Chie,
I'm afraid you'll be straining your eyes without even noticing you're shooting if you concentrate on seeing the front sight lift.
The more you concentrate on trying to see something, the more you'll probably see something else or nothing at all.
You don't need to concentrate, meaning narrowing down your vision to an almost tunnel-like one, excluding anything else from your perception, just to be able to see what you want to see. This is detrimental.
What you need to do is to open up your vision, pretending you're not the guy who's actually firing the gun, but just a spectator that wants to see the whole show.
Start shooting rounds downrange, without a target to aim on. Just firing rounds into the backstop, one round per second or slower.
You would want to be a spectator of your own shooting, you're not concentrating on anything.
Somebody is pressing the trigger, and you just happen to notice what goes on.
Don't even try to be consciously pressing the trigger, let it go by itself.
When doing this, without putting ANY expectation on the shot that you're breaking, you will eventually be able to see the front sight lifting, the slide cycling, the brass being ejected, dirt dusting up where the round impacted the backstop, the front sight landing back into the notch, etc.
The trick is that you shall not force yourself to see anything, you just have to relax and watch what goes on.
Yes. +10.
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Thanks for all your great advice fellas,
I would have never thought of approaching my problem that way. Will follow your advice and try it this week and let you know what I'll come up with.
Btw, do any of you use an sti recoil master to soften the recoil on your gun? I am using an armscor short dust cone type bull barrel and an eb 2 pc guide rod.
Would greatly appreciate any inputs.
TIA,
Chie