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MNVG usage and eye dominance

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I wouldn't call this a poll but I am canvassing opinions from other people on MNVG use.

I am right handed and hence did all of my basic training and other courses firing right handed (joys of the FN).   Early nineties I was introduced to the concept that I was left eye dominant and discovered that it worked somewhat to my benefit with respect to pistol shooting and firing the C7 left handed.

This left eye dominance had a bit of a down side with the use of the MNVG.   I found that the default setting is to have it on your left eye.   This was fine until those times during a patrol or whatever that I flipped the MNVGs up and elicited the comments on â Å“who's the drunk guy?â ?   The solution to this problem was to adjust the mount so that I worn the MNVG over my right eye.   Then if I flipped it up my dominant left eye did not have to re-adjust to the dark and I could actually tell what I was doing.

What I was wondering, as I have never been on an op/deployment with MNVGs, is how this effects the firing of all the wonderful new C7A2, C8A1/2, C9A whatever in theatre?

Is there a negative impact to having the MNVG on the same side that you are firing the weapon?

What is the preferred set-up or is it all personal preference?

(I imagine it is as shooting has to be natural (ie the four principles of marksmanship) but throw this out for general consumption)

 
The prefered method and recommended is for the weak eye to use the MNVG - for it is used in conjuction with the LAD/CLAD (PAQ-4C/PEQ-2A) Thus one does not need to use ones master eye with the weapon.  I frigged around with the MNVG CLAD combo at G8 and was glad I had when it came up in Afghan.  While the solider did have the option, at several range practises (night) for zeroing the systems we gave the shooters the option and 99% ran weak eye as you shoot the gun out of the should the majority of the time using the IR laser.

 
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