I have a serious problem seeing the front sight post.
On this target ( before I pasted an orange dot ) I would loose the sight in the black and/or not see “meeting” of the top of post to bottom of black at horizontal line.
I would fire two shots and they would be about 1"- 2" apart, but I couldn’t reliably place them at center of target.
I finally got pissed off and switched to left hand both eyes open ( left eye )and fired 5 quick shots at the orange dot… that actually worked out rather well. But I still want to be able to sight right eye / right hand.
How do you deal with the front sight post “disappearing” in the black.
AM I correct in that I am supposed to focus on target, front sight gets blurry and rear is very blurry to nearly unnoticed?
Also should an AR be a 6 O’Clock hold. I realize drop at 25yrds, but is there a typically desired sight picture, split the pie, 6 oclock, or what?
Going back for round 2 but hope for a pointer or two.
Actually this is the target I was really having problems with. The front sight post would just disappear.
Focus on the front sight IMHO. There are a variety of front sight post configurations that might suit you better, including some flourescent front sight paint.
Right-handed shooter, left-eye dominant…you would probably be better off with a good red dot sight.
Maintaining a good sight picture and focusing on the front sight
Come up from the bottom of the silhouette til the top half of the white circle is split in half by the front sight
Fire
I’ve zeroed that way since basic in 2006, rarely if ever dip below 35 out of 40 on an Army qual course.
The cross dominance is a tough one, one that I have no experience trying to resolve.
I’d shy away from that KNS garbage. If it’s a carbine sight radius… the Colt Carbine front Sight post is nice. It’ has a taper to it… as opposed to the rectangular shape of a standard rifle front sight post.
If you are left eye dominant, it’s best to shoot left eye with both eyes open and left handed. If you insist on shooting right handed and right eye, place a piece of frosty tape over the left lens of your shooting glasses so you can keep both eyes open to reduce eye strain
I have the same issue (left eye dominate and SEVERLY right handed, in fact I shoot a pistol right handed with my left eye (always good for a few odd looks during qualification). With plain irons just like everyone else has said keep your focus on the front sight, both rear and target should be blury. Center the front sight in the rear and bring it up until is just touches the black and bang! Your other option is to follow the same method but hold fire until the front sight is center mass of the black, all depends on you personally. I’ve used this for 28 years in the Marine Corps and have numerous expert qualifications. But get a RDS it makes life SO much easier.
As a right eye dominate/right handed shooter, I never fully understood why instructors would have left eye dominate/right handed shooters shoot left handed with rifles. Wouldn’t it be more effective for them to simply close their left eye and continue shooting right handed?
I realize shooting with both eyes open is ideal, but since most rifles are designed for right handed shooters, they are giving up a lot just to shoot with both eyes open.
Honestly, the AR platform is so easy to shoot left-handed that it really wouldn’t take too long to convert over. I find manipulating and shooting an AR left handed far easier than a handgun.
I coach archery from time to time. Every left eyed dominant, right handed shooter I have converted to shooting left handed has improved far beyond their scores vs. forcing their left eye closed and aiming with the right/shooting right handed.
It strikes me that they have NO CLUE when it comes to the AR platform. Now I guess some of those smaller tipped posts might work for a guy… but I don’t know about those jokers. :blink:
Thanks all I am enjoying this thread for the most part. I took my new DDV1 put to the range the other day for the first time, they were having an event at the range and also I wanted my wife to shoot her new LCP so I was on the only range with no one the 15 -20 yard range. When I shot my DD I at first aimed straight on front post on center of target and was shooting directly low about 5-8 inches, understanding at this close most rifles will shoot low I then used the halfway mark on my front irons and was spot on, putting round after round through an area the size of a drinking glass circle… I really wish I had access to the 100 yard range I am eager to 0 my rifle in. I like the sights on the DD but my question is am I to align the front post and my POI is to be above it or under it or on it, I know everyone is different but what is rule of thumb for using the irons. I am going out to the range this Friday with a S load of ammo to sight it in. I read and I know every rifle is different but I believe that if shooting straight on at 25 yards and your anywhere from 3-6 inches low that you will most likly be on or very close at 100 yards…I know this is purely speculation and ill know for sure on Friday but I believe this to be true.
For sure the thing with irons is that you do have to focus on the front sight, and then on the target depending on distance. We all have different ranges as well as different eye-sight. Practice practice practice. Once you know your rifle and yourself a little better you won’t even think about it.
I’m left eye dominant (not severe) but I shoot ambidextrous (I practiced). I don’t think a rifle is too hard to learn both sides on, especially if you have to suit your dominant eye. In fact, there are slight advantages to shooting a primary left handed and then utilizing a secondary handgun right handed. That’s another topic, and there’s of course a lot in that.
The image from each eye is sent to the brain, where the brain combines information from the images, adds some stuff, takes some stuff away and does all sorts of weird things really - it gets way out in the weeds as both hemispheres of the brain control both eyes, but each half of the brain only deals with part of each image…
Anywho, the image your brain forms is called the cyclopian or “minds eye” image… and your mind does favor the image of one eye: this is the dominant eye.
Most people are right-eye dominant (and right handed) but about a third of the world is left-eye dominant… as about only 1 in 10 people are left handed, this leaves us with a good size chunk of people that are right-hand, left-eye “cross dominant.”
Eye dominance can switch… for various reasons, but it seems that the immediate switch in eye dominance is cued by the relative size of the viewed object, in which the viewed object appears larger in one eye than the other - research in sports medicine also sites the “angle of attack”… but this would put the eye on the attack side closer to the object and account for a larger relative image. Think about your shooting position here.
One of the most common reasons your mind picks one eye over the other is simply one sees better than the other - there are people who favor one eye without their glasses, and the other eye when they have them on… the good news is, if you have good (or equal) vision in both eyes, you can most likely teach yourself to switch dominance. There are several exercise for this, most involve doing some sort of precision task with the normally dominant eye covered… some folks can simply close the dominant eye for a second and make the switch… and some people the spend a lot of time with a NOD or targeting eyepiece in front of one eye can just make the switch by thinking about it.
If you try it, and simply can not make the change… see an eye doctor and make sure both ojos are working right… I am cross-eye dominant and shoot faster right handed, but more accurate left handed :rolleyes:
ETA: As for the original question… most instructors I know (the produce good results) say to (a) focus on the target and verify what you are shooting at (b) switch focus to the front sight and center that in the blurred image of the target.
