Steve Anderson Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 The Matt Burkett Tape/DVD 1-3 Brian Enos interview has a great part I missed the first time about Sight Picture vs. Sight Alignment He talks about the differences. So many times we have a good sight picture, but we miss our intended target because we don't have sight alignment. We see the front sight and the rear sights on the target, but they aren't properly aligned. Going back to production from open, this is definitely happening to me. Or was... SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 To me sight picture is the relationship of the sights to one another and to the scoring surface. An acceptable sight picture can consist of misaligned sights if you know where the bullet will strike and can still call the shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted June 24, 2003 Author Share Posted June 24, 2003 Absolutely... BUT, if we are unaware of the subtleties there, we can get lazy on the differences. SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Yes, it is easy to become lazy discerning subtleties. How about this: Pay strict attention to sight alignment. But remember sight picture. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 Oh yeah, I like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey357 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Front Sight, Front Sight, Front Sight.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 I went to the Springfield Challenge in Memphis TN sept 6&7. I asked TGO if he focused on the front sight or the target he said you must see everthing not just one thing. This made perfect sense to me! (Target, Front sight, rear sight). Bkeeler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luiz Francisco Ramos Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Now, I´m shooting both Open and Limited. I feel that the perfect limited sight aligment corresponds to the Open Red Dot. The Open shooters don´t have this problem because the red dot don´t missaligment never... so for them the sight picture is more consistent. So the sight picture is more easy to aquire and support... Ramos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 I went to the Springfield Challenge in Memphis TN sept 6&7.I asked TGO if he focused on the front sight or the target he said you must see everthing not just one thing. This made perfect sense to me! (Target, Front sight, rear sight). Bkeeler Or: See sights. Aligned? YES. Focus on target and move gun to correct position. Fire. If you "lock the hands" after the sights are aligned, the alignment is not likely to change as your shoulder muscles make the ultra fine adjustment to get the gun on target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Now, I´m shooting both Open and Limited.I feel that the perfect limited sight aligment corresponds to the Open Red Dot. The Open shooters don´t have this problem because the red dot don´t missaligment never... so for them the sight picture is more consistent. So the sight picture is more easy to aquire and support... Ramos I'm shooting open and stock with the same gun five minutes apart (I just take the dot sight off and the stock sights stay on all the time). Red dots are great but have the old "dot dazzle" where you can get hypnotized and paralyzed trying to get the dot to be exactly on the center of the bullseye. I shoot much more relaxed across the iron sights because I don't see the tiny gun movement that the red dot shows up so visibly. Of course I still shoot higher scores with the red dot.......... duhhh! But I have shot a couple of perfect scores with the iron sights so at least I know what I should be shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 As it realtes to IPSC shooting, I always have thought of sight picture and sight alignment as the same thing. I know what sight alignment I need for a given target, and when I have that I have my sight picture. Sight Picture = correct Sight Alignment. Gun goes boom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogmaDog Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 More apparent to rifle shooters, But errors in sight picture do not get worse with increasing distance (if the sights are aligned, but in the wrong place on the target, you'll still hit that place no matter how far away you are). If you have an error in sight alignment, the effect will increase with distance to the target (you can hit a "C" with misaligned sights at 5 yards, but at 25, you will be far off the paper). Sight alignment becomes more and more important relative to sight picture as distance increases. Brian's discussion of different types of focus (Type 1 to 5) is partly a ramification of this--you can focus on the target when it is close and still hit, but you really need to look at the sights when the target is far away. DogmaDog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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