The most difficult problem in clay shooting to overcome is cross or fluctuating eye dominance. The new innovative Shotspot is the best correction I have found. I have used Shotspot and had great success
Chris Batha:- International senior CPSA instructor/author/ master gunfitter.
All shooter will probably be familiar with the theory of the master eye and that, for the vast majority of shooters binocular vision that results from keeping both eyes open improves hand eye co-ordination and enables speed, angles and distance to be accurately judged.
Effective shotgunning requires that the eye positioned over the rib of the shotgun is the eye that provides the brain with the information to establish the final sight picture.
Each eye has an optic nerve. The two optic nerves pass into a “junction box” called the chiasma and from there to the brain which can combine both images into one. However the brain has the option to promote one of the images to be the dominant or master image. It is vital for accuracy that the eye over the rib of the shotgun is dominant.
For some shooters this happens naturally for others it does not. For some the problem of “incorrect” dominance is a constant for others it only manifests itself under certain conditions:-
Fatigue, stress, ageing eyes or just bringing a gun up to your face can cause Eye Dominance Change.
A quick dominance test is to ask the shooter to form a circle using the index finger and thumb. Hold the circle out at arms length. Focus through the circle onto an object and then maintain focus while bringing the hands to the face. The circle will end up in front of the dominant eye.
Shotspot® Technology
It has been known for many years that masking an eye is one way to correct dominance.
Shotspot® takes the masking process to a new level of sophistication by providing a graded range of Swiss made, thin and flexible static vinyl optical foils of varying opacities. On the surface of the foil are microscopic patterns. These patterns ensure that optical consistency is maintained and that whilst the foil masks by degrading the image and disrupting light transmission, it does so in a regular, controlled, optically correct manner.
If you have a range of lenses for your shooting glasses you can use Shotspot® to ensure that each lens is masked in the same way to the same degree.
The foil will adhere, without glue, to clean optical surfaces. There is no danger that the lenses of expensive shooting glasses will be damaged by the adhesive found on some tapes.
A full set of illustrated fitting instructions illustrate how the foil discs can be positioned ensuring that the full advantages of binocular vision are maintained whilst preventing changing dominance disrupting the shooting process.
