Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-16
AIMING WITH BOTH EYES
METHOD OF GUN POINTING
HOLDS MANY ADVANTAGES
Charles AskiuS Authenticity Snys
system Is Especially Valuable In
Modern Warfare.

II is hard 70 teach AN old dog ..cw
tricks. and that is the principal reason
why many of our veteran sportsmen
who received their shooting cduca ton
IN tho old school s,ill follow the habit
II aiming with one eye and closing the
other
As a matter Of fact probably ,hren
out Of every four srortsmcn. or - per
cent. use one eye only while tho ether
- per cent. use both eyes.
II is obvious that there must bc a
decided advantage when both eyes are
open, when we conS.!cr tho disudvant-
age Of using binocular for instance
with one eye closed. With one eye, tho
isld is necessarily smaller and the
view not nearly as clear as when both
eyes are used.
II one has always kept both eyes
open while aiming gun OF any kind
there will never he any wish TO take
up one-cyc aiming. But should the
sportsman OF the onc-eyc aiming habi,
wish TO change over TO two-eyc aim
ing he Will lind il rather difficult at
first owing 10 the fact that tie brain
has lccn trained 10 register only what
ono eye secs. This is usually referred
~ as inc master cNF. not llal ~ is
The stronger Of the two, but because
Il has been trained TO fu elton IN this
Nay.
I, may be said. therefore. that e one
has accustomed himself TO tn. eHclu-
sive use OF one eye in all shooting it
would be best 10 continue to aim as
heretofore In the case OF Il new
shooter. however, II would 10 dis
tinct advantage for him 10 star, night
by using both eyes, thereby ;rai. .ng
the brain 10 register the si.: correctly
from the start.
Charles Askins. I noted authority
un the subject, SAYS:
Two styles ENnrtIy the Same
The style OF aiming with both eyes
open may be exactly the same a. viii.
one closed; that is. The gun is brough.
up and there * a slight PAUSE long
enough for the eye To nnu the from;
sight, which il then placed upon the
point o: aim Thu focus OF the eye
U!'"n the front sight, however. viii
probably not lie 80 sharp as with the
Left eye shut. with the consequences
that the vision Of the game Will be
less dmmed. The man accustomed to
aiming With one eye closed may mud !,
best to teach himself to shoot wi.h
both eyes open while focusing uyon
the sight after his acquired fashion.
However. this is not the iavori,e or
>'-N N''N 49, iic.f u ,"D-tNG ann
Ins. Modern wing shots huve pro-
nounced in favor Of the Carver
method OF gun pointing While this
style OF shotgun aiming is OF modern
origin, IN fact originated with Doctor
tarNer. Yet II is the oldest OF all svs.
TENS OF directing IL missile. l. was
!Hethod by The rock singers too. and
WAS brought 70 the creates. perf.c-
ton b. the long bowmar Shooting IN
'hiS fashion. an Indian viii drive :,
penn from between Il sp!it stick win,
"a!i his shots a. n,ty feet or strikn
: running deer at 800. and aouh,l.ss
ne Anglo-Sa%or bowmeu w.r. n,,cH ,
Deter shots than any Indian.
1lH poiniiAS was Tile rcco",jl.,t
~ ."ei o; aiming OF All our W.st-r,,
"a" me" and gun lighters who's. ~,
pa! "as ent!Te!y TOO rapid to BE-, d;.
"rt@I by any description of 49,,
: 's";a. In combined qt.!ckres. en-"
i-el! cl.. from foot or horg.b,r,, No.
"0fK u these men h.s never h.en
eFi"!+d but :heic system o. sr.o,S,.
: no" becoming = lost 81; b.c,ns.
not FOUND the best sJa,,eI -
''se' prs c;ice. Perhaps ~ rnr-v
me gun pointing wil! hold sua,
i":' rang sAooc!H. win .ye-y
''=l! y; hre2rin. for NE rniIJ,.,y ,a'
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