I have a vision problem not admitted to very often. With Google searching I've found numerous references to cross eye dominance but very little addressing variable eye dominance. I've found references to causes such as tiredness, illness, stress etc. but few aids to minimize if not eliminate the resulting bad results when say, shooting Skeet.
When doing shotgun mounting practice with a Champion fiber optic sight equipped 500 and 935, 7/10 times I'm seeing the green dot in the pipe but 3/10 times I'm seeing the left side of the sight and barrel tip. Needless to say, coupled with poor technique I'm doomed to low bird hits.
Searching for relief I've thus far found three "fixes", one of which previously mentioned, Champion, helps some. What seemed to help the most was a 6" S/S pocket rule double sided taped to the left side of 500's rib adjacent to the front sight bead. I found one reference to this Band-Aid through searching online. Temporary of course but it was blown loose by the gases exiting the factory ports. Drilled, tapped and screwed to the rib supports still adjacent to the rib would be perfect and secure. This same writer mentioned that perhaps K&S brass angle on top of the rib would work also.
Then last night I saw an advertisement for a device that clamps to the trigger guard and holds a piece of plastic up as a blinder. Might work for some like the tape/Vaseline/hair gel/spots on the glasses lens of the offending eye. I would snag that in a heart beat.
Me, I don't want to restrict my peripheral vision nor depth perception either so I'm going to experiment with the rib flat stock vs. brass angle fix to find the optimal length and placement. Luckily these fixes can be taped to the weapon and moved easily to check effectiveness before permanently mounting one of them.
When doing shotgun mounting practice with a Champion fiber optic sight equipped 500 and 935, 7/10 times I'm seeing the green dot in the pipe but 3/10 times I'm seeing the left side of the sight and barrel tip. Needless to say, coupled with poor technique I'm doomed to low bird hits.
Searching for relief I've thus far found three "fixes", one of which previously mentioned, Champion, helps some. What seemed to help the most was a 6" S/S pocket rule double sided taped to the left side of 500's rib adjacent to the front sight bead. I found one reference to this Band-Aid through searching online. Temporary of course but it was blown loose by the gases exiting the factory ports. Drilled, tapped and screwed to the rib supports still adjacent to the rib would be perfect and secure. This same writer mentioned that perhaps K&S brass angle on top of the rib would work also.
Then last night I saw an advertisement for a device that clamps to the trigger guard and holds a piece of plastic up as a blinder. Might work for some like the tape/Vaseline/hair gel/spots on the glasses lens of the offending eye. I would snag that in a heart beat.
Me, I don't want to restrict my peripheral vision nor depth perception either so I'm going to experiment with the rib flat stock vs. brass angle fix to find the optimal length and placement. Luckily these fixes can be taped to the weapon and moved easily to check effectiveness before permanently mounting one of them.