As a reward for returning home from Iraq in once piece I decided to reward myself and purchased a Springfield Arms Milspec. I picked it up yesterday, took it to the range and put 200 rounds through it.
Growing up, my Grandfather taught me that you shoot pistols (and shotguns) with both eyes open. Focus on front sight post and center mass of the target let the rear sight be fuzzy and blurred and pull the trigger.
I never mastered this skill with the shotgun, but as far as pistols (Glock 17, 19, 23, M9, Beretta 92) went its worked well for me. Very well.
Until yesterday anyway. I couldn't do it with the SA. The front sight would be in clear relief but the target was doubled up and the rear sight kept snapping in and out of focus.
As a result I switched over to shooting with my right eye, which caused all kinds of craziness. (I killed the heck out of the left side of my target).
Is this something I'll be able to train myself out of? Will I be able to shoot the SA with both eyes open? I'm thinking that because the 1911 is so much more narrow than the other handguns I'm used to shooting its wrecking havoc with my ability to shoot with both eyes open because its altering my sense of perception. If thats the case, perfect practice should bring about perfection.
Growing up, my Grandfather taught me that you shoot pistols (and shotguns) with both eyes open. Focus on front sight post and center mass of the target let the rear sight be fuzzy and blurred and pull the trigger.
I never mastered this skill with the shotgun, but as far as pistols (Glock 17, 19, 23, M9, Beretta 92) went its worked well for me. Very well.
Until yesterday anyway. I couldn't do it with the SA. The front sight would be in clear relief but the target was doubled up and the rear sight kept snapping in and out of focus.
As a result I switched over to shooting with my right eye, which caused all kinds of craziness. (I killed the heck out of the left side of my target).
Is this something I'll be able to train myself out of? Will I be able to shoot the SA with both eyes open? I'm thinking that because the 1911 is so much more narrow than the other handguns I'm used to shooting its wrecking havoc with my ability to shoot with both eyes open because its altering my sense of perception. If thats the case, perfect practice should bring about perfection.