Do you keep both eyes open?

[jeepyj]

Untill recently I always closed one eye while shooting anything including Red Dot, scope and open sights. First off my experiences referred to here in perdominantly hand gun not rifle. After hearing a fellow talk about his shooting and that he keeps both eyes open I decided to give it a try starting last fall. First I tried it with a Red Dot and it took a bit but I really started to prefer it. Naturally I wanted to give it a try with the tender with a 2x scope and once again I really liked it and it started to become second nature. So far no big surprises however recently I've been shooting my open sights on a 686 and a couple other revolvers and I actually think I shoot better and seem to be picking up my target faster. I'm I late to the table here? I'd really like to know what others do. I probably should have contacted Wilco to help out with a poll.
jeepyj

[Love Life]

I shoot with both eyes open.

[starmac]

I shoot with one closed, and shoot left handed, because when I was a kid my right eye was the one that wanted to close. I have always heard that both eyes open was much better though. I have been able to close either eye for years, but continue to shoot left handed as it just comes natural after so many years.

[Wolfer]

I shoot open sights with both eyes open. With a scope I close one eye. I can use a scope with both eyes open if it's really low power. Otherwise the difference in the size of the target messes with me.

[jcwit]

I shoot with one eye closed, or sometimes I use a blinder.

[kungfustyle]

with rifle shooting, the brain helps to settle down the recital right before you shoot. Yep, shoot with both eyes open and right one the money.

[butch2570]

Both open

[dubber123]

Both open. I ran an action pistol shoot for about 7 years, and got quite a few to switch to it. Times improved every time. Do whatever works for you though, I've seen excellent shooters both ways.

[JSnover]

Both open. It took a bit to get used to it but it seems to reduce eye strain.

[Dan Cash]

Combat shooting, it is both eyes open. For precision shooting, I use an ocluder disk or slightly squint my off eye. If you are interested in self defense, you need to shoot both eyes open as it is amazing what can sneak up on you when you have one eye closed.

[Eddie17]

I try to shoot both eyes open, but find myself closing one eye as I'm used to. Trying hard to retrain, but hard to do after 30 years!

[quack1]

One eye. I'm right handed but left eye is dominant. I have been shooting that way for so long, it's automatic. When I put the gun up to shoot, at targets or out hunting, my left eye closes.

[Rick Hodges]

I am weak hand eye dominant also. I can shoot the scout scope set up with both eyes open and the handgun when using both hands. Regular open or aperture sights and scopes I close the master eye.

[opos]

Right handed...right eye dominant but right eye has permanent retina damage causing a "bubble" in the line of sight...so I learned to shoot with both eyes open...for handguns and get along great...for a rifle with a red dot it's both eyes open but I find I can shoot with my right eye on a magnifying scope...I just have to let the right eye sort of settle and it "makes allowances" for my damaged retina...works for me but it took a while to let it all develop.

[jcwit]

Combat shooting, it is both eyes open. For precision shooting, I use an ocluder disk or slightly squint my off eye. If you are interested in self defense, you need to shoot both eyes open as it is amazing what can sneak up on you when you have one eye closed.

You got it. The NRA holds their National Small Bore Matches 10 minutes from my front door, most all of the Competitors use blinders, a few are Olympic Shooters.

We also host Bulls Eye matches, most of them also use blinders.

[FISH4BUGS]

I shoot left handed even though I am right handed. I can keep both eyes open because it doesn't make a hill of beans difference - I am blind in my right eye.....factory defect as my mother calls it.
That's another reason to shoot machine guns.....who aims anyway?

[willie_pete]

Shoot with both eyes open; shoot like both eyes closed.

wp

[MrWolf]

One eye open. Been doing it that way since I started with a .22. Got my son to shoot both eyes open though.

[Harter66]

I'm cross dominant right handed left eyed . A few yr ago I had a run of unexplained high BP which damaged my macula in the left eye . About that same time I started shooting a right handed bow right handed which I had to shoot with both eyes open . I never have been able to close the left independent of the right. Not only has the eye damage allowed me to shoot both open but it has in a way forced me to shoot both ways . With 25 yr of shooting behind me then ,I still make a rushed shot left handed out of habit along with most shotgunning at the bench I'm as likely to be on 1 side as the other . I do sometimes have a moment of difficulty keeping a target on the right with both open but a blink or 2 seems to help.

[horsesoldier]

Both eyes open