Shooting with both eyes open - question?

I like the "soft mount" idea ...gun in shoulder pocket, drop muzzle to see the bird ..... ( Bobby Fowler Jr - perfected this technique ) and teaches it on his DVD's ....

but if I know I have a "pure" Trap or Skeet style target ..... I'll pre-mount just like I would on a Skeet or Trap field ....

But OneOunce is right .... while I shoot "Sustained Lead" 95% of the time at least .... you have to be able to execute a "swing thru move" or a "pull away" move ...if a target beats you ....and gets below your barrel or something goes wrong in your shot execution. But with "Sustained Lead" its a lot easier to make adjustments in lead or break point ....without guessing a lot ...because you have a starting point / with what you did on the last pair ...that didn't work. Evaluate ....and make a change ...and then shoot the next pair ...
 
My question: will practicing with scotch tape dry firing and live firing eventually train my eyes so that I do not need the tape anymore?

This was the original posted question. Does anyone have an answer for him? Only shooters that have the problem should really answer.:confused:
 
I think Zippy13 answered him ....but there were other questions asked as well ...so the discussion went a little further ...

I don't think it is a yes or no answer ...I think its a maybe .../ he'll have to try it and see in my experience.
 
I've been shooting with tape on my left lense for years now and the cross domainence doesn't seem to be going away. If I'm smoking targets, I really don't care what's on my glasses.
 
You can actually train yourself to change your eye dominance. It just takes consistant practice.

The easy way is to make a circle with your fingers and hold it up a couple of feet from your eyes. Notice that the left image will be seen in the right eye. Now, hold you hand up and focus on the left image. FOCUS. Then drop your hand for second then throw it up again and focus on the left image again.

After doing this for a couple of weeks, you will automatically focus on the left image. Then practice mounting your gun and focusing on the correct sight image until it happens automatically also.

It just takes practice and anyone that says this cannot be learned is wrong.
 
Creek Henry said:
You can actually train yourself to change your eye dominance. It just takes consistant practice… It just takes practice and anyone that says this cannot be learned is wrong.
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The OP's problem isn't which eye is dominance. He's right eye dominant; but, like many other shooters, he experiences occasional cross-firing. For me, the problem vanished after I shortened my swing time. For others, the problem persists. The OP wanted to know if, practicing with tape on his left lens, would the problem cure itself. Big Jim confirmed my answer of maybe.
 
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