Used to be able to see sight with both eyes!

[silver streak]

OK for the past ten years or so I have shot wityh both eyes open, no problems at all,
Now I`m finding that to see my sight and string alignment I have to at least partially close my left eye. Is this because I now need reading glasses? has anyone experienced similar problems?

[Andy1960]

Got the same thing but in reverse oddly enough. I started off sighting through the dominant eye, but shortly after being diagnosed as a Boots opticians customer, I found that I was able to 'see' the target much better with both eyes open - string picture is better, scores went up. So far, no-one has been able to give an answer that sounds feasible

[Hood-Robin]

I must be wierd when I first started shooting I shot with non dominant eye shuttered with a gismo device. I use reading glasses for pc work "autoCAD" allday. My problem is people say where do I line the string. The answer is I don,nt I can,nt see my string when on full draw my string is centered on my chinn with the sight on the gold. I now shoot with both eyes open. Does anyone else have this problem or is it just me.:christmas

I shoot compound and have just started shooting with both eyes open. Sooo much better. I don't need glasses. ( contact lenses are great)

[gunmender]

Both eyes open, i see the sight ring with a + in it imposed on the face, seems natural and for me its more like shotgun than rifle technique.

[joetapley]

Outdoors I don't normally have a problem. Indoors because of the lower lighting levels, with my glasses on I can't see the sight let alone the string!

My solution indoors is to shoot without glasses - can see the sight and the string and just aim at that fuzzy yellow blob. For me more comfortable then trying to shoot with one eye closed.

[tel]

I have just started to have trouble with this. Up to now dominant eye open, no problem. For some reason I'm now struggling to keep the other eye shut. I don't seem to have a problem visually in either case (other than changing sight-marks) but as it isn't something that I'm doing consistently I'm all over the shop!

[silver streak]

Going to forget about trying to see my sight ring now and use a larger diameter ring, and just look at the target. Will try this at frostbite tomorrow and keep you posted.

[silver streak]

Great news, changed back to my beiter sight tunnel (large aperture) and shot 330 for a frostbite on a frezing cold saturday, so I gues the answer is when you cant see your sight anymore, get one so big that you just look at the target!!:christmas