Am I imagining?

[feederic]

Last night I was working extensively on sight tracking and tightening my follow up shots (as I do every Tuesday night). I backed the target out to 25 yards for some end of training accuracy work when I noticed the funniest thing. I started noticing I could visually see the slide return to battery for its last 2" of travel or so. At first I was noticing a shadow under the back of my slide that would appear and disappear, with a little more focus I could use peripheral vision to track the sights and notice the gun traveling back into battery.

Anybody else have this happen to them?

[Skydiver]

Yup. It also taught me that I should be tracking the front sight as the slide goes back into battery. (i.e. I shouldn't be tracking the rear sight or the back of the slide.)

[jkrispies]

1. Awesome that you're tracking your sights properly.

2. For me, it's a lot easier to do at the end of the session when the gun is dirty and cycling slower. When it becomes "too easy" for me to track my sights, it's a clue that it's time to clean the gun.

[feederic]

2. For me, it's a lot easier to do at the end of the session when the gun is dirty and cycling slower. When it becomes "too easy" for me to track my sights, it's a clue that it's time to clean the gun.

Maybe that was the case for me. A few months ago I had trouble not blinking when the gun went off, now I can stare through the firing cycle and see the slide move back and forth as well as the front sight. Funny how that works.