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a good amount of people shoot with their dominate eye focused to the front sight and the other eye for the targets
With me it makes no difference. Ask me how I know. Jack.
Same for me. Only one of them could care less. Jack.Both eyes open for me.
Same for me. Only one of them could care less. Jack.
If you actually had to draw and fire in a hurry, it seems like it would be better to have both eyes open. But when I keep both eyes open it takes me a few moments to sort out which image I am looking at. There are four rear sights and two front sights, and it takes me time to pick a front sight and then line up with the correct pair real rear sights, otherwise I might be lining up one front sight with the wrong rear sight image.
If you shoot in a non stress, non combat situation you will be able to if you chose close one eye. In a high stress or a combat situation your body will not allow it to happen. It’s a thing called the fight or flight syndrome or what I call predatorial survival method. Under high stress your instincts kick in and what was once a good easy shot take your time kind of thing turns into a life or death or score based human stress reaction. You can induce this stress and see it have a buddy with a shot timer run you through a few 3-5 round shooting drills see what you fastest time was then try to beat it on last time. Have him watch your eyes I bet most people will hype them self up so much that they will shoot with both eyes open.