Sight Alignment Quiz - Prize Included

[TheJewban]

Aimed Fire is not just for static paper targets and bullseye shooting, and most certainly used in combat.

In a nutshell. Point Shooting for up close and personal work, i.e., when you don’t have the time or ability to use sights. Beyond that, when you need to...AIMED FIRE.

Really... Please enlighten me to your certainty of this

This thread is about Quick Sight Alignment that I turned into a quiz. Although Point Shooting and Flash Sight Picture kept rearing it’s head, I always tried to stay on topic - to maintain the Quick Sight Alignment theme in this thread.

My goal was to get fellow members involved, make it fun, pass on what I thought was a useful suggestion, and award the winner some free gun training.

I’m sorry if I failed on all or one of those points, but I still want to stay on topic and maintain the Quick Sight Alignment theme here.

Jlfar, I’ve got no problem enlightening you of my certainty that Aimed Fire is unquestionably used in combat, but please let me make the following suggestion.

I think the Tips & Tricks forum is most useful to members/lurkers/unregistered users when each thread has it own theme and the Thread Title bears a relation to it. I did a horrible job with mine, i.e., "Tip/Trick Quiz of the Day - Prize Included". This said nothing to the user seeking a tip on Sight Alignment. I’m trying to get it changed to "Sight Alignment Quiz - Prize Included".

No doubt you asked an interesting question that has epic thread potential but on an entirely different sighting/fighting method/discipline. To keep from getting things muddled by replying to this thread on a different topic, may I suggest you start a new thread, maybe “Point Shooting vs. Aimed Fire” or whatever, and pose the same question to me there.

That way we’re building a Tips & Tricks library of thread titles that clearly define the topic for the user seeking info on that particular subject. It also respects the OP's that start threads by reducing the potential for hijacked threads.

Or, if you think that’s a cockamamie idea I can just respond here. Let me know. Thanks.

BTW, as moderator, can you change my thread title to "Sight Alignment Quiz - Prize Included"?

[YankeeFingergasm]

Despite me telling you to EFF off a while ago Arc I'll admit that was a quality post.

[Greg Kulbick]

So you're looking for better than minute of man? That takes too much time.

[TheJewban]

So you're looking for better than minute of man? That takes too much time.

Correct Greg. I stated exactly what you said.You were more brief though.

In a nutshell. Point Shooting for up close and personal work, i.e., when you don’t have the time or ability to use sights. Beyond that, when you need to [have the time and ability]...AIMED FIRE.

[TheJewban]

Ahhh, okay...gee, um, err...you're...ah...welcome?

[TheJewban]

Thank you molary.

[TheJewban]

How about sharing it with the rest of us? How do you know what everyone else does? You might have come up with a novel technique that's better than what's out there and not know it. If not, maybe your way of doing it works perfect for the shooter that's tried everything else. Just an idea.

[Rumbler]

I'll bite. Though I don't think that this is a one size fits all thing. Different methods will work better for different people. So all I can say with confidence is what works for me. And it should be noted that I am NOT a "bullseye shooter". When I shoot for finite accuracy I most definitely use a different technique.

First off, and most importantly, with both eyes open I find a point of focus on the target. Be that a zipper tab, or a button, or a medallion, or a gold tooth, or the end of a nose. With my focus there, I extend the pistol out and up slightly if necessary in order to bring the sights into my "fuzzy vision". What I am looking for is simply a flat line, and two as you call them; light bars.

The flat line is formed by the front and rear sight being level. For my eyes it is much easier and much faster to detect a line bowed up or down than to try and finitely adjust "top of this and top of that" - I simply look for a short flat line with two light bars approximately the same size (and I judge that 100% intuitively) SUPERIMPOSED in my line of vision.

With this said, I do not believe it is my "skill at arms" that facilitates this technique. I believe it is knowing my natural point of aim, reinforcing it through both dry and live fire.

. . is that response what you were looking for, Lawrence? I can be much longer winded if you want . . . . .

[TheJewban]

With my focus there, I extend the pistol out and up slightly if necessary in order to bring the sights into my "fuzzy vision". What I am looking for is simply a flat line, and two as you call them; light bars.

Hmm, rephrase what you said there. ""Fuzzy vision" is self explanatory and "flat line" (which you explained) is the same canned bullshit response for proper sight alignment, i.e., front sight vertically centered in rear sight notch, with tops of...yada, yada, yada...

But I'm very interested in your quo...scratch that...rephrase please.

... is that response what you were looking for, Lawrence?

Let's just say I got a little excited...but no, sorry.

I can be much longer winded if you want . . . . .

Please indulge me, but only as it relates to your quote above and/or to; a) the position of the pistol right when you begin the systematic series of actions for proper sight alignment, b) specifically what you are looking at throughout those systematic series of actions and, c) the path you're taking throughout those systematic series of actions. Then provide an explanation as to why you're doing what you're doing throughout the entire process.

Keep it confined to SIGHT ALIGNMENT. For example, I understand "both eyes open...point of focus on the target" and all that, but remember that comes under AIMING and under AIMING comes SIGHT ALIGNMENT and SIGHT PICTURE. I'm only concerned with SIGHT ALIGNMENT.

But shit molary, that was one hell of a post.

[TheJewban]

I'll bite. Though I don't think that this is a one size fits all thing. Different methods will work better for different people.

Agreed, and I'm taking a big leap of faith this method will be considered by general consent; an approved technique if you will. If not, then I'll be the laughing stock around here.