close one eye when.......

[Kaboom Andy]

you are shooting?

I'm asking it coz I saw a video of Holy Terror and it's clear that she close one eye to aim at the target..............are you doing the same?
It's better both eyes open for peripheral vision or close one to see the front sight better?

It's a big question..............................

TY for suggestions

[Wrangler Rich]

I keep both eyes open for shotgun all the time.  Most of the time with the rifle, both  eyes are open, on the occasional longer shot or smaller target, I'll close an eye.  With my pistols, I've found that I get better hits if I close an eye, because I shoot gunfighter, sometimes I'll get the wrong eye on a pistol.

  You'll find that an advantage to keeping both eyes open will be less eye strain along with better peripherial vision. 

 

[Gen Lew Wallace]

I keep both open because it's just not that far to the target.  The only time I use one eye is when I shoot the Sharps downrange.   

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[Doc Shapiro]

I close 1 eye.  I've tried and tried and tried to learn to shoot with both eyes open.  For whatever reason, my physiology doesn't allow it.

The only time I can shoot with both eyes open is if I'm shooting a gun with an electronic red dot sight.

Doc

[Kaboom Andy]

It's a big debate, when I'm shooting I'm sure I can aim and see the front sight clear (with both eyes open) but when I'm trying to do it at home for practice I can't!!!!!! or.............unconsciously I close one eye.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

I keep both eyes open. I shoot double duelist so when I shoot my right pistol, I aim with my right eye and when I shoot the left one, I use my left eye to aim. If I happen to line up the wrong eye on the sights, I just squeeze one off anyway since either one will do. It's just less head motion to use the eye on the same side as the pistol.

[Kaboom Andy]

I keep both eyes open. I shoot double duelist so when I shoot my right pistol, I aim with my right eye and when I shoot the left one, I use my left eye to aim. If I happen to line up the wrong eye on the sights, I just squeeze one off anyway since either one will do. It's just less head motion to use the eye on the same side as the pistol.

MWW,
if you can do this you cna be my hero.............. I can't use my left eye to aim at all

[Lars]

When I shoot right handed I keep both eyes open, as I have ever since age 5. Now that my right eye is failing, I need the left eye for general, wide-angle view of the whole down-range area.

Now that I have to shoot handguns left handed, if I want to fire more than a few shots, I close my failing right eye to get a "clean" sight picture.

Lars

[Marshal Will Wingam]

I can't use my left eye to aim at all

I do most things both right and left handed. Some things, like swinging an axe feel so comfortable both ways I really don't know which is right (or left) handed.
I trashed my right shoulder once. Had to eat with my left hand. Had to shave with my left, too. It took a while, but after the cuts healed up, I was pretty good at it. Now I do it equally so I stay in practice.

[Prof. Bullspit]

I keep both eyes open. As some have mentioned, if I am shooting a pistol left handed I aim with my left eye, occasionally I find that I have to close the right eye briefly to make sure my left eye is doing the job.

When I aim a gun I can see two front sights. My right eye is slightly dominant so it wants to be the main site picture.

[E.R.Beaumont]

Howdy Pards.
KaBoom, Pard if you have a cross dominamt eye problem, remember that the eye you have open is your Master Eye.  There are other ways to help out.  One of them is to put scotch tape on the lens on your glasses for the "other eye".  That way you get the light and less eye strain.  You can also smere vasilene on your other lens, works the same. 

I think that this is one area that dry fire practice definately helps.  You can take the time and work on seeing with the eye you want to use to aim with.   

Just my two bits in the kitty.
Regards, Beaumont

[Mustang Gregg]

Right eye only for CAS.  But I have been practing changin'. 
When I shoot trap (fairly well) I use right only.  An' it works fine.  They tell me not to.

[Silent Joe]

By pistol I use both eyes. When I shoot my Lever-action I close my left eye. That works fine.