain, etc.
Cat
 
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