I'm a retired swat commander. We taught and used point shooting exactly as you describe, as it allows you to see secondary threats. One interesting thing, once you practice this technique long enough, the ghost image from your weak eye will somehow disappear. I'm not sure about the mechanics of that, but all of our officers reported the phenomenon.
This was the best explanation I've ever seen in my life. I'm a retired police officer commander (Dlegado de Polícia) at Polícia Civil in Brazil, São Paulo State. As a shooting instructor at the Civil Police Academy of the State of São Paulo, I have always taught these techniques. Congratulations on your initiative in making this great video.
I've been practicing keeping both eyes open for months. All of a sudden I think my brain just clicked and I got it. It was weird but just keep practicing. You'll get it.
As a beginner, I was struggling massively with shooting with both eyes open. The gun would kinda split into two and I didn't really know what to look at. The tip to focus on only one of the "two guns" helped me tremendously. I now understand how to confidently shoot with both eyes open. Thank you!
I was as well. Everywhere I went and everyone I talked to kept saying "focus on the first sight" and "keep both eyes open". I was just like ... Ok, now which rear sight goes with which target? I actually learned the method described in this video from a UA-cam comment of all places. Some friendly fellow replied to my frustrated remarks on another video where they gave the same terrible, contradictory advice everyone else had.
@@ytmndanHuh? What kind of questions is this even? Sorry, but just use the the sight of your real gun. Why is it even a debate for you on which of both you want to look at? I mean, you want to hit the target. Or not? It wouldn't make sense to look at the side of your handgun. You obviously need to look trough the sights.
I’ve been shooting with both eyes open while undergoing firearms training right now in corrections academy. I was told it is better suited to always be aware of secondary threats. The mistake I was making that you pointed out was that I was still focusing on the front sight which was causing multiple targets in my sight picture throwing my aiming off. Definitely going to work on this today
Heard that as well with all the agencies I have worked for. This video is excellent. It explains the both eyes technique very well. I always getting double vision focus on front sight. Knowing it’s the exact opposite of one eye, keeping eye on target should help me.
Thank you so much for this explanation! I've asked many police officers and instructors what I should do when I see two blurry guns and they acted like I was just seeing things. This video was exactly what I needed!
This was perfect! I've tried to describe the "ghost" image to my wife to get her to do both-eyes-open aiming, but it's so hard to describe! This visual representation of the blurred images and double images is the best! Thank you!
It can feel a bit weird since weight is innacurate if existent at all. Also, if your dpi isnt perfect ant your headset isnt put on exactly correct, it wont have the same effect since guns will be projected different
@@fork2309 In vr you dont feel any weight at all expect your vr headset.Also in vr shooters if you use a rifle without a vr gun stock it's extremely unstable and using sniper rifles is horrible,alteast for me.
I am left handed, but shoot right handed and shoot with my left eye open (which I have found to be my dominant eye). Keeping both eyes open is still a huge struggle for me as I struggled with the double image and no one could help me with understanding this double image before, so eventually I avoided keeping both eyes open, but this explanation just made everything so much better, I am going to practice keeping both eyes open from now on! Thanks!
It doesn't really feel weird, as I grew with right handed parents, so their teachings were always right handed,so it is kind of normal for me to do a lot if things right handed.
Typically people will shoot with their dominant eye regardless of handed-ness, though I'm lucky enough to be left handed and left eye dominant. You may try shooting right handed or even practice bringing a handgun up under your dominant eye left handed. I've seen videos on room clearing where the instructors switch from eye to eye without switching which hand they're shooting with.
@@screentimer I shot for years with my right eye being right handed before learning I was left eye dominant. I found that they only way I could get comfortable using my dominant left eye was to shoot with both eyes open. It took a while to retrain myself to do this, first learning to ignore the right side picture and instinctively to go to the left eye. The other thing was to train my aiming to press out to position my gun to my left eye, this took a while as well. It’s not as dramatic as one might think, my hands and gun are only maybe an inch or so to the side of where they used to be, but it was important for that muscle memory to naturally go to this new position so I wasn’t ‘searching’ for the correct dominant eye image. Time and practice has given me more accuracy and now it’s normal.
Been trying to get used to both eyes open for a while... it takes some time to change old habits, but its coming along. This sight picture is spot on... nice work!
Once you have determined what your dominant eye is it's not hard when you play baseball you don't close one eye when you're trying to catch the ball or hit it to you the same is true for shooting the real trick is bringing the sites to your dominant eye every time
@DONK1990 30061695 Yeah, I know, I was just trained to shoot in general with both eyes open. You just need to train your eyes and get used to longer ranges.
@Rusty Shackleford I disagree not everyone is stupid. The only stupid ones with the lack of a normal attention are those that are weak and not able to find their path. They follow society.
As an archer I see a lot of newbies shoot with one eye closed and/or focusing on the sight pin. It's so important to focus on the target, because you need to see where you're shooting properly, and keeping both eyes open both clears up the sight picture, and allows you to look down the range if someone decides to walk onto the range. I wish everyone in shooting sports would focus on their target and keep both eyes open, because it's just much safer.
I’ve been trying to figure this out for a couple of months now. There’s a lot of difficulty and misinformation out there. I’d been trying to keep both eyes open and focus on the front sight, not the target, and wondering how anyone can do that and know what they’re hitting. This makes much more sense.
Same thing for me. When I started shooting I just naturally went with both eyes open and focused on the target. I kept hearing and reading about focusing on the front sight, but every time I tried it I could hardly tell where the target was.
Same here. Such a blurry, double visioned mess downrange when focusing on sights with both eyes open. I was beginning to wonder if my eyes just worked differently that others, because of all the videos and articles that promote that with no mention of how bad the target looks.
This is absolutely great. You covered SAFETY first and good practice while learning about a specific firearm type. I have seen many people with strong dislike towards weapons because they simply did not take a brief moment to understand its beautiful mechanics and overall situational awareness. +1 point for discouraging cat violence haha.
The Finger Pulling Fart Trick at 03:15 made me a subscriber. Thanks.Excellent information for aiming as well. Can't wait to get back to the range to try and master the techniques.
This was a great video. I just bought the P365 SAS yesterday, and I've been a one-eye shooter for years. With the tritium sights on the SAS, I found the properly aligned sight picture took a bit of time to find. After watching this video and dry-firing with both eyes open, the sight picture was instantaneous. Looking forward to range day tomorrow. Thanks for a well-done lesson.
I once figured out this technique on my own when I opened my left eye while aiming. My dominant eye is left, but I'm right handed. This technique is a lot more comfortable for me than the regular one eye technique.
This is great! Many videos simply reiterate "just focus on the front sight" but neglect to mention the "two target" problem that occurs with both eyes open and focusing on the front sight. Once I heard that it finally clicked for me!
This video is BEAUTIFUL!!! My wife needed help in using the sights of her SW Shield EZ pistol. I was looking for a UA-cam video and this one popped-up FIRST THING!!! I watched it and said to myself, "THIS is the video she needs to see!" This video has REALLY helped a lady, new to pistols, understand how to aim the pistol! When we first bought the pistols, the man who sold us the guns took us to the firing range. My wife was shooting "all over" the target sheet! I thought, "Goodness, training is needed!" THANK YOU!!!
I was hit in my left eye with scissors when I was 12 and now I can't see out of it so I always shoot with both eyes open lol. Thanks for showing me what it would look like if I could see out of both eyes.
Very sorry to hear about that terrible accident... glad you are keeping up on your shooting skills. I've been an instructor for nearly a decade and had quite a few folks with vision impairments. All were very capable shooters. IMO, bad technique screws people up way more than physical impairments do.
I had a boss who had had an eye accident back in the 70's. He lost the use of his left eye. He claimed he was a better shot because he did not have to close one eye when he was shooting a rifle.
This is encouraging because I lost 80% of my vision in my right eye after a botched retina surgery. I’m now learning to shoot and it’s good to hear that it still can be done if I practice enough.
Just shared on facebook, i have friends and family that are interested, but not very confident. This video is great for them! I'm not the best at teaching something I've just "done" for so long. Concerning shooting and aiming
I've always been confused about the whole one eye vs two eyes debate, I seem to remember hearing before that shooting with one eye is actually less accurate. Great video and thanks for clearing up misconceptions!
Awesome explanation! I'm starting to get back into shooting after a long break. I've always shot with my dominant eye open and I never had much luck as a newer shooter with having both of my eyes open. I'm trying to train myself to learn this skill but needed a refresher on the basics of aiming while point shooting. Thanks!
I watched your video twice, and practiced dry firing with two eyes. Then I went to the range and shot a 100 rounds with two eyes, and I am super happy!!! I plan on continuing practicing dry and wet fires with two eyes. Thank you for the video!!! :)
I learned both eyes open reading articles by Cooper and Ayoob as a teen and never looked back. Doesn't matter if it's a scope, dot or irons it's always both eyes open. :) Great video, thanks for helping people learn properly with professional videos that just stick to the facts.
In the UK military we use the term, 'Equal height, equal light'. referring of course to alignment of front and rear sight, and the 'equal light' either side of the front sight post. It works for me.
I've been shooting both eyes open for most of my life. I first learned to do it when shooting trap and skeet. Having a target come from the left when shooting with only one eye, you end up behind the target a lot due to how late the target enters your field of vision. So I started learning to shoot with both eyes open so I could track the target earlier. After a while it became natural, then shooting handgun, it was an easy transition for me.
Really well explained technique! I’ve been struggling with fatigue due to squinting and forcing one eye closed to aim, leading to pulled shots. I am now much more confident and comfortable shooting and more accurate as well.
Fantastic video. Begginer in the subject. And been trying to work on opening my non dominant eye. You guys finally helped me understand the logic behind the process. A little practice and I should get there soon. Thank you!
@Brian Weatherman ok. Try that in Britain,China,Russia,Germany....Saudi Arabia,Turkey....etc. It is not that easy. Even i USA it is not that easy.....you say -you got the right.....if your government gets majority in elections it can quickly come to dictatorship as it happened i Czechoslovakia in 1948.....we were also democratic country.prior ww2 and short period of time thereafter....
Probably one of the most helpful and informative videos available! Great video that I’ve shared with a lot of my friends and family who all report similar experiences! 😊
Hit what you shoot at. This video is clear, concise and to the point. Hits all impt. points without just talking too much. If you can do this, without the bullets or the bang you will be a good shooter. Make sure your gun is ok for dry fire and practice. After 26 years with NYPD I still practice, without bullets. As you see I read what I can because good in not enough when actually shooting at someone. When you pull that trigger you better know what’s behind or around your target. I see how many shots are fired without hitting what you are shooting at. I have so many imaginary holes in my tv you would not believe it. If I missed my target and hit a child, there is no ‘sorry’.
I'm actually amazed how well the paper thing worked. I was seeing double and found it really hard to really focus on the targets while dry firing and now after very little practice with paper its like I unlocked a secret skill. Great work!
yep. although I'd still go with hard focus on the target, not the front sight. true of pistols or rifles. rifles tend to have smaller more precise iron sights, but then again, they're intended for longer ranges so there's the same issue either way.
Thanks! I shot my first gun a couple weeks ago. It was relatively easy and I was very accurate when I closed one eye. When keeping them both open, I started seeing blurry. I couldn’t focus on either the target or the front sight. Hurt my eyes and my head after a while. I’ll keep working on this.
This is the best explanation I’ve heard of both eyes open technique. It’s what I deduced naturally by trying to shoot with both eyes opened but thought I was doing something wrong. Thank you for making this video.
I love that they are still responding to comments and hearting them. Very good video, very helpful and interesting! Cant wait to try it out on my new steel target, I've done 1 eye closed most of my life since I couldn't figure out the method for aiming with both eyes.
Thank you so much!! This info is so valuable. I went to a ladies beginner class and I feel it wasn't informative enough and too rushed, info too vague. I appreciate the breakdown of how to aim with dominant eye for beginner and how to pull the trigger with the breathing, info on the slack in the trigger etc. I am one of those that need detailed info. And explanation. Can't thank you enough!! *new subscriber
OMG this is the first time I have heard two eye sighting explained so clearly and effectively. I think I can actually train this way thanks to your concise explaination. This clears up a lot of confusion as now I understand what I should be seeing and what I should be ignoring. Thank u! I have an issue with being cross eye dominant. Yet my left dominant eye developed astigmatism. It was so bad I had to train to swap my eye dominance to my right. I have effectively retrained myself to shoot with my right eye, but was baffled as to how to train with 2 eyes as i was sure my eyes would fight. If i do the triangle hand test... i get mixed results as to which eye is dominant. So when trying to shoot with both eyes open it was a struggle. Training says to focus on the front sight, but the seeing double with both eyes was considerably worse as I also have a lazy eye which crosses independently. This really messed with my ability to know which front sight was correct. For me as a right handed shooter, with both eyes open... the image on the right... " left weak eye image " would actually drift all around based on which eye was being "lazy" and crossing. I just gave up trying to shoot with both open.
Thank you for this video, I have been shooting the both eyes open target focused point shooting as long as i've been shooting naturally (no one has ever "taught" me to shoot) was handed guns from family members as a kid and just grew up shooting as I do. Lately I have been shooting with others in outdoor and indoor ranges and everyone has been trying to force me to learn the right eye only front sight focus shooting, saying i'm an idiot for the target focus way i shoot, and I simply cant get it down (front sight focus style). This video is the first time I've seen the way I normally shoot being explained (target focused). I am by no means a "Great" shooter but I can keep an 8" or less target pattern at 35 yards, and at least a 3" pattern at 15 yards and in my teenage years use to win shotgun skeet shooting matches against the local ranch hands i grew up around, though I will continue to practice ...im glad to know i'm not and idiot (at least in shooting technique lol)
I like that method. I've heard people knock it because it screws up sight alignment, but I think that can be fixed without closing the other eye or focusing on the front sight.
Man, this is so helpful. I tried explaining what I was seeing and how I was confused about how to account for it, but my shooting buddy thought I was crazy.
Okay, so I was only focusing on the front sight and would get a double picture with a fuzzy one on the left. If I closed my left eye it went away and I had perfect sight alignment. Then I changed to only focusing on the target and the front sight would come in clear without the second fuzzy picture on the left and it would align perfectly. That's cool. Thanks!!
Man!! This video really helped me because I never knew about releasing trigger only until you hear the click... I've always fully released it almost taking my finger off it. And great advice on dry practicing!!... THANKS!!!
This is exactly the way I shoot and I do it inherently. There are teaching methods out there that force you to focus on the front focus. That does. Work for me
I have always advocated for the two eye point shooting. Your dominant eye will take over. I find this technique also works well with photography. As an amateur wildlife photographer I find the two eye method allows me to acquire my target/subject almost instantly especially with fast moving subjects like a bird in flight.
If you're practicing with a .22lr handgun be sure to use snap caps instead of dry firing as .22lr is rimfire and dry firing it can damage the firing pin unlike a centerfire. #4 drywall anchors make perfect snap caps and fit into the chamber and get extracted as if they were made for this very purpose, cheaper than buying actual snap caps too.
Army vet here When i was in boot camp there was something called "dime and washer" training. It was a dry fire exercise where a rod was placed in the rifle and a dime or washer was placed in the rod. The goal was dry fire and keep the dime on the rod.
I never had any problem with both eyes open until I started dealing with corrective lenses. Anyway, past that, as an experienced shooter training from CQB distances, the breathing aspect of the fundamentals are not much of an issue - with a rifle shooting at distance, a very big consideration. Overall, great video.
Thanks for the educational clip. I do face difficulties in weapon sighting. I didn't experience this problem in rifle sighting when I was in the army. However, in my current job I need to pass the annual firearm test. Due to my weakening eyesight due to ageing, I need to relearn weapon sighting techniques all over again. Thanks once again.
I’m very new to shooting handguns and for the longest time I thought you aimed the far (center) sight OVER the object you were aiming at. Not slightly below it so you could actually see it. It makes since because I’ve always wondered how the heck people could see what they were aiming at if it’s covered up by the sight
I'm about to get my first gun. While I was in class they only showed us how to shoot with the dominant eye. It wasn't comfortable at all. Thanks and new sub alert!!
Interesting. I was doing this before I started my military service and later law enforcement career. When an observant firearms instructor saw me shooting with both eyes open he asked why. I could only say that I kept both eyes open when shooting close, one eye open when shooting far or at something small. He said "Well, son... keep doing what your doing. It seems to work!"
I've got Strabismus, basically I really only see out of one eye and the other just sees peripheral. Had no issues with point shooting for my CCH class :)
Very good explanation and illustration of a good sight picture for pistols. I will save this and share it with any new shooters I bring along with me to the range.
This was a very helpful video. Answered several questions I had regarding both-eyes-open shooting.Thank you very much. Can't wait to apply this new knowledge at the range.
The best, clear explanation ever that I have come across youtube. Thank you very much! Great video graphic presentation helped a lot. So glad, thankful to find a non self focused presentation (love of self....just saying).
Found this video to be very helpful and to the point. Great presentation. Has helped me improve my aim tremendously. Thanks for sharing your wisdom and happy shooting🤙👍
i play a lot of vr games that include guns and i always thought the way i aimed guns was weird, i didn't know that it was the correct tactical way to do it. Nice video.
I recently had laser eye surgery. The procedure is called Blended Lasik where basically my left eye is a reading eye and my right eye is my distance eye. It took months for my brain to adapt and I went from blurred double vision to having pretty good all round eyesight. I should still be right eye dominant like I was before, but this has it up a little for me. I feel I should retrain because the ghosting is different now...
I'm a retired swat commander. We taught and used point shooting exactly as you describe, as it allows you to see secondary threats.
One interesting thing, once you practice this technique long enough, the ghost image from your weak eye will somehow disappear. I'm not sure about the mechanics of that, but all of our officers reported the phenomenon.
My eye does this naturally no training. My doctor said its my brain ignoring my left eye because the other one is better. My left eye is s h e t
It probbably dissapears because your brain learns to ignore that "ghost image" and makes it just, dissapear as it's useless.it's what I think
@@idkwhattoputhere.9891 then why can I still see liberals?
@@preacherF-15 just bad luck on your part
@@preacherF-15 I didn't say that's how it works, i said I THINK that's how it works.
Can you explain the “both eyes closed” technique, I see a lot of people at the range using it?
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fred martan yes the closed eyes method AKA spray and pray method!
lol
It helps aim better, taught in military aand when your fight or flight comes on you'll be used to using what you was taught doing
Try firing a 10 gauge shotgun with no stock and a 10" barrel, you'll learn whether you like it or not.
This was the best explanation I've ever seen in my life. I'm a retired police officer commander (Dlegado de Polícia) at Polícia Civil in Brazil, São Paulo State. As a shooting instructor at the Civil Police Academy of the State of São Paulo, I have always taught these techniques. Congratulations on your initiative in making this great video.
Valeu, Delegado. Obrigado pelos seus serviços (mesmo que eu outro estado).
Is it true that every single person is an off duty police officer?
@@bettermetal8306 As a brazilian, i can confirm it that yes, we all are indeed undercover or off duty cops.
@@bettermetal8306 why did you think that?
@ivyjow watch Active Self Protection
I've been practicing keeping both eyes open for months. All of a sudden I think my brain just clicked and I got it. It was weird but just keep practicing. You'll get it.
That is the way it happened with me too!
Litteraly mastered two Eyed shooting the moment I tried it lmao
Thank you! I look forward to practicing 💛🖤
Fullmetal Saber same, my first time shooting a pistol I had it down within 15rds
Correct.
As a beginner, I was struggling massively with shooting with both eyes open. The gun would kinda split into two and I didn't really know what to look at. The tip to focus on only one of the "two guns" helped me tremendously. I now understand how to confidently shoot with both eyes open. Thank you!
for some reason I wasn't see the second image when I have both eyes open.. it's weird because I shot with real guns once
I'm pretty sure u got it now, a whole yr later...But u gotta squint your weak eye.
I was as well. Everywhere I went and everyone I talked to kept saying "focus on the first sight" and "keep both eyes open". I was just like ... Ok, now which rear sight goes with which target? I actually learned the method described in this video from a UA-cam comment of all places. Some friendly fellow replied to my frustrated remarks on another video where they gave the same terrible, contradictory advice everyone else had.
@@ytmndanHuh? What kind of questions is this even? Sorry, but just use the the sight of your real gun. Why is it even a debate for you on which of both you want to look at? I mean, you want to hit the target. Or not?
It wouldn't make sense to look at the side of your handgun. You obviously need to look trough the sights.
@@aesthetic8780 I was referring to the situation at 4:17 where there are two blurry targets and a second rear sight.
I’ve been shooting with both eyes open while undergoing firearms training right now in corrections academy. I was told it is better suited to always be aware of secondary threats. The mistake I was making that you pointed out was that I was still focusing on the front sight which was causing multiple targets in my sight picture throwing my aiming off. Definitely going to work on this today
Heard that as well with all the agencies I have worked for. This video is excellent. It explains the both eyes technique very well. I always getting double vision focus on front sight. Knowing it’s the exact opposite of one eye, keeping eye on target should help me.
Any right hander left eye dominant folks out there?
Yep.
Hell ain’t it
I exist
Yep.
I thought I was the only one
Thank you so much for this explanation! I've asked many police officers and instructors what I should do when I see two blurry guns and they acted like I was just seeing things. This video was exactly what I needed!
This was perfect! I've tried to describe the "ghost" image to my wife to get her to do both-eyes-open aiming, but it's so hard to describe! This visual representation of the blurred images and double images is the best! Thank you!
Sometimes it is best to close both eyes when it comes to our wives.
@@tacticalsapperThat's what light switches and beer are for.
This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. Thank you.
Same here👍
I “see” what you did.
This is pretty handy for VR shooters
Oh shit, wasn't expecting to see you here!
@@ericborn382 lol same
It can feel a bit weird since weight is innacurate if existent at all. Also, if your dpi isnt perfect ant your headset isnt put on exactly correct, it wont have the same effect since guns will be projected different
Wtf r u doing here viper??
@@fork2309 In vr you dont feel any weight at all expect your vr headset.Also in vr shooters if you use a rifle without a vr gun stock it's extremely unstable and using sniper rifles is horrible,alteast for me.
I am left handed, but shoot right handed and shoot with my left eye open (which I have found to be my dominant eye). Keeping both eyes open is still a huge struggle for me as I struggled with the double image and no one could help me with understanding this double image before, so eventually I avoided keeping both eyes open, but this explanation just made everything so much better, I am going to practice keeping both eyes open from now on! Thanks!
How would it feel like to shoot right handed with the firearm offset to your left eye?
Does it feel weird shooting a gun with your non dominant hand? Sorry for the random question though.
It doesn't really feel weird, as I grew with right handed parents, so their teachings were always right handed,so it is kind of normal for me to do a lot if things right handed.
Typically people will shoot with their dominant eye regardless of handed-ness, though I'm lucky enough to be left handed and left eye dominant. You may try shooting right handed or even practice bringing a handgun up under your dominant eye left handed. I've seen videos on room clearing where the instructors switch from eye to eye without switching which hand they're shooting with.
@@screentimer I shot for years with my right eye being right handed before learning I was left eye dominant. I found that they only way I could get comfortable using my dominant left eye was to shoot with both eyes open. It took a while to retrain myself to do this, first learning to ignore the right side picture and instinctively to go to the left eye. The other thing was to train my aiming to press out to position my gun to my left eye, this took a while as well. It’s not as dramatic as one might think, my hands and gun are only maybe an inch or so to the side of where they used to be, but it was important for that muscle memory to naturally go to this new position so I wasn’t ‘searching’ for the correct dominant eye image. Time and practice has given me more accuracy and now it’s normal.
Been trying to get used to both eyes open for a while... it takes some time to change old habits, but its coming along. This sight picture is spot on... nice work!
Agreed it takes alot of practice.
Once you have determined what your dominant eye is it's not hard when you play baseball you don't close one eye when you're trying to catch the ball or hit it to you the same is true for shooting the real trick is bringing the sites to your dominant eye every time
I was taught to keep both eyes open. God I love coming from a military family.
@DONK1990 30061695 Yeah, I know, I was just trained to shoot in general with both eyes open. You just need to train your eyes and get used to longer ranges.
I started with two eyes
Also with a scoped rifle its Just Nice To still see everything
SEE? THATS HOW YOU GIVE A CLASS! GOOD MATERIAL ALONG WITH SENSE OF HUMOR... THANKS GUYS!
Yet there's so many dislikes?
@Rusty Shackleford I disagree not everyone is stupid. The only stupid ones with the lack of a normal attention are those that are weak and not able to find their path. They follow society.
As an archer I see a lot of newbies shoot with one eye closed and/or focusing on the sight pin. It's so important to focus on the target, because you need to see where you're shooting properly, and keeping both eyes open both clears up the sight picture, and allows you to look down the range if someone decides to walk onto the range. I wish everyone in shooting sports would focus on their target and keep both eyes open, because it's just much safer.
both eyes closed or gtfo
#YOLO
Uhh why would someone walk right in front of you on a fucking shooting range, Mr.Archer????
@@bigbadt Because they're an idiot. News flash, there are idiots in the world: ua-cam.com/video/Ph8PMOx2S_A/v-deo.html
@@CramcrumBrewbringer yeah ok genius that's like saying idiots can also sneak into a nuclear reactor because idiots exist
Clearly you have failed to train and rely on peripheral vision. Tou need to take up motorcycling
I’ve been trying to figure this out for a couple of months now. There’s a lot of difficulty and misinformation out there. I’d been trying to keep both eyes open and focus on the front sight, not the target, and wondering how anyone can do that and know what they’re hitting. This makes much more sense.
Same thing for me. When I started shooting I just naturally went with both eyes open and focused on the target. I kept hearing and reading about focusing on the front sight, but every time I tried it I could hardly tell where the target was.
Same here. Such a blurry, double visioned mess downrange when focusing on sights with both eyes open. I was beginning to wonder if my eyes just worked differently that others, because of all the videos and articles that promote that with no mention of how bad the target looks.
The focusing on the targets bit really made all the difference.
This is the most detailed explanation, than any other youtube videos
One of the best videos I've ever come across here at UA-cam! Thanks!
Hey newbie welcome you to youtube. You can find more videos, just put something in the searchbar you might find something interesting.
This is absolutely great. You covered SAFETY first and good practice while learning about a specific firearm type. I have seen many people with strong dislike towards weapons because they simply did not take a brief moment to understand its beautiful mechanics and overall situational awareness. +1 point for discouraging cat violence haha.
The Finger Pulling Fart Trick at 03:15 made me a subscriber. Thanks.Excellent information for aiming as well.
Can't wait to get back to the range to try and master the techniques.
Possibly the best explanation of this topic I've ever seen.
This was a great video. I just bought the P365 SAS yesterday, and I've been a one-eye shooter for years. With the tritium sights on the SAS, I found the properly aligned sight picture took a bit of time to find. After watching this video and dry-firing with both eyes open, the sight picture was instantaneous. Looking forward to range day tomorrow. Thanks for a well-done lesson.
How’d u do at that next range day?
I once figured out this technique on my own when I opened my left eye while aiming. My dominant eye is left, but I'm right handed. This technique is a lot more comfortable for me than the regular one eye technique.
I'm the same way with my eyes!! Glad I stumbled over this video!
This is great! Many videos simply reiterate "just focus on the front sight" but neglect to mention the "two target" problem that occurs with both eyes open and focusing on the front sight. Once I heard that it finally clicked for me!
I've been practicing one eye and I'm good at it and I just listened to what ya said and I am hitting my target with both eyes open. Thank you!
This video is BEAUTIFUL!!! My wife needed help in using the sights of her SW Shield EZ pistol. I was looking for a UA-cam video and this one popped-up FIRST THING!!! I watched it and said to myself, "THIS is the video she needs to see!" This video has REALLY helped a lady, new to pistols, understand how to aim the pistol! When we first bought the pistols, the man who sold us the guns took us to the firing range. My wife was shooting "all over" the target sheet! I thought, "Goodness, training is needed!" THANK YOU!!!
I was hit in my left eye with scissors when I was 12 and now I can't see out of it so I always shoot with both eyes open lol. Thanks for showing me what it would look like if I could see out of both eyes.
Very sorry to hear about that terrible accident... glad you are keeping up on your shooting skills. I've been an instructor for nearly a decade and had quite a few folks with vision impairments. All were very capable shooters. IMO, bad technique screws people up way more than physical impairments do.
I had a boss who had had an eye accident back in the 70's. He lost the use of his left eye. He claimed he was a better shot because he did not have to close one eye when he was shooting a rifle.
@Mitchell Nova Nah just take all the warning labels off of products.
@Eric Miret Yep.
This is encouraging because I lost 80% of my vision in my right eye after a botched retina surgery. I’m now learning to shoot and it’s good to hear that it still can be done if I practice enough.
Just shared on facebook, i have friends and family that are interested, but not very confident. This video is great for them! I'm not the best at teaching something I've just "done" for so long. Concerning shooting and aiming
Man I wish everyone made videos like simple and easy to understand great job
Glad it helped!
This video is so good. I've been trying to explain these techniques to my wife, this helps immensely!
Thanks so much!!
I've always been confused about the whole one eye vs two eyes debate, I seem to remember hearing before that shooting with one eye is actually less accurate. Great video and thanks for clearing up misconceptions!
Awesome explanation! I'm starting to get back into shooting after a long break. I've always shot with my dominant eye open and I never had much luck as a newer shooter with having both of my eyes open. I'm trying to train myself to learn this skill but needed a refresher on the basics of aiming while point shooting. Thanks!
I watched your video twice, and practiced dry firing with two eyes. Then I went to the range and shot a 100 rounds with two eyes, and I am super happy!!! I plan on continuing practicing dry and wet fires with two eyes. Thank you for the video!!! :)
Thanks Rita... glad it helped. Keep up the great work!
I learned both eyes open reading articles by Cooper and Ayoob as a teen and never looked back. Doesn't matter if it's a scope, dot or irons it's always both eyes open. :)
Great video, thanks for helping people learn properly with professional videos that just stick to the facts.
Dot should be used with both eyes open, it's designed for that.
In the UK military we use the term, 'Equal height, equal light'. referring of course to alignment of front and rear sight, and the 'equal light' either side of the front sight post. It works for me.
Thank you for this video! I hear a lot of pros saying "shoot with both eyes open" but they never explain how to do it!
Instructions unclear: Shot my phone
I used to be an adventurer like you, until I shot my phone watching youtube..
You should have used a pistol not your bow
Damn, either you have a weak ass gun or a Nokia phone if you can still type that
Whiterun Guard Did you burn your house down?
RandomStranger_3 no that was the Stormcloaks
I've been shooting both eyes open for most of my life. I first learned to do it when shooting trap and skeet. Having a target come from the left when shooting with only one eye, you end up behind the target a lot due to how late the target enters your field of vision. So I started learning to shoot with both eyes open so I could track the target earlier. After a while it became natural, then shooting handgun, it was an easy transition for me.
Well done. Straight forward. Will use both as needed.
The "pull my finger" should win you an Emmy hands down
Really well explained technique! I’ve been struggling with fatigue due to squinting and forcing one eye closed to aim, leading to pulled shots. I am now much more confident and comfortable shooting and more accurate as well.
I've learned to shoot with both eyes open by playing Pavlov on VR and it also helped in real life
Fantastic video. Begginer in the subject. And been trying to work on opening my non dominant eye. You guys finally helped me understand the logic behind the process. A little practice and I should get there soon. Thank you!
Great video for a beginner like myself. Thank you! Better than the in person instruction I have received so far.
How I Envy you American Brothers, Having the true freedom to bear Arms, never let them take away your Freedom!
@fujilor107 Fight it! The second amendement includes ALL firearms!
Mass shooters it’s free real estate
@Brian Weatherman ok. Try that in Britain,China,Russia,Germany....Saudi Arabia,Turkey....etc. It is not that easy. Even i USA it is not that easy.....you say -you got the right.....if your government gets majority in elections it can quickly come to dictatorship as it happened i Czechoslovakia in 1948.....we were also democratic country.prior ww2 and short period of time thereafter....
@Brian Weatherman Amen!!
@@knightatthecrossroads222 My mother is from Slovakia.
Awesome, in depth explanation of basics, this is what really helps people!
Probably one of the most helpful and informative videos available! Great video that I’ve shared with a lot of my friends and family who all report similar experiences! 😊
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Hit what you shoot at.
This video is clear, concise and to the point. Hits all impt. points without just talking too much. If you can do this, without the bullets or the bang you will be a good shooter.
Make sure your gun is ok for dry fire and practice. After 26 years with NYPD I still practice, without bullets. As you see I read what I can because good in not enough when actually shooting at someone. When you pull that trigger you better know what’s behind or around your target. I see how many shots are fired without hitting what you are shooting at.
I have so many imaginary holes in my tv you would not believe it. If I missed my target and hit a child, there is no ‘sorry’.
You are dead on with this training. I’m a LEO and both eyes are necessary in our job. Great explanation.
I'm actually amazed how well the paper thing worked. I was seeing double and found it really hard to really focus on the targets while dry firing and now after very little practice with paper its like I unlocked a secret skill. Great work!
Both eyes open, hard focus on front sight is great for longer range shots where the front sight would completely cover the target.
yep. although I'd still go with hard focus on the target, not the front sight.
true of pistols or rifles. rifles tend to have smaller more precise iron sights, but then again, they're intended for longer ranges so there's the same issue either way.
Thanks! I shot my first gun a couple weeks ago. It was relatively easy and I was very accurate when I closed one eye. When keeping them both open, I started seeing blurry. I couldn’t focus on either the target or the front sight. Hurt my eyes and my head after a while.
I’ll keep working on this.
This is the best explanation I’ve heard of both eyes open technique. It’s what I deduced naturally by trying to shoot with both eyes opened but thought I was doing something wrong. Thank you for making this video.
Holy shit i never thought i would be able to learn both eyes open this genuinely helped alot
I'll be using this to teach new shooters, they'll understand quicker with these visuals, over just with a verbal explanation. Thanks!
I love that they are still responding to comments and hearting them. Very good video, very helpful and interesting! Cant wait to try it out on my new steel target, I've done 1 eye closed most of my life since I couldn't figure out the method for aiming with both eyes.
Excellent lesson on proper aiming.
" Pull my Finger " lol !!! I watched that part so many times !!
Thank you so much!! This info is so valuable. I went to a ladies beginner class and I feel it wasn't informative enough and too rushed, info too vague. I appreciate the breakdown of how to aim with dominant eye for beginner and how to pull the trigger with the breathing, info on the slack in the trigger etc. I am one of those that need detailed info. And explanation. Can't thank you enough!! *new subscriber
Glad it was helpful!
OMG this is the first time I have heard two eye sighting explained so clearly and effectively. I think I can actually train this way thanks to your concise explaination. This clears up a lot of confusion as now I understand what I should be seeing and what I should be ignoring. Thank u!
I have an issue with being cross eye dominant. Yet my left dominant eye developed astigmatism. It was so bad I had to train to swap my eye dominance to my right. I have effectively retrained myself to shoot with my right eye, but was baffled as to how to train with 2 eyes as i was sure my eyes would fight. If i do the triangle hand test... i get mixed results as to which eye is dominant. So when trying to shoot with both eyes open it was a struggle. Training says to focus on the front sight, but the seeing double with both eyes was considerably worse as I also have a lazy eye which crosses independently. This really messed with my ability to know which front sight was correct. For me as a right handed shooter, with both eyes open... the image on the right... " left weak eye image " would actually drift all around based on which eye was being "lazy" and crossing. I just gave up trying to shoot with both open.
Thank you for this video, I have been shooting the both eyes open target focused point shooting as long as i've been shooting naturally (no one has ever "taught" me to shoot) was handed guns from family members as a kid and just grew up shooting as I do. Lately I have been shooting with others in outdoor and indoor ranges and everyone has been trying to force me to learn the right eye only front sight focus shooting, saying i'm an idiot for the target focus way i shoot, and I simply cant get it down (front sight focus style). This video is the first time I've seen the way I normally shoot being explained (target focused). I am by no means a "Great" shooter but I can keep an 8" or less target pattern at 35 yards, and at least a 3" pattern at 15 yards and in my teenage years use to win shotgun skeet shooting matches against the local ranch hands i grew up around, though I will continue to practice ...im glad to know i'm not and idiot (at least in shooting technique lol)
I like that method. I've heard people knock it because it screws up sight alignment, but I think that can be fixed without closing the other eye or focusing on the front sight.
Man, this is so helpful. I tried explaining what I was seeing and how I was confused about how to account for it, but my shooting buddy thought I was crazy.
Okay, so I was only focusing on the front sight and would get a double picture with a fuzzy one on the left. If I closed my left eye it went away and I had perfect sight alignment. Then
I changed to only focusing on the target and the front sight would come in clear without the second fuzzy picture on the left and it would align perfectly. That's cool. Thanks!!
As a new shooter this is extremely helpful. Very well explained!!
Bravo Zulu. A great teaching video, for both the beginner and a refresher for the "old hands."
Honestly an amazing vid for answering questions that are hard to ask or describe. Subbed
Shoot with one eye open, gripping your pistol tight-ahhh
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Taaake my hand, we're off to selfdefenseland.
This call to the Bullpen, Mo Rivera coming into the game, queue Enter Sandman.....
underrated
Man!! This video really helped me because I never knew about releasing trigger only until you hear the click... I've always fully released it almost taking my finger off it. And great advice on dry practicing!!... THANKS!!!
This was crazy helpful. Clear explanation and visuals. 🤙🏾
Don't care how many eyes they were using. That was some slick shooting.
This is exactly the way I shoot and I do it inherently. There are teaching methods out there that force you to focus on the front focus. That does. Work for me
I have always advocated for the two eye point shooting. Your dominant eye will take over. I find this technique also works well with photography. As an amateur wildlife photographer I find the two eye method allows me to acquire my target/subject almost instantly especially with fast moving subjects like a bird in flight.
Excellent tutorial; step by step and easy to understand! Thanks...
Awesome video... I've explained this to my wife and daughter, but as they say... A picture is worth a thousand words!!! Thanks!!
If you're practicing with a .22lr handgun be sure to use snap caps instead of dry firing as .22lr is rimfire and dry firing it can damage the firing pin unlike a centerfire. #4 drywall anchors make perfect snap caps and fit into the chamber and get extracted as if they were made for this very purpose, cheaper than buying actual snap caps too.
Army vet here
When i was in boot camp there was something called "dime and washer" training.
It was a dry fire exercise where a rod was placed in the rifle and a dime or washer was placed in the rod.
The goal was dry fire and keep the dime on the rod.
i do the same thing with my mnp balance dime on the front sight it helped me immensely with trigger pull discipline !!!!
I'm gonna try that!!!
The best tutorial on how to shoot with both eyes open.
I never had any problem with both eyes open until I started dealing with corrective lenses. Anyway, past that, as an experienced shooter training from CQB distances, the breathing aspect of the fundamentals are not much of an issue - with a rifle shooting at distance, a very big consideration. Overall, great video.
You folks have taught me how to aim properly. I'm much obliged.
Thanks for the educational clip. I do face difficulties in weapon sighting. I didn't experience this problem in rifle sighting when I was in the army. However, in my current job I need to pass the annual firearm test. Due to my weakening eyesight due to ageing, I need to relearn weapon sighting techniques all over again. Thanks once again.
I’m very new to shooting handguns and for the longest time I thought you aimed the far (center) sight OVER the object you were aiming at. Not slightly below it so you could actually see it. It makes since because I’ve always wondered how the heck people could see what they were aiming at if it’s covered up by the sight
This depends 0n you to sight your gun in to hit that way by the height of your rear sight
I'm about to get my first gun. While I was in class they only showed us how to shoot with the dominant eye. It wasn't comfortable at all. Thanks and new sub alert!!
Thank you so much, this is the best detailed and explained video I have seen. I stopped searching when I found this one. Once again, thank you.
Thank you for the training.
“please note,the neighbors cat is not an ideal target” 😂😂
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Was right eye dominant, had an incident and now I have no choice but to be left eye dominant. One if the hardest things to adjust to.
Interesting. I was doing this before I started my military service and later law enforcement career. When an observant firearms instructor saw me shooting with both eyes open he asked why. I could only say that I kept both eyes open when shooting close, one eye open when shooting far or at something small. He said "Well, son... keep doing what your doing. It seems to work!"
I've got Strabismus, basically I really only see out of one eye and the other just sees peripheral. Had no issues with point shooting for my CCH class :)
Very good explanation and illustration of a good sight picture for pistols. I will save this and share it with any new shooters I bring along with me to the range.
This was a very helpful video. Answered several questions I had regarding both-eyes-open shooting.Thank you very much. Can't wait to apply this new knowledge at the range.
Thumbnail for this vid is all you need to know. Thank you Adiga Armory for that. Didn't even watch the vid and liked!
Good video, I've been closing my left eye and did ok. I will practice as you said and hopefully improve.
I just close both my eyes and pray.
sounds like my honeymoon!
0:21 missing one rule: Never point your your gun at anything you don't want destroyed.
One of the best videos i have watched related to one eye vs two, thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks
The best, clear explanation ever that I have come across youtube. Thank you very much! Great video graphic presentation helped a lot. So glad, thankful to find a non self focused presentation (love of self....just saying).
Found this video to be very helpful and to the point. Great presentation. Has helped me improve my aim tremendously. Thanks for sharing your wisdom and happy shooting🤙👍
i play a lot of vr games that include guns and i always thought the way i aimed guns was weird, i didn't know that it was the correct tactical way to do it. Nice video.
I recently had laser eye surgery. The procedure is called Blended Lasik where basically my left eye is a reading eye and my right eye is my distance eye. It took months for my brain to adapt and I went from blurred double vision to having pretty good all round eyesight. I should still be right eye dominant like I was before, but this has it up a little for me. I feel I should retrain because the ghosting is different now...
wow I didn't know they did that