Bill Wilson and Ken Hackathon's Crystal Ball Predictions

[GJM]

Reference Ken's belief that the regular AM test is easier with iron sights, I can confidently say that the turbo version of the AM test is easier with a dot.

[feudist]

I'm kind of curious as to what those irons shooters with less than perfect eyesight do on the range? Do their shooting glasses match their prescriptions, or do they have shooting glasses especially optimized for shooting? Is getting a good focus on one's sights while wearing trifocals doable?

I told my eye doc I needed an arm length focal plane in the top part of my glasses. I guess I have quadfocals now.

[Clusterfrack]

I'm kind of curious as to what those irons shooters with less than perfect eyesight do on the range? Do their shooting glasses match their prescriptions, or do they have shooting glasses especially optimized for shooting? Is getting a good focus on one's sights while wearing trifocals doable?

I don’t focus on the sights. I focus on the target.

[Glenn E. Meyer]

Yes, and I don't believe in 'shooting glasses' because of my SD orientation. When I am on DA STREETZ, I don't use shooting classes with different focal characteristics. I wear my normal progressives in life and shooting. Three dot or Glock Stock sights - I shoot decently with them.

[Clusterfrack]

Yes, and I don't believe in 'shooting glasses' because of my SD orientation. When I am on DA STREETZ, I don't use shooting classes with different focal characteristics. I wear my normal progressives in life and shooting. Three dot or Glock Stock sights - I shoot decently with them.

Same. @GJM turned me on to Verilux X progressive lenses, and they were a game changer.

[BN]

Yes, and I don't believe in 'shooting glasses' because of my SD orientation. When I am on DA STREETZ, I don't use shooting classes with different focal characteristics. I wear my normal progressives in life and shooting. Three dot or Glock Stock sights - I shoot decently with them.

I use really big, brightly colored front sights and a really deep, wide rear notch.

[GJM]

Reading more carefully, hits just have to be in the bottle to score 5 points, and not in the 4x6 scoring area I was using, per the written instructions with the Air Marshall test.

That kind of changes things, and makes it so much easier. I am frankly dumbfounded by such a loose accuracy standard.

[Clusterfrack]

Reading more carefully, hits just have to be in the bottle to score 5 points, and not in the 4x6 scoring area I was using, per the written instructions with the Air Marshall test.

That kind of changes things, and makes it so much easier. I am frankly dumbfounded by such a loose accuracy standard.

LOL

[YVK]

Reading more carefully, hits just have to be in the bottle to score 5 points, and not in the 4x6 scoring area I was using, per the written instructions with the Air Marshall test.

That kind of changes things, and makes it so much easier. I am frankly dumbfounded by such a loose accuracy standard.

Continuous ambiguity about correct target is a problem. Shooting Illustrated article quoted somewhere above talks about hits on inner bottle as counting for 5 points. Inner bottle shape also makes more sense from anatomic standpoint.

[gringop]

Reading more carefully, hits just have to be in the bottle to score 5 points, and not in the 4x6 scoring area I was using, per the written instructions with the Air Marshall test.

That kind of changes things, and makes it so much easier. I am frankly dumbfounded by such a loose accuracy standard.

Back in my hard training and constant competitions days, I used the FAM test as my cold start of practice test. 3 targets, 30 rounds, it did not take too much time to run. It was very good at demonstrating what I needed to work on in the practice session.

Then I saw Todd's FAST and it was a lot simpler. The FAM test got left in the bin of old COFs like a broken toy. If I wanted to push hard on a test I used Defore's Pistol test #1.

Now with old age, Arthritis and Rotator Cuff problems, I'm lucky to get a FAST and some 4" dots practice in after doing rifle work. Waaa, waaa! Poor old me.

Gringop (mighty big talk for a 4 eyed, old fat man)