“ROTD” method of shooting a PMO

[Caballoflaco]

You guys typically cover your target with the dot or rest the chosen target on top of the dot?

I love a target type hold for irons on rifles and pistols. I really don’t like covering the target with my sights. However, I’ve never bothered to try with a dot, because the size of the dot in relation to brightness and lighting conditions changes so much I don’t think you could have a consistent zero.

That might be different with a dot with a chevron or crosshair type reticle, but I haven’t ever owned or shot one of those

[newyork]

That makes sense. I’ll cover. I think I’ll get rough zero at 10 and fine tune at 25.

I’m sick so I’m not putting a holster on. Too lazy tonight. But from the ready the dot both seems easier than I thought but also I see that it’ll take a bunch of dry fire sessions to get things like where the dot comes from and how to “fix” that and not looking at the window as much. Where I bring the gun too as far as height and other things. I’m psyched to get this started.

[RJ]

You guys typically cover your target with the dot or rest the chosen target on top of the dot?

I’m no big deal shooter, but for several years I preferred a cover dot hold using HKs, so I tuned my Glock iron sights the same. Transitioning to a dot it seemed pretty natural to keep doing that, so I just put the dot (or circle, for my carry Holosun) on top of the target and press the trigger.

[newyork]

Thank you RJ!

[dldarrow]

Now - thoughts on the drawstroke/index to find the dot and break the first shot?

I found the optic was working for me when already within the shot string, but I was consistently slower on the first shot and/or I dropped them from As to Cs by trying to force the shot.

I find that if I bring the gun up from a low ready with arms extended I have trouble finding the dot. But if I press the gun forward from a high ready and find my co witnessed front site on the way to the target the dot magically appears!