I kinda get something like that Target shooting. If im stare to long things get fuzzy ,cross hairs kinda disappear.
I get set, look away to rest my eyes, focus again and try and get a quick shot before things get fuzzy again, or look away and rest my eyes again.

I breathe, but you may breath.

Hell, I thought this post was about having too much sex, not about seeing.

What a misleading post.

Ray mentioned his eyes unfocusing, and that may very well be what's going on with me.

When I shoot a rifle whose recoil is unpleasant, as I'm squeezing the trigger, I can completely lose sight of what's in the scope. My eyes are both wide open, but I don't see a thing. If I blink or re-look, I can see what I'm supposed to, but seeing nothing at all with my eyes open appears to be part of my flinch reflex.

Anyone else run into this?

H. C.

I have both seen and also experienced something that might be similar.

This is when benchresting a very accurate rifle with a 3 lever 2 ounce trigger. You will have 4 shots go in one hole and sometimes you can't pull the trigger for the 5th shot. I have actually seen people open the bolt and extract the round and dry fire the rifle to test the trigger!!!

Mike

Can't help but get in on this. Sometimes, not all, I shoot and can't remember my sight picture. As we are supposed to do to in order to "call" the shot. I've wondered if it is big bore syndrome of a kind?? Come to think of it, when I had sex the last time and was about to pull the trigger I couldn't see either. A friend told me he had the same problem and was sure that his eyes rolled back into his head like a big bull moose. I get excited when shooting my big bores but not THAT excited! Which brings another thought to surface-if, when I get rich and famous and buy my much sought after B. Searcy 470 double is there any chance I will be embarrassed at the shooting range with a wet spot? Good shooting! Happy Holidays! Mike

Computer screens stuff up your eyes if used too much.

HC470,

Does this happen only when you're trying real hard? I have never had anything like that with a scope, that I recall, but it is quite common for me when firing a pistol in slow fire to have the target or sight picture disappear after holding for a while, like over ten seconds. I usually set my pistol hand down to let it rest, but even if I don't, the effect is only for a second or two.

520

A simple solution that most target shooters learn is to shift your gaze and breathe. Deep breathing between shots helps the vanishing target syndrome. Most folks tend to fixate on the target while shallow breathing or holding their breath too long. If you focus too long on the target during an accuracy string, your sight will begin to fade. Blink, move your focus around and a few deep breaths will solve the problem.



Thanks for the spelling correction Bill....

The recoil of a big bore can cause ones eyes to get a bit out of focus if you shoot too many rounds at one sitting..

It is the punch drund syndome, happens when the brain gets bumped around in the skull...It is very temporary, but constant shooting of say a 500 or 460 will have a number of serious effects on you...

Bursitas in my neck and shoulders was caused by shooting big bores according to my hunting Doc buddy, and he also told me to keep an eye on that unfocusing problem..

I also have a doctor hunting client who has suffered two detached retinas when shooting 505 Gibbs, so things can happen and if you shoot the big bores a lot you will suffer some kind of damage, hearing not the least of which, I suspect.

Recono,



Yes, generally when I'm trying hard not to let a flinch screw up my group.



Will,



Certain sex acts will make you blind.



H. C.

Reminds me of the syndrome where guys flying fighter jets will just point into a hill side and freak out, gripped, as theyslip right into the face of it. "Target fixation" or something like that.

As the little boy asked his mom, "Can I just keep doing it until I need glasses?"

Ever heard of the "pi" phenomenon?

Our eyes have to, unconsciously, shift right,left,up,down, ever so slightly, when looking at something.
This is because the light receptors (rods-daytime;
cones-night vision), in our retinas are highly sensitive for a limited period of time. The eye HAS To MOVE -ever so slightly- to continue 'seeing', i.e., receiving light impulses, then, sending those nerve impulses through the macula to the brain.
IF our eyes are so FOCUSED/concentrated on the black bullseye, that they don't move SLIGHTLY, our eyes literally can't see any longer. The rods or cones, being used by the eye, in the retina have 'maxed out.' You might try letting your eyes relax, or look at a different spot on the target briefly.
Likewise, there is a spot at the back of the retina called the FOVEA< I believe, which is the junction to the macula-the nerve which transmits the light impulses to the brain- which DOESN'T HAVE ANY photo-receptors, therefore, THAT spot in the eye has no light detection capacity at all. The fovea is the 'blind spot' in the back of each eye.

Part of the evidence for the 'blind spot' is that, at night, you can see an object better by looking SLIGHTLY ABOVE IT, rather than looking DIRECTLY at it. I've heard that this was discovered by our military in WW 2. The Japanese appeared to have better night vision than we did. Somehow this fact was discovered, I believe, from Japanese prisoners.
FWIW. . . .