thegeneric Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) I'm new to everything and have my first match this weekend. Shooting a shadow 2 in production with currently stock sights. After shooting around 300 rds and pushing my sight acquisition speed to my limit I turned my attention to a crap Taurus Millennium 24/7 in .45 that I was function testing for someone else. The sights had 3 huge white dots and practically no space on either side of the front sight. For whatever reason, I felt like my sight acquisition speed was considerably faster, from the draw and during transitions. With the Shadow's thinner blade, finding my windage adjustment seemed more challenging, and I couldn't always call my misses correctly. I don't have that much experience with competition style sights, but everytime I've used them in the past, it just seems to slow me down. I have no problems hitting 75 yard targets with box stock crap sights on any gun, so the precision that is supposed to come with a thinner front sight doesn't seem to be something I need. What are the primary downsides using a wider (widest?!) front sight? Id prefer to have a 6 o'clock point of aim, does that lessen the disadvantage of not being able to see as much of the target? Should I just keep practicing with my current setup until I'm proficient? Also, while I'm at it, is the color of the fiber optic rod just a personal thing or are there known advantages of one over the other? Thanks for any help in advance! Edited September 26, 2018 by thegeneric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 2 hours ago, thegeneric said: everytime I've used them, it seems to slow me down. I have no problems hitting 75 yard targets with box stock crap sights on any gun, so the precision that is supposed to come with a thinner front sight doesn't seem to be something I need. WOW. If I could hit 75 yard targets with yellow crayons, I'd just keep using yellow crayons. Might be something to do with ageing eyes … are you in your 20's ? For me, thinner is much better - and I like a green FO on the top of it. I guess when I was young (think Jurassic) the thicker might have been better, but I can't remember back that far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegeneric Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 I just hit 30 and don't have eyesight issues. Anyone have yellow crayon recommendations for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandardError Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 On 9/26/2018 at 9:06 PM, thegeneric said: I just hit 30 and don't have eyesight issues. Anyone have yellow crayon recommendations for me? I'm in the same boat as you, shadow 2, stock sights. I'm tempted to get a few more widths from Dawson and then experiment on going wider. A wider front sight moves the iron sights to a much more binary aligned/not-aligned indicator system from the finer control that a much thinner sight blade offers. For me, I suspect that I am over aiming many times and this may help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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