I want to discuss something that you might not have considered. The size of your front sight. So, what! Who cares? Should you care? What are you missing on this knowledge?
The recommended width of the front sight to the rear sight is as follows
For Great to Good eyesight: .115" to .125" rear notch width
For Average eyesight: .135" to .145" rear notch width
For Poor eyesight: .155" rear notch width The most common front sight width is .125"
At 7 yards or 21 feet your front sights cover one inch of the target. Then by moving your front sight over one inch on the target that will be two inches. Going left and right one inch on you target it will cover three inches of the target. This movement is about the same size of your rear sight. Test your front sight out and see what effects that has on your gun. Go as far as placing your front sight in front of your left rear sight and then the right rear sight and see what the spread is. Familiarize yourself with this and it might help you diagnose if you miss. The width of your rear sight will determine the variance your sight have when moving the front sight side to side. The smaller the rear sight the less you are set-up to miss. A keynote to remind yourself of is the smaller you make the target the smaller the miss. When aiming at a threat if you focus on a small part of the center of the chest, the better your hits will be rather than having focus of a full body threat.
So, when you think of this, when you shoot at a target and it is beyond the three inches of the center of your target what is the variant that made that shot miss?
If you shoot to the left, is it your wrist moving to the left when pulling the trigger? If it goes to the right, is it your wrist moving to the right when pulling the trigger? Isolating your trigger finger to be the only movement is key to fix this.
Your finger position on the trigger is a key to succeeding with this. By placing your finger pad on the trigger, that is the part you get your fingerprints with. By overreaching with your fingers or under reaching, using your finger tip the side movement of your aim will happen.
Would you think that 2 dot sights would be better than 3 dot sights in keeping alignment when focused on just the front sight?
I have the Big Dot sights on my G30 and P30
I can focus quicker with 2 dot sights but, with the 3 dot I can instantly see if I make any grip/trigger issues.
Now, with my new carry pistol, no sights, all natural-point-of-aim. I am at 95% of hits(8x12 AR500 target at 18 yards) when drawing from the holster/timed(1.38)
Have you played with the 2 Dot sight with its alignment to see if there is, let us say any play on the sights? Your dot size is a variant to the precision of your shot. How much does it cover on the target at 7 yards? What is the size of your dot?
The 2 dot, front sight(0.188)on the 8x12 target, covers a large part of the target.
I really do not look at the rear sight anymore since my hits are where I place the ‘big dot’.
This is obtained from practice and training. Knowing you have a good point of aim and good basic skills. If you do not have a good grip or a bad finger pull you will have misses with point shooting.
Have you attempted point shooting facing left or right of the target at a 90-degree angle? Not natural point of aim?
Not yet, just baby steps. I have been training(hobbling)moving from each target placing hits with NPOA which I still need to work on especially since not all my targets are the same dimensions.
This is another reason to aim small to miss small, if you reduce the size of the target you are aiming at the size or dimension of your target does not matter because you are aiming at a small point on the target.
This is some valuable information I’ve never really thought about. I think I’ll take this info to the range with me next time and see what becomes of it, heck, I’ll set-up my Strikeman Dry-Fire System here after my morning coffee and work on this now, then when the range opens do some live fire exercises.
If you look at your Lugar, even with them both being smaller, as you move the front sight from the left to the right of the rear sight, how much of the target does it cover?
From XS
“ The XS Sights DXT2 Big Dot Sight will cover about five inches of your target at 15 yards. The smaller DXT2 Standard Dotwill cover about five inches of your target at 25 yards.”
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