entropy
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Lots of dry fire draws, and then about 500 rounds of live fire in my case. Had to do the drawing OWB and slow, my club's rules are " no fast draw, and no CCW on the range."
That's easy and quick, training yourself to present the firearm so the dot comes up on the target is more of a process, but dry fire in the evenings goes a long ways towards developing the skill.About how long did it take to switch your brain over from looking for the front sight, to just focusing on the target?
I sort of agree, but: I signed up for a service revolver match last year where I shot my S&W M66 and wanted to study the "best" accuracy shooting bullet weight for that course: 25-50yds. I have molds for .38 caliber from 105gr to 168grs. The vertical impact difference between light and heavy is over 12" at 50 yds. I had to adjust the sights from my 140gr jacketed, hollow point nightstand gun. But, now I'll only have to adjust the sights if ever I change my load/bullet from whatever I last shot with.View attachment 1192019
I prefer fixed sights. Really how often do you readjust the sights on your pistols?
I shot in a local 22 bull's eye league in the 90s.I sort of agree, but:
This is, IMO, a very good explanation. I was taught to present iron sights this way when I was a kid and call it indexing off of your nose.What you do is, bring the gun straight up in front of your face "before" you push it out. The dot is right there and quickly picked up, and once you have it, you don't lose it. And of course, youre doing this, while your focus is on the target (not the dot) and where you want the dot to be on the target when the gun is presented. And that's where it will be, or very close. Its just like shooting a dot on a long gun in that respect.
Just curious how many people out there have made the switch to a red dot or are sticking to their irons and perhaps a brief statement as to why they prefer one over the other. Seems like as the years go on the red dots have become just as prevalent on pistols as they are on rifles, maybe more.
I am slow to the table on these kinda of things and I bought all my guns before MOS and slide cuts/mounting accommodations were a standard item on a pistol. I've been giving it some consideration lately, I wouldn't be opposed to sending a glock off to get optic cut.
I've never shot a handgun with a RDS that I can remember but I did pick up an RDS equipped handgun a few times and found it hard to pick up the dot, something I'm sure could be overcome in a day, some instructors report that beginners pick up a handgun/RDS and are scoring A zone hits consistently right off the bat but hand em a gun with irons and they miss. There's a clip going around on the internet of a guy calling irons (amish guns).
something tells me either way, I'll get by just fine without a RDS on my pistol, maybe once I wear out my EDC holster and its time for a new one, just taking a poll to see where most guys are with it......
What's the proper way to sight in a dot on a pistol, though? Without shooting from a rest that is..."Finding the dot" ended up being an issue that didn't materialize. My son said, "You already index to see the sights; if you see the sights, you'll see the dot."
And I do.
Larry
What's the proper way to sight in a dot on a pistol, though? Without shooting from a rest that is...
The same thing thats happened to those who cant drive a stick, or read a tool that isn't digital, etc. They only know what they know, and they will be stuck there if they arent willing to learn as much as they can about as much as they can.What's going to happen to the kids who grow up using nothing but this electronic gadget when they cant get batteries and never learned to use iron sights???