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Low Ready - GO
Front Sight-Press
Front Sight-Press
Front Sight-Press
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Pause
Low Ready - GO
Front Sight-Press
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Lather, rinse, repeat.
Rebuilding my "muscle memory" to shoot accurately. It's a work in progress.
Front Sight-Press
Front Sight-Press
Front Sight-Press
Front Sight-Press
Front Sight-Press
Pause
Low Ready - GO
Front Sight-Press
Front Sight-Press
Front Sight-Press
Front Sight-Press
Front Sight-Press
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Rebuilding my "muscle memory" to shoot accurately. It's a work in progress.
posted by Aaron Neal at 12:33 AM
2 Comments:
Aaron, it may be the sights themselves. When I tried that pistol, I had more difficulty than usual in focusing the front sight. That "figure-8" sight set-up is prone to fooling the eye.
I've found the Glock-type sights far superior. They consist of a bright "U" shaped rear and a white dot front.
On my very-standard, Essex-frame 1911A1, the ordinary GI sights are easier to use than your figure-8s.
Perhaps the very best sights I ever tried out were on a Walther 99 that Gerry the Geek owns. It had factory-optional night sights, which were the three brightest dots I've ever seen, and they are set wide enough apart to be distinctive, even when my old eye loses some focus.
Well, George, as I said when we were shooting, those sights DO take some getting used to... it was probably 200-300 rounds for me to get good with them.
However, those are the sights that I scored 249/250 with on my CHL class, and the sights I did pretty well as a rank novice in IDPA shoots.
My lack of hitting was a software error, not a hardware error. Yours was just unfamiliarity with an unfamiliar sight configuration.
With a proper focus on "front sight, press", and familiarity with those sights, they're VERY quick to acquire and get hits with.
I wouldn't use them for bulls-eye competition; that's not what they're meant for. They're meant for very fast minute-of-goblin, and when the shooter is used to them (as I am) and does his part (which I didn't) they're fine for that job.
I just need to do what we all need to do, which is PRACTICE!!!!
When we don't practice something, whether it's shooting, basketball free-throws, catching a ball, typing speed, or anything requiring hand-eye coordination, our proficiency declines. I've been neglecting my shooting practice, and it showed. Dramatically.
That neglect is being corrected, as of now, and I WILL score a 250/250 on my CHL renewal later this year, and I'll do it using my .45 with full-power loads, or I'll pay to take the dang test again until I DO.
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