Sighting / Shooting Technique

[SikaStag]

I wrote the above post about earlier. hit send, I did not realise till now that it must of collided with Georges post and his won.

For the record George. I do not have a wind meter. I have shot Rabbits out to 400y, without any off that included into the equation. A nice sunny evening with no wind. I aim straight at them, then hold over when I see where the bullet strikes the dirt. I never move my crosshair for wind or elevation. I would end up forgetting I have moved it and be thinking it is it still where it was before I moved it.

Ian

[SikaStag]

I must admit, to closing one eye. My brain is too small to be able to cope with two images. I did try it, never got used to it. Prefer winking at them.

Ian

[Hartshot]

It's all coming out slowly

Very interesting that you shoot with both eyes open, George. Makes sense, especially if you are at the scope for long periods.

Ian, like you, if I miss there follows a whole load of questions to find out WHY

If I hit I don't think about it and haven't a clue what I did............that's what got me thinking........ See where I'm going with this now, buddy

H

[SikaStag]

Takes me a bit longer than the average person, but i am getting there.

I sometimes type before I think. Think it is old age creeping in.

It now takes me all night to do what I used to do all night.

Ian

[Hartshot]

Takes me a bit longer than the average person, but i am getting there.

I sometimes type before I think. Think it is old age creeping in.

It now takes me all night to do what I used to do all night.

Ian

As long as you can still get it up that's the least of your problems, that's for her to worry about !

Besides, it's not your fault if she can't stay with you. If she falls asleep, show her the video on youtube in the morning

H

[chas]

I seem to be the subject of a strange phomenomena nomephomenon phomamphenum
Oh sod it.
I seem to be the subject of a strange thing
I have a real hard time shooting paper targets for some reason, they send me boggle eyed and my focus goes, not so with furry, fluffy or feathered things.
Damned if I know why.

[Hartshot]

I seem to be the subject of a strange phomenomena nomephomenon phomamphenum
Oh sod it.
I seem to be the subject of a strange thing
I have a real hard time shooting paper targets for some reason, they send me boggle eyed and my focus goes, not so with furry, fluffy or feathered things.
Damned if I know why.

Throw this pheumunmnumblumblmenun into the mix then Chas - are you concentrating on the animal when you shoot and the crosshair at paper hmmmmm

H

[sunndog]

very interesting thread this. more lengthy reply later

but yes chas i'm the same as you. i eye shoot rabbits without thinking about it. but to get the same size group on a target. i would be on aim for easily four times as long for each shot trying to fight off going cross eye'd

[Fox Hunter]

I also get the crossed eyed blur, worst of all with an illuminated ret on a dedicated nv scope. I find it happens after looking down the scope for a while but if I open both eyes all becomes clear.

[Hartshot]

I've a theory on this 'thing' with paper targets, as Chas calls it . It's one of the reasons I asked the question, to find out if my theory is right or not, as well as whatever else comes along like the both eyes open technique George uses.

It goes like this :

When you shoot at a live target you are concentrating intently on the creature itself, the crosshair is essentially in your peripheral vision. Your brain instinctively does the work for you when the crosshair holds on the spot you wish to hit, your subconcious squeezes the trigger off

Meanwhile, when shooting paper targets you are conciously concentrating on the crosshair, to align 'it' with the target - it's essentially the reverse of live animal shooting. The concious part of your brain squeezes the trigger when you 'conciously decide' you are on target.

In other words, your eyes are focusing back and forth between the crosshair and target !

When concentrating on the live target, they do not !

Try this later - get a rifle out (no shots needed for this exercise) and find an aim point in the garden. Concentrate purely on the aim point alone and shoot when it feels like you should, as you would normally.

Then, try going to the same aim point while concentrating on the crosshairs, line the crosshairs up with the target and squeeze the trigger.

Different result ?


H