POI Shift with Occluded Optic
Ok, crow tastes pretty good. A little feathery, but not too bad.
Dryfiring just now, I paid closer attention to my dot transitions. Especially on wider transitions, I'm doing exactly what @JCN is describing. Crazy that I didn't notice it until now, and actually rejected the idea. As always, it's good to be reminded how important an open mind is for learning.
One thing I want to clarify: my focal depth does not change as I track the last few degrees of dot trajectory as it arrives on target. Focal depth is on the target, always. Of course with a laser-based optic, the dot remains crisp at all focal depths. It would be super cool to use an eye-tracking device to measure this.
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Originally Posted by
Clusterfrack
I do a similar thing, but with a significant difference. Once my eyes are aimed and focused on the center of the target, I don't move them (other than to continue to track the target if there's motion). I pick up the dot, track it in peripheral vision, and break the shot when appropriate.
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Originally Posted by
JCN
So a couple things about that. I believe a quick glance at the dot for milliseconds is more effective and then bringing the eyes back to the target is better for a couple of reasons. It’s only a quick eye saccade and my eyes are back on target well before the dot gets there (so still accomplishing the terminal aspect of what you’re doing). What it allows me to do is calculate the velocity and rate of approach so I am more ready for it by the time it comes into my primary vision.
The target isn’t moving. I don’t need to stare at it. And truly, even if I closed my eyes after the point where I track my velocity blanked out the last few hundred milliseconds I would still be able to hit the target with my eyes closed.
I’m getting additional information earlier about the tracking that is very important for calculating velocity and approach timing.
Basically, if someone were throwing a football in an arc, I would be tracking the football partially, and not just my hands.
If I know where my hands are, I don’t need to stare at them until the final approach.
Same thing with a target. If I know where the target is in space, don’t actually need to stare at it. Most of the time the target difficulty is not such that we need to make a microprecision shot at speed. So what is the point of staring at the target. As important as it is, it’s really not that important.
What I care about is how is my gun approaching the target and that information I want as the center of my focus for at least a split second so I can calculate the approach rate to preset my intended timing for the trigger.
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Q5shooter it takes a LOT of practice to get efficient at doing this. Don’t expect to be able to do it yet. There’s a reason why some people can rip steel challenge and plate racks after practicing.