Quesion for you guys: trying to decide wether to get into a red dot, or if i should keep focusing on iron sight shooting. Im a relatively new pistol shooter compared to you guys. Only been shooting seriously for two years or so. And nowhere near the volume of most of you. Im just now getting to the point where i can consistently apply the fundamentals.
Heres my problem (well, ill start with just the one!) I tell myself to sharply focus on the front sight. Due to lighting, etc, whatever, my brain and eyes are constantly jumping back and forth between target focus and front sight focus with what i most associate with a “flash” sight picture (I may be using this term incorrectly). Target focus is easy for me and my eyes stay there without the un-commanded “jump”. When shooting with irons (all of my guns have the JohnO tape mod) I can get all three focal planes fuzzy with clarity bouncing between front sight and the target. Though the front is always clear enough to ensure sight alignment and i can see the fuzzy red post/ dot in relation to the POA. So now that I learn that the correct sight picture for a dot sight is a target focus with the dot superimposed on the intended point of impact, im thinking to myself that this may be a case where hardware could be a solution to a problem. My biggest reservation, though, is that i feel im a beginner moving on prior to mastering the basics.
Are there ways of practicing focus to prevent shift? Seems like when im focusing correctly on the front sight, i cant see smaller targets. So, when is the appropriate time to transition? This is within the context of defensive and recreational shooting.
Another huge problem is a tendency to pop up to see my impacts after shooting, but we’ll save that one for later; i can work on that one.
Thanks for the time and attention.