Which eye do you use?

[prostate]

My brother and I always had this debate about which eye to use when aiming. I am right handed and I use my right eye. My brother is also right handed and he boasts to me that he uses both eyes. Who's right? or are both of us wrong?

 

[THard6]

easy way to tell... hold your pointer finger up infront of you, close your left eye and focus it on something and then switch eyes and see where your finger goes from there.. me personally when shooting through a scope, shooting a handgun or iron sights i use my right eye. but when bow hunting both eyes stay open.. just helps me focus and follow my arrow.

-- i am not saying that either of you are wrong, everyone has their own way of doing things. just use the eye that hits the middle!

 

[eldirector]

I am right-handed and left-eyed. Doesn't bother me with a pistol, but annoying with a rifle. I've been practicing with both eyes open more.

I don't know if there is a right or wrong way, but I've HEARD that both open gives you better peripheral vision. Once you get used to it, I guess.

 

[loony1]

right eye dominant, but have been using both eyes open lately...

 

[THard6]

I am right-handed and left-eyed. Doesn't bother me with a pistol, but annoying with a rifle. I've been practicing with both eyes open more.

I don't know if there is a right or wrong way, but I've HEARD that both open gives you better peripheral vision. Once you get used to it, I guess.

+ 1

 

[G_Stines]

I personally can use either with a rifle, but I use both when firing a handgun. I am left eye dominant and right handed, and learned to shoot right handed initially and because of my eye dominance I found it difficult and tried to shoot lefty but left handed wasn't nearly as comfortable as right handed. So I eventually made the switch back to right handed. Ten years ago all the lefty stuff wasn't as readily available as now, so I have only just recently gone back to left rifle shooting, but I have always shot a handgun with both eyes open.

 

[THE SENTINEL]

4 eyes with bifocals.I am good will peep sight.but scope gives me trouble
seems like I shoot to the right.I need to try to shoot with both eyes open
pistol right eye

 

[U.S. Patriot]

If I'm using my sites or a scope, I only use my right eye. If I'm point shooting, then of course I have both eyes open. If you only focus with one eye, then you loose peripheral vision. For example, when room clearing. You do not want to move with your gun at the ready, and only focusing with one eye. As you loose peripheral vision. Keep your gun at chest level, when a treat arises you bring it to the ready and point shoot, keeping both eyes open.

 

[esrice]

It depends on several factors, including what kind of sight or optic you are using.

I'm right handed and right eyed. I go both eyes open when shooting pistol irons, or a red dot on a rifle. I will close my left eye when using a magnified scope.

IMO, if you can shoot with both eyes open, do it. If you can't, don't.

 

[GARANDGUY]

I use both.

 

[PriestEG]

another factor in this is which eye is you dominate eye. just like everyone has a dominate hand or foot, one of your eyes is used in a stronger manner than the other.

 

[spencer rifle]

Left-eyed, right handed (mostly).

 

[yotewacker]

pistols and shotguns should have both eyes open. Rifles one eye.