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....dunno.......spent a good part of my life trying to avoid being humbled by ennythang.....'specially if'n its accurate.....Pretty humbling and accurate.
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....dunno.......spent a good part of my life trying to avoid being humbled by ennythang.....'specially if'n its accurate.....Pretty humbling and accurate.
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One thing that I didn't see addressed here (I didn't read every post). IMHO sight pictures takes a backseat to your Firearm manilpulation, specifically perfecting the trigger squeeze. It doesn't matter how you've mastered your sight picture and sight alignment, if your pistol moves when you manipulate the trigger, your accuracy will suffer. If you can master the mechanics of transferring the energy in your grip and trigger finger into the trigger squeeze with a minimum arc of movement, you will hit anything that pistol is aimed at within the range of the weapon.
Hey yall, for the longest time I've been aiming with one eye and aligning up the sites and then firing, but lately I've been trying to aim with both eyes open. I did some research online and many recommend focusing on the front site while lining up the back, and both the target and back sites will be blurred. I did this many times dry-firing and the concept made sense and I thought I had it down. But once I got to the range I couldn't actually aim, I just shot center mass and the target looked like swiss cheese. Which I guess is great for self defense in under 10yards, but I also want to have good accuracy for trying to compete in IDPA. What did work for me was focusing on my target and bringing up the frontsite THEN slightly focusing on the frontsite w/out losing my target too much, backsites were brought into alignment almost naturally, and then firing. I found myself extremely accurate with that. So which way is correct technique and which way I should focus on for improving marksmanship?...
The classic method I was taught was to first focus on the target, then the front sight. My own particular eyesight issues (severe myopia, astigmatism, and old-guy-itus) are such that with my corrective lenses on, the front sight cannot be in focus. Conversely, without correction the front sights are the ONLY things in focus. I've competed with others who don't wear any correction when shooting. When I tried that, I racked up the Failure to Engages because the targets were so fuzzy, I couldn't verify that I'd shot them. I'm reading Brian Enos' book and he advocates training your eye to first see the target and then bring the sights to the target with the eyes focused "just enough" to reinforce the sight picture. Some have described this as focusing in the space between the target and the front sight so you can "see" all at once (not super clear but clear enough).
There's a huge training facility in Nevada called Front Sight. That should tell you all you need to know.
Piazza - ugh.
Are there no one similar in WA state? Unless Everett boeing starts flying out to Nevada for under 100$ i dont think id be going to NV any time soon.
Never met the guy, never met anyone who HAS met the guy, likely never will meet the guy. Never receive phone calls from Front Sight. Never receive emails from them either. The only thing I get is the occasional mailer. Say what you want about the dude, I like going there.
My statement was in response to the OP's original question, not as an endorsement of a particular training facility. Besides, have you checked prices on Southwest Airlines? My plane ticket from Portland to Las Vegas was actually LESS than $100.00 this time around!
yeabut how many men has he killed?
Never met the guy, never met anyone who HAS met the guy, likely never will meet the guy. Never receive phone calls from Front Sight. Never receive emails from them either. The only thing I get is the occasional mailer. Say what you want about the dude, I like going there.