A HERITAGE OF BRILLIANCE
Trijicon is continuously seeking out the latest technologies to better
enhance aiming solutions to address the needs of its customers. This
pursuit is at the core of who we are and has built the heritage of Trijicon
back to the founder, Glyn Bindon. Glyn was a great visionary engineer
and pioneer of tritium and fiber optics technology which is foundational
for much of the company’s product success. The discovery of the
interaction between the human eye and reticle technology continues
to be a benchmark in Trijicon product development.
THE BINDON AIMING CONCEPT
Although human vision is based on a binocular or two eyed vision
of an image, traditional riflescopes present a monocular view of the
target. This monocular view significantly decreases vision capabilities
and makes it difficult to acquire and track targets.
Traditionally, “both eyes open” aiming has been widely used with iron
sights or reflex style sights, but use with a magnified scope was often
deemed implausible. The Bindon Aiming Concept (BAC) is a method of
combining “both eyes open” aiming while using a magnified scope.
Shooting with “both eyes open” offers several advantages to the user:
better situational awareness, a far superior sense of balance, a wider
field-of-view, and far less eye strain. These advantages aide the shooter
in quick target acquisition and improved shooting performance.
BINOCULAR VIEW
MONOCULAR VIEW
FINDING YOUR DOMINANT EYE
In order to maximize the potential of both
eyes open aiming, you must know which eye
is dominant. To determine this, conduct the
following test:
First, OPEN BOTH EYES, and hold your index
finger out in front of your line of sight on a
fixed object.
Next, CLOSE your non-shooting eye and note
the position of finger on target.
Then OPEN BOTH eyes, keeping finger on target.
Finally, CLOSE opposite eye and note position
of finger on target.
If your finger/aiming point does NOT move,
that is your dominant eye. If your finger/aiming
point moves off target at a great distance, your
OTHER eye is dominant.
Utilizing BAC
When tracking a moving target with your shooting eye through
a riflescope, the image appears blurry as the riflescope moves
due to the magnification. This blurriness forces the brain to
automatically switch eye focus and take in target data from the
non-shooting eye (non-magnified). Due to the use of a highly
illuminated aiming point in most Trijicon optics, the reticle remains
visible in the shooting eye and your brain will superimpose the
aiming point onto the non-magnified target.
When the weapon is moving onto the target, you will not notice
any magnification, all that will be seen is the illuminated reticle.
Once you slow the weapon onto the target, the target will “zoom”
in, allowing you to identify and engage more accurately if necessary.
This aiming concept happens naturally, without conscious thought,
for those with equal or close to equal vision in both eyes.
Scan the QR code for a video
demonstration of the Bindon Aiming Concept.
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