Does any of you shoot with blinders on?

#57 · Post by **#57** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:46 pm

Ive seen pics of some with blinders atached to there hats, and some atached to there glasses. both of these bothered me. Im trying to eliminate the double vision I get after aiming for more than just a short time. I had never noticed this before while hunting or informal target shooting, but I did not stay on the scope as long. I did find that I could atache a thin piece of black foam around the scope tube just behind the rear mount that blocks my left eyes vision. the only down side is it takes a little longer to find my target. are there any rules against it being atached that way? or a better way? I had even thought of trying a pr of flip down sunglasses with the left eye blacked out. any ideas? #57

Bob259 · Post by **Bob259** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:11 pm

Light and reflection in my glasses bothers my eyes and focus so I use a 3P visor hat with the side shields ( http://www.centerthegroup.com/hat.htm ).

There were also some from our Orvis dealer that go on the side bars of your glasses, kind of like safety side shields but dark and don't stick out much past the glass lens, I'd give them a try. (Note: I looked online and didn't see them listed on their site anymore I'll keep looking to see if I can find them)

shakes · Post by **shakes** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:45 pm

check out http://eyeblindllc.com/. Its a attachment that goes around the eyepiece of the scope and flips out to block your non dominate eye so you can keep both eyes open and only see through the scope, they are legal to use and the blind come in different colors; white, black and a smoke color. I use them on my smallbore and highpower and airguns. The work great and fit virtually any scope and they cost under 15.00 bucks.

Innocent · Post by **Innocent** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:50 pm

For Eyeblinds, need scope size and color choice and Coates can ship them out.

Mary

#57 · Post by **#57** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:47 pm

The eyeblind is almost exactly what I came up with! but I like there hinge. Has anyone tryed the smoked color? and will it help find the target more quickly? #57

cslcAl · Post by **cslcAl** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:52 am

I wear glasses all the time. So what I did was bought a pair of clip on sunglasses , removed the right lens and blocked out the left lens with electrical tape. I guess it's a red-neck blinder; but it works real well.

Al

ppkny · Post by **ppkny** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:50 am

Here's a couple of examples. The eyeglass blinders block out any movement that could be distracting from the side. The scope mounted device allows you to shoot with both eyes open.
Some scope mounted device just have a shade on one side. I prefer the double sided shades because it also blocks out distractions from anything happening down range.
ppkny

Jason · Post by **Jason** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:22 pm

Innocent wrote:For Eyeblinds, need scope size and color choice and Coates can ship them out.

Mary

I'll measure my T24 and ping you after work about this, Mary.

Innocent · Post by **Innocent** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:17 pm

Jason,
the common scopes where we know the scope size is all I need. I will need to know what color you want.
Mary

hambone49 · Post by **hambone49** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:26 pm

Hi Mary, can you do dark green? If so send me two. (leupy 6-20 boosted) Thanks, Kevin

Innocent · Post by **Innocent** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:31 pm

Kevin,
Try Smoke, Matte Black or Opaque (lets some light through)...
let me know your choice of color and email me your address please....
Mary
[email protected]

Bob259 · Post by **Bob259** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:54 pm

Was jsut thinking about Kevin's original question "Does any of you shoot with blinders on?"

Chuckling to myself and said... yup been accused of it

jneihouse · Post by **jneihouse** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:58 pm

At times my scores look like I've been shooting with my eyes closed, if that counts....I used the cap like Bob259 is talking about with a eye patch to learn to shoot with both eyes open...

Kitty

mordecai · Post by **mordecai** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:10 pm

I use the opaque. I like it.

Bob259 · Post by **Bob259** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:25 pm

When I was pistol shooting I always used an opaque blinder on my opposite eye. The opaque is supposed to cause less eystrain/fatigue as both eyes are getting similiar amount of light.