Gah dang, y’all need to stop dropping great posts; my like button is getting wore out.
Love the way this thread is meandering.
Gah dang, y’all need to stop dropping great posts; my like button is getting wore out.
Love the way this thread is meandering.
Similar experience so far. I've been shooting 1911s recreationally since the first time I shot a pistol, I've been carrying and focusing on them since 2019, and my recent dot switch involved direct milling 1911s. In my case I have the small-windowed EPS Carry but it's super low in the slide such that the dot is pretty much in the same place where I'd look for my irons. I think that has all helped.
At the very least, sticking with one platform you're familiar with seems to be a good idea to make the process as painless as possible.
Damn Hack, I ordered 25 of those targets today.
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I taught my children to shoot with dots first, then irons when they got older and wanted to try out “old fashioned” guns out of novelty. For them at least, it seemed that it was much easier for them to go from dots to irons that it was for me to go from irons to dots.
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I have been shooting Indoor GSSF Matches for a couple of years now. I stated off shooting iron sights and last year made the transition to a Holosun MOS. I found I could not track the dot as easily as the Dawson Sights. Recently I went back to the Dawson Sights and found my shooting with them has improved. Just a personal observation.
I'm finding my time to first shot on target has improved slightly when I go back to irons. Not a significant amount though. I'd say I gained .1 to .2 on average. I attribute this to the need for a better index when using a dot. The dot made me work harder.
Long range (>15 yards)/small target accuracy is still much better with the dot though.
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Rich - I couldn't agree more. There are good threads here - and then there are iconic threads here. This is definitely one of the latter.
The sheer depth of knowledge, but much better - sharing that knowledge, plus their experience, is what truly sets pistol-forum apart.
To everyone that has contributed so far - thank you from one of the all-time leaders in the lurker category.
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