Yeah. Working on weak hand transitions sucks. My left eye is lazy and I can’t shoot left handed without closing my right eye. Shooting off my strong hand with both eyes open is possible, my brain just tunes out what my left eye sees. So, shooting strong handed with both eyes open or left eye closed is effectively the same for me. Shooting off my weak hand is nearly impossible. With lazy eye, your brain is taught to tune the lazy eye out. Anyone feel my pain?
Most people I know (who are not cross dominant) close their strong eye when shooting weak side - including me.
We can work on this in May! 
haha… yeah… i close my strong eye when shooting weak sided… it’s rough knowing that i will never be able to do it “right”. it’s different with pistol, i’ve been shooting pistol for years and consider myself relatively competent. i can shoot strong or weak sided… however, i don’t pay a whole lot of attention to the sights in ccw or practical application training.
Oh my… I was going to ask you “who taught you that?” but I seem to remember you mentioning it before.
This past weekend Hackathorn had us switching hands and eyes on the weak side with pistols to minimize our profile behind cover.
If you can use your sights, then use them.
The method that allows you to aim and hit the fastest is the best technique.
Avoid trying to emulate others until you have gained proficiency in the basics.
This is not to say that aspiring to shoot with both eyes open is a waste of time, as practice using a weak part will make that part stronger and more usable, but simply that result is of greater importance than method.
I just tried to shut my strong eye sitting here… can’t do it. But it will give me something to work on when Im bored.
I can shoot from my weak side with both eyes open, but I have to concentrate and shoot real slow. Not sure that would be good in a firefight!
I always dreaded support side shooting. but I found out at a class that i shoot tighter groups and more accurately from the goofy side. Just work the barricade and you will find a solution
With lazy eye, you can’t use your weak eye. Your brain teaches you to only see through your strong eye. If you close your strong eye, everything shifts. So, I can manage with weak eye as long as my strong one is closed. Both eyes open, only strong sided. It can’t be trained, either. Really sucks.
I’ve got the same deal (I was lucky to not have any visible clues that my left eye is lazy). If I am looking at a poster and quickly cover my right eye with my hand, I can watch as my left I brings it into focus. Quickly cover left eye and there is no change.
When shooting a pistol it’s no big deal as I seem to be able to keep both eyes open at farther distances while still getting a really clear sight picture.
With a rifle and a red dot it’s another story. When I shoot offhand I have to close my right eye to make my left eye focus. I’ve been practicing a pretty strong squint in my right eye with mixed results. I can see off to the right, but can’t always get my eye to focus through the dot without my right eye taking over.
As with anything, practice so that you come to know your limitations.
In a similar boat. There is a perceptible lag if I quickly cover my right eye as my left has to refocus.
I’ve been trying for a while to shoot off hand. I try and try to close my right eye, but I can’t. I can reach up and close my right eye and squint to keep it closed, but I can’t blink or close my right eye on it’s own.
Drives me batty. I keep working at it, but I’m not there.
Makes me think I need to go pirate and wear an eye patch. Then I’d need the gold ear ring. I’m already bald, but I’d need a doo rag/scarf… :eek:
Yeah, it is not noticable that I have lazy eye, and if I cover my strong eye, I can focus with the lazy one. However, that’s not practical in the field. Haha.
Seriously, the more you work with the weak eye the stronger it will become.
Start by simply shooting with the non-aiming eye closed.
Talking about limitations won’t help nearly as much as working to overcome them.
In theroy, that works. In reality, not do much. When I was little, I wore a patch on my strong eye to strengthen my weak one. This was found to be ineffective in cases of lazy eye. The dr. will tell you to close the strong one if you want to use the weak one.
I have taught about two dozen lazy eyed shooters, and with practice and effort all of them were able to effectively shoot from the weak side, but I guess you should just stick to strong side shooting.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I can shoot weak sided, I just have to close my strong eye. I’m quite effective weak sided, actually.
Ah, gotcha.
I recommend sticking with what you are doing. Keeping both eyes open serves no purpose if it detracts from your ability to pin the most immediate threat.
Right on. It’s more of a personal letdown then anything, I guess.