https://oodmag.com/explaining-eye-dominance/
Explaining eye dominance in shooting.
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https://oodmag.com/explaining-eye-dominance/
Explaining eye dominance in shooting.
What I didn't see in the linked story was how to determine your dominate eye.
But it's not a hard process.
1- Look at a distant object with both eyes open. Next bring one finger up to point at it (close to the centre of your body between you and the target).
2- Close one eye.
If the image doesn't move, your open eye is the dominant one.
If the image moves from the line of sight you are looking through the non-dominant eye.
Good tipQuote:
Originally Posted by Woodsman
I'm 74 and I have known that since I was a kid and they showed it to us in school. I guess, like a lot of good common sense things it is not taught any more.
rodmcd
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Originally Posted by rodmcd
My dominate eye under went a shift, probably to do to failing vision. I noticed after eye surgery to replace the lens, my vision in the eye was restored. However the shift over of dominance to my other eye still remains.
You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut
Gun Nut: You made me check. I had surgery 12 months ago and eye sight is now great. i never thought of checking dominance but mine remained stayed the same.
rodmcd
I always showed people the triangle method. Bring your hands together to form a triangle with your arms straight out. I tell people to make it smaller with your thumbs overlapping and the pointer finger knuckles together. Find an object through that hole/triangle and focus on it with both eyes. Then close one eye and if the object is still there that is your dominant eye.
I shoot a lot with kids with air rifles and .22. It's crazy how many people even adults just assume they are right handed therefore right eye. My kid is right handed and left eye dominant.
The debate after that is should you switch to the opposite side to shoot or close the other eye to force a switch. I have seen some people even put tape over the dominant eye to force the change.
Testing for eye dominance is the first thing I do when introducing new shooters to clay target sports. After asking what their dominant hand is I use the triangle method and a modified version of the finger point test. For cross dominant shooters, I keep some clear tape, grease or even lip balm in my shooting bag to put on their shooting glasses over the dominant eye which forces the other eye to take over.
There are some things I have observed having done this with dozens of new shooters. Cross dominance is rare but more common among women. It can be easy to mistake cross dominance with an eye that isn't strongly dominant so sometimes doing the tests more than once can be helpful.
Interesting, I'm a woman and I'm cross dominate. Right handed, but left eye is dominant. It definitely makes shooting more difficult, especially wing shooting. I've tried left handed guns and I've tried going right handed with my left eye, but I don't find either comfortable. Finding a gun that fits properly would help I'm sure, but do I go left or right?...
You can have a gun smith build a gun stock for your needs(left eye dominant with right hand controls)..........good ones do that regularly.Not cheap,but You will be surprised how good that stock solves all your problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shoreline
Shoot right, wear shooting glasses with a small piece of clear tape or a tiny smear of something like lip balm or sunscreen over your dominant eye. It doesn't take much to push your non-dominant eye into taking charge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shoreline
Or you could get one of the 3 Stooges to poke you in the eye, lol.
Thanks, I really should look into this. Being a smaller framed woman it's already difficult enough trying to find a gun that fits properly. Might be time to just suck it up and have something built for me. I've spent the last couple years trying different people's guns without much success.Quote:
Originally Posted by gbk
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Originally Posted by Shoreline
Good luck,and do not hesitate.
I handled once a nice Weatherby rifle ,with the stock i mentioned above...and it is amazing how effective it is, doing what it is designed for.
As a help...here is a Youtube explanation/example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mcVFrk7omk