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Both eyes open, all the time. I forgot exactly how I learned to do this, but it was taught at Weapons Training Bn, Quantico and I recall picking it up fairly rapidly.

Both eyes open all the time- - -Handgun, shotgun, rifle both with irons and optical. I learned as a kid shooting my Dasy BB gun.

Both eyes open except when shooting for precision. Buddies and I shoot for cokes at the range.

Both eyes has helped me in IDPA. It's easier to transition between targets and acquire a sight picture. I'm sure that applies to real life situations too.

Start by aiming with one eye as you normally do. Slowly open the weak eye and try to maintain the image you see. Continue to focus on the front sight. It will get blurry but that's part of training your eyes. If you lose the sight picture, close the weak eye and correct things. Get that sight picture back. Focus on the front sight then slowly open the weak eye again. Eventually, you'll get used to the picture and will be able to just aim like that.

I'm left handed, but Right eye dominant. Both eyes works well for me during high speed combat type shooting, but when slowing down my pace for the longer or more precise shots, I have to do a quick squint to bring my "Brain" back to the correct (left) eye for good sight alignment.

Unless I'm shooting weak handed then .....

I highly recommend shooting with at least one eye open!

KBCraig wrote:+1 for all shooting, whether handgun or long gun, iron sights or scopes.

It's easier with a handgun, and somewhat harder with a scoped rifle, but I find that if I make myself relax, the clear focus happens naturally with both eyes open.

My main vision problem is that I have a lot of "floaters" in my right (dominant) eye. That's very pesky when shooting precision rifle, and much less of a problem when shooting handguns.

Kevin

The first time I ever saw a floater, I was 24 years old and I had no idea what it was, I was on the 600 yard range and as I followed through after a shot, this "worm' crawled across my field of vision. After it did it again after the next shot I abandoned the match and left for my eye doctor in a large hurry. After rousting him out on a Saturday afternoon my doctor couldn't believe that, having worn glasses since I was six, I had never experienced floaters, and made very light of what to me seemed a tragic loss of visual acuity. I have had them ever since and still find them very disturbing.

BTW, When shooting precision rifle I used a special pair of glasses that allowed me to put the lens right where it needed to be in the sight line, and used a blinder over my other eye so I could keep it open without having disturbing ghost images.

jimlongley wrote:

KBCraig wrote:+1 for all shooting, whether handgun or long gun, iron sights or scopes.

It's easier with a handgun, and somewhat harder with a scoped rifle, but I find that if I make myself relax, the clear focus happens naturally with both eyes open.

My main vision problem is that I have a lot of "floaters" in my right (dominant) eye. That's very pesky when shooting precision rifle, and much less of a problem when shooting handguns.

Kevin

The first time I ever saw a floater, I was 24 years old and I had no idea what it was, I was on the 600 yard range and as I followed through after a shot, this "worm' crawled across my field of vision. After it did it again after the next shot I abandoned the match and left for my eye doctor in a large hurry. After rousting him out on a Saturday afternoon my doctor couldn't believe that, having worn glasses since I was six, I had never experienced floaters, and made very light of what to me seemed a tragic loss of visual acuity. I have had them ever since and still find them very disturbing.

BTW, When shooting precision rifle I used a special pair of glasses that allowed me to put the lens right where it needed to be in the sight line, and used a blinder over my other eye so I could keep it open without having disturbing ghost images.

Whoa. I just looked up what a floater was on Wikipedia. I've had those a very few times in my life, but always dismissed it as just fuzz on my eye or something. I can probably count on one hand (maybe two) the number of times I can remember that I've seen them. I can only remember seeing them in bright sunlight. It's odd... I've never had eye problems... in fact I have 20/10 vision. It doesn't sound like mine are nearly as severe as yours... they only appear to me as a single very thin filament of squiggly fuzz, usually traveling across the upper region of my vision.

I shoot with both eyes open most of the time. If I am using iron sights and trying to put everything in one ragged hole, then I close my left eye.

Hey Jim, gitcha one a deez!!


I watched Smokin' Aces night before last, and the sniper on there used one. seems like a good idea!

Have tried range work with both eyes open and once with both eyes closed; definitely prefer the former.

<joke, of course>

Nope, I close both eyes and hope for the best...

Sorry, I couldn't resist...

But seriously, handguns, its both eyes open, rifles (long range) its one...Tactical rifle, both eyes open...

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stevie_d_64 wrote:Nope, I close both eyes and hope for the best...

I was almost to the end of this thread when I saw this... That was going to be my response too.

Any time I aim I use one eye. Point and shoot I use both.

GrillKing wrote:I highly recommend shooting with at least one eye open!

LOL!

I'm still fairly new to shooting, as I shot pistol for the first time only a little over a year ago. I questioned my BF as to why it was easier for me being a right handed to aim with my left eye, he said he didn't know, but if it was working for me then go with it.

what do ya'll think?

I've tried switchin it up, but my right eye just won't focus correctly, and I've never tried doing two eyes open.