Re: Bifocal Shooting, was: Firing with both eyes open?

[Shawn Mulock <01340743@xxxxxxxx>]

Dennis wrote:

> Ok, next time I hit the range (not often enough) I want to practise firing my
> Glock 19 with both eyes open. I'm looking for pointers and tips cause I'm not
> very good at it.
> Thanks all, "T-RO"

It was called "bifocal shooting" when I was instructed, basically you want to
keep your eyes focused on the target. When you do this you will have two "ghost
images' of the weapon you are firing. Then you put the target right in the middle
of the two images and fire. It is not very accurate, but was a quick and dirty
way to get a few rounds into the target (with the standing opponent target
pattern I was hitting around 90% during bifocal quick acquisition at 20m aka CQB,
they just weren't pretty, mostly CoM but I was prone to bias to my left side of
the target). One trick to ensure you hit more towards the centre instead of one
side or the other due to the dominant eye is to make the "inside" of the ghost
images show the same amount and angle of facing (you'll see when you try it the
first time), kind of like looking between twin mounteds gun at the target.
Another thing is you may need to modify your two handed grip a little, I found
the "wrapping" technique tended to throw me a bit, so I switched to a cupping of
the dominant hand in my off hand which has worked well for me in the past.

As I said before this is a Close Quarter Combat Shooting method good with Pistols
and SMGs(stock folded). It is designed to put the other man down, it is not
pretty, nor is it very precise.

Since this was years ago, perhaps a few of the other shooters with CQB experience
would like to add thier wisdom, as I am sure it is more current than mine!

By the by, does anybody remember the pattern numbers for those targets? I am
thinking 17(standing), 18 (standing-trench), 19 (crouched) and 20 (prone).

S.