Forgive the long story I am about to tell....
I am a right-hand shooter, but left-eye dominant. Last month began a bizarre medical journey which I will not go into detail about, other than to say I went blind in my left eye. My vision, although slowly returning, is still so poorly impacted that I have to wear a patch over that eye, or I see double. (hopefully, this is all temporary....and just an odd blip in the radar of my life...no worries!)
Anyhoo, two weeks ago it struck me. It may not be very responsible to be carrying my pistol every day when shooting with only one, lesser eye. I had no idea if I could safely deploy the firearm if necessary. So, off to the range I went. It was about time to cycle through my two magazines of carry ammo anyway, and I brought along another precious box of 50 fmj for good measure.
I have these really cool "bad guy" targets. Virtually a black silhouette, but when you look at the target up-close, you can see all of the vitals outlined in light grey. So, I sent the target out 25 feet and dumped off 8 rounds, 2x2x2x2.
With only one fairly nearsighted eye functioning and no glasses under my eye protection (because I rarely wear my glasses except for night driving, I don't practice defensive shooting with them), I can't tell from Adam where those shots have landed. So, before changing mags, I bring the target back. 7 were direct hits to the heart, one was on the line.
Were they a one inch, competition-style group? Nope. But they were right where they needed to be. One weak eye, 25 feet away....would have been a seriously dead bad guy.
This little problem of mine has been an opportunity, to further reinforce that I can entrust my life (and others') to XS Big Dots. Oh, and that I am perfectly safe and responsible in continuing to carry my beloved Shield 9 every day.
Tracy
