minuit
Active Member
I've been spending time trying to focus on technique - stance, trigger control, breathing, yada, yada. I've been watching videos and reading articles but wanted to ask a few questions regarding cross eye dominance. Hoping to hear some good feedback and experiment a bit on the range.
I am right hand/left eye dominant. I shoot both eyes open and grip with my strong/right hand.
However when I shoot with an in-line grip right/strong hand, my right/weak eye focuses initially. Maybe my left eye dominance is not the prevalent... Sometimes the right/weak eye will hold for a long time but sometimes I start seeing through things/double vision/can't focus as my dominant eye takes over. If I close my dominant eye it will reset and come back into focus.
When I shoot with an offset grip/isosceles stance, it's not consistent which eye focuses. Sometimes my left eye focuses first, sometimes my right eye focuses first. If my weak/right eye focuses first then the same thing happens to me where my left eye eventually takes over and I start seeing through things/double vision/etc. At this point, I have to close my eyes to reset again.
One thing that I don't understand... when I do the standard eye dominance test, it *always* come back as left eye dominant. But you can see that my weak eye often picks up first when I'm shooting.
What I'm really looking for is consistency and to eliminate when both eyes are fighting for focus and I can't achieve a good sight picture.
Am I better off trying to train my right eye to be dominant as it already picks up a fair amount of time? Advantages to this seem to be that it will be easier to shoot strong/one-handed. Biggest difficulty here is it doesn't seem stable and when my sight picture is lost accuracy suffers.
Or should I try to adjust my grip/stance so that my dominant/left eye focuses? Going to do some more experimentation with this. I read about slightly canting the gun or your head and how it would force the left eye to focus. Surprised at how well this worked in the living room w/ an empty gun but have not tried it in practice yet. Nor am I sure I want to shoot like a gangster
Finally I've noticed that different guns and subsequently different grips naturally lean my eyes to picking up one vs the other. For instance my Ruger Mark III with the slabside grips pretty much forces an in-line grip and therefore my right eye always focuses. Any advice?
I am right hand/left eye dominant. I shoot both eyes open and grip with my strong/right hand.
However when I shoot with an in-line grip right/strong hand, my right/weak eye focuses initially. Maybe my left eye dominance is not the prevalent... Sometimes the right/weak eye will hold for a long time but sometimes I start seeing through things/double vision/can't focus as my dominant eye takes over. If I close my dominant eye it will reset and come back into focus.
When I shoot with an offset grip/isosceles stance, it's not consistent which eye focuses. Sometimes my left eye focuses first, sometimes my right eye focuses first. If my weak/right eye focuses first then the same thing happens to me where my left eye eventually takes over and I start seeing through things/double vision/etc. At this point, I have to close my eyes to reset again.
One thing that I don't understand... when I do the standard eye dominance test, it *always* come back as left eye dominant. But you can see that my weak eye often picks up first when I'm shooting.
What I'm really looking for is consistency and to eliminate when both eyes are fighting for focus and I can't achieve a good sight picture.
Am I better off trying to train my right eye to be dominant as it already picks up a fair amount of time? Advantages to this seem to be that it will be easier to shoot strong/one-handed. Biggest difficulty here is it doesn't seem stable and when my sight picture is lost accuracy suffers.
Or should I try to adjust my grip/stance so that my dominant/left eye focuses? Going to do some more experimentation with this. I read about slightly canting the gun or your head and how it would force the left eye to focus. Surprised at how well this worked in the living room w/ an empty gun but have not tried it in practice yet. Nor am I sure I want to shoot like a gangster
Finally I've noticed that different guns and subsequently different grips naturally lean my eyes to picking up one vs the other. For instance my Ruger Mark III with the slabside grips pretty much forces an in-line grip and therefore my right eye always focuses. Any advice?
