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Some gamers have their own rules.

Clear violation of rule 3. Rob Leatham said than when someone is shooting really fast they are actually slapping the trigger. I took that to mean he saw little difference between fast press and slapping.

BE says ... 1. Put your attention on the target. All your attention. Repeat. All your attention. In so doing, point your nose at it since that is your sight line 2. Align your sights with the target. That means align your sights with your nose-to-target sight line. Drive the gun down your sight line. Don't swing it over (fishing or "Zebco") or under (bowling) and have to move it another step to get it on your sight line. Drive it down your sight line between nose and target. Not that hard really. 3. Keep it all aligned through your trigger pull. If you didn't hit the target, you screwed up one of the three.

If nothing else, the dot is a great training tool. I still do dry fire both with irons and dots. Without a doubt, using a dot has improved my presentation with irons. (Although it might just be do to the volume of dry fire and not the sighting system.) Trigger control can also be improved with a dot. The dot doesn't lie.

Ditto on this. Unless I'm using a circle-dot, and I never do, the fact that the dot isn't perfect usually doesn't matter. Unless it's a precision-type shot, there are other things going on that are more important that an imperfect dot.

I think I understand what you mean. I have 5 G17, four with dots. All the dots are on milled slides. i.e. no adaptor plates. The dots sit very low. On three of those with dots, I left the irons on and so can see the slide as a reference point in all cases. The G17 without irons has a Vortex Venom. Even though it sits low, I still don't see the slide while shooting. It doesn't matter to me because I learned dots on that gun and never knew the difference - with or without irons. But if someone wants a reference point, just put a front sight on. Depending on your setup, it might require a suppressor sight. For me, the front sight doesn't interfere with sight picture but for some it might. I'm only a casual gamer.

But the same happens with irons. Even the good guys throw a shot once in awhile. Way back when, on the recommendation of my instructor, I determined under what light conditions night sights were actually useful. Not very often. As one guy said, "They help you find the gun." And you still need to light up the scene. And they fade away over time. Since then I haven't paid a cent to put night sights on a gun. Give me a dot and a light any day (or night). Back on topic, I get the impression green is becoming everyone's favorite color. I've been trying both green and red under different lighting conditions and with different dot sizes. Dot size seems more important until you get outside with a small dot. Then green wins. But not by all that much.

The gun should aim to where your eyes are looking regardless of irons or dot. There is no "finding the dot" when you become proficient with a dot. It's there just like the irons would be - on the target. The dot has the big advantage of being in the same focal plane as the target which is where your (tunnel) vision will be focused in a EDC scenario. Basic physiology tells us we will not be physically able to lock in our vision on the front sight under the stress of a threat. All the more important to dry fire a lot. Gun goes where eyes go regardless of sightng system. For the record, I carry both ways depending on situation.

Thanks. Will be doing some SC over the next year. Getting the gear together. A lot of good stuff out there. Should be fun!

Not to hijack this but any idea which rifle and why?

top shooter once told me "Start and end every practice shooting a group". I was told the same. In his book, Brian says he ended every session with groups If your RDS loses zero and is not loose, it is likely defective.

Haven't had that many round on my Glock OW triggers but they have been great so far.

Sounds good to me! I'll be doing my first SC match this year. Since I'm in it for the fun, I show up, show them what I'm shooting, and they can put me in any class they want. I did the same thing with IDPA.

Hillarious!

I shoot to hit the target.

You might have noticed but when you ask a categorical question like "what is the best?" you will never get your question answered.

I put the Raptor in my build - Kidd receiver and internals - and did it for the reliability. So far, so good. I hate reliability issues.

How well sun exposure increases your Vit D level depends on a few things. Most important are the total skin area exposed, the angle of the sun relative to the skin surface, and the proximity to the equator. The fact that one is outside is not a guarantee that you will get enough natural Vit D because, in this day and age, we cover ourselves up to avoid excessive sun. So I agree with Nick. I was a licensed, competitive cyclist for years. The only parts that got sun were the lower half of my arms and legs. Anyone who doesn't cover up when in the mountains will learn the hard way about skin protection, especially at elevation.

Not any more. And with my prescription I can read well enough with the upper part of the glasses. The lower is only needed for real close up stuff. That's why it's not needed for shooting, not even irons. It wasn't this way before cataract surgery. I needed different glasses for shooting irons vs RDS not to mention driving vs computer vs reading ... you name it. Life is more simple now.

"You want the targets to be in focus." and this "With my mini red dots i just wear my everyday glasses prescription..." My new shooting glasses' insert will just have the upper prescription. No need for the lower.

When shooting 1911's a lot, I detail stripped and cleaned once a year. Replaced mag springs and followers once a year. OTW just wiped out what I saw with the slide open. Lubed rail, locking block, hammer, etc. Shooting Glocks, I field strip (5 seconds on a slow day) once in awhile, wipe, and relube. I use Weapon Shield. It's only been important to keep the feed ramps and chambers relatively clean. Don't know how much of this applies to M&P but I might be getting one of the all metal versions so I watch this thread.

Primary machine did mill work on a G17.2 for me and it was great.

I've used Weapon Shield (the original FP10) for years and rarely have to do anything other than a wipe down to clean Glocks and 1911's. Weapon Shield bonds to the metal surface so it's effective at keeping stuff from sticking even when it appears to have evaporated. Sometimes a brush and Hoppes on the feed ramps and chambers but that's pretty much it. Note: Acetone is a great solvent but nasty stuff health-wise. We were supposed to use it under the hood in the chemistry lab.

I have a 43x and really like it. It's a carry gun for relatively short distances. You probably don't need a RDS. It doesn't matter if you have "irons" or RDS. OTOH, my other pistols all have RDS for games or whatever.

I have to say again that Glock finally got things going in the right direction with their Gen 5 triggers.