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Originally Posted by gunluvr
I could be wrong, but are'nt shotgunners taught to shoot with both eyes open? She could then line up her right eye behind the sights.
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Yes, many shotgunners are taught and shoot with both eyes open. This is simple and straight forward if one happens to shoulder the gun on the same side as the master eye. It is not a matter of just getting the shoulder side eye behind the sight. The master is the eye is the one that reads the target and sends information to the brain to compute the shot. This information will not be accurate unless the master eye is the one over the barrel or the one looking in the exact direction of where the shot is going.
If CD is a problem the choice is to close the master eye and let the other eye feed into to the brain
or
patch or occlude the eye
or
learn to shoot by instinct (Ball players learn catch with both eyes open without sighting and it does not matter which eye is dominant. Most of us can drive down the center of a lane with both eyes open. etc.)
or learn to shoot of the other shoulder.
Suggestion 1 and 2 are a quick fix, but often depth perception is not as good as with both eyes open and information to the brain is not 100%. Shooting by instinct takes a lot of practice. If the shooter is young and new to the sport I would suggest learning to shoot off the other shoulder.