Trvlngnrs Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Should I be watching my pistol rise and try to keep my eyes on the front sight, or Should I keep my eyes on the target and let the gun drop down into my vision, or Should I be...... Thanks, Trvlngnrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Focus on the front sight as long as possible....watch it rise, fall, and settle back on the target. If you're focusing on the target, your accuracy will suffer greatly except for at extremely short range. R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosa Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Keep your eyes on the front sight but... You should see the sigt lift and come back to the same spot where it was before... You won't nessesarly follow it.. You'll just watch it lift and come back. Remember that sight is not just going up and down but also backwards and forward.. Your eyes can't work fast enough to keep the sight in focus through out the entire process.. So you will more than likely lose it for a fraction of a second in between Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle O Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 If the next shot is on the same target keep your focus where the front site will land, if you must transition to the next target, your focus should be shifting there during recoil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Iron sighted gun = front sight Dot optic sighted gun = target Sounds really simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreativecid Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I was instructed to "trust the front sight, it will come back" but that's why the foundations of stance and grip are so important to that front sight starting and stopping where you want it. I'm still learning to trust it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik S. Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Some good info here...I'd say the replies are dead on. I have tried to analyze how I track the front sight during recoil and I don't "follow" it with my eyes, but rather keep my eyes OPEN. If your eyes are open you will see the sight go up and come back down. It must be peripheral vision that does this or something. It's almost like your BRAIN is focusing on the front sight instead of your eyes...your eyes just stay open. Hard to explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle O Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 BILL DRILLS! Will help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Griffin Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 You keep your focus on the place where the sights were, and where they will return. You can adjust a bit if you detect the general platform has moved based on the fuzzy target image, but real speed comes from having your focus locked on that spot and catching the sights at the earliest possible moment when they reenter the position. Don't worry about tracking the sight movement during a match, that's something for practice, not for performance. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trvlngnrs Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 Thanks for all the advice. I've recently been catching myself looking at the target to see where I just shot. I'm sure this is about the worst thing I can do! I need to break myself of this habit real quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joedodge Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 that was a bad habit i had was looking for my first shot it wastes so much time. trust your sights you will perform much better because when you look for your first shot your actualy unmounting the gun slightly bringing back into position and looking for the sights again just trust what you see itl work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle O Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Thanks for all the advice. I've recently been catching myself looking at the target to see where I just shot. I'm sure this is about the worst thing I can do! I need to break myself of this habit real quick. Jerry Miculek once said that "if you look at your holes, you've already lost." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trvlngnrs Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 Jerry Miculek once said that "if you look at your holes, you've already lost." Yikes, I didn't know my condition was that bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike cyrwus Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 (edited) Dont look; observe. See what you can see, and in no time youll see what you need to see. Edited February 5, 2011 by mike cyrwus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdwilliams Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 +1 for Bill Drills. Don't look at the holes. Learn to call your shots and move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trvlngnrs Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 +1 for Bill Drills. Don't look at the holes. Learn to call your shots and move on. Had to Google Bill Drills: http://pistol-training.com/drills/bill-drill Here's a video of it being done, the guy is smooooth... Thanks for the heads up on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosa Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 That's not just any guy.. That's Blake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trvlngnrs Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 When I grow up, I want to be like Blake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosa Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 When I grow up, I want to be like Blake Lol we all do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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