Rifle Scopes Cross eye dominance and LPVOs

[BeckOlu]

Recently got a vortex 1-6 gen 2-e. I’ve always been aware of my cross eye dominance, however it’s never affected my handgun/red dot (shooting two eyes open) or my scoped rifle shooting (left eye closed). Put the optic on a 14.5 build I got in a trade. I immediately noticed at 1x I experienced doubled vision at the target with both eyes open using my standard right hand shooting. Swap to the non dominant side, and my left eye focuses fine with a clear scope image at 1x. Tidbit, this never happened on the 1-8 atacr I’ve used in the past. Played with the diopter trying to mitigate the problem, but to no avail. Is this a glass quality problem? Or an eye problem? Training to shoot left handed with this specific setup seems futile with the amount I can train. Drop the lpvo and go red dot with magnifier? Any suggestions/training recommendations would be appreciated. Cheers

 

[aishooternz]

Im really sorry i have nothing to add to the thread but when i saw the title all i could think about was this

 

[Tictacticaltimmy]

If you had no issues with an ATACR but do with this scope it might be the scope. Maybe your eyes need to have an essentially perfect non-distorted image at 1x to not have this issue?

I would recommend trying to shoot a few other LPVO samples if you can. Unfortunately it might be that LPVOs can only work for you if you spend the $ for top tier glass.

Personally I am cross dominant and have no problem using LPVOs.

 

[BeckOlu]

If you had no issues with an ATACR but do with this scope it might be the scope. Maybe your eyes need to have an essentially perfect non-distorted image at 1x to not have this issue?

I would recommend trying to shoot a few other LPVO samples if you can. Unfortunately it might be that LPVOs can only work for you if you spend the $ for top tier glass.

Personally I am cross dominant and have no problem using LPVOs.

This was what I was worried about. For the amount of LPVO usage I’ll get, I was hoping the 1-6 would be fine haha

 

[Guthwine]

Recently got a vortex 1-6 gen 2-e. I’ve always been aware of my cross eye dominance, however it’s never affected my handgun/red dot (shooting two eyes open) or my scoped rifle shooting (left eye closed). Put the optic on a 14.5 build I got in a trade. I immediately noticed at 1x I experienced doubled vision at the target with both eyes open using my standard right hand shooting. Swap to the non dominant side, and my left eye focuses fine with a clear scope image at 1x. Tidbit, this never happened on the 1-8 atacr I’ve used in the past. Played with the diopter trying to mitigate the problem, but to no avail. Is this a glass quality problem? Or an eye problem? Training to shoot left handed with this specific setup seems futile with the amount I can train. Drop the lpvo and go red dot with magnifier? Any suggestions/training recommendations would be appreciated. Cheers

I have noticed something similar when the scope adjustment is too far out of the optical center. Try adjusting the elevation up/down & left/right and see if it get's better. So you'll know if it is you or the scope.

 

[BeckOlu]

I have noticed something similar when the scope adjustment is too far out of the optical center. Try adjusting the elevation up/down & left/right and see if it get's better. So you'll know if it is you or the scope.

That’s interesting. When I get the optic back from vortex I’ll try that out. I sent it in just to double check the glass/tube in the spirit of OCD.

 

[RKBArmory]

You made a good choice to let Vortex double check it. Please, let us know what you find out.

 

[BeckOlu]

You made a good choice to let Vortex double check it. Please, let us know what you find out.

Absolutely. Planning on eliminating one variable at a time to do a process of elimination on it. Thanks!