When I was a kid, I got tons of discarded soft drink bottle caps from our general store. I used these as very close range targets by placing them on the ground on either side of a cow path. I shot as I walked. My method was taking up enough front sight. Handguns varied. I never forgot the lesson.
On a bit of a lark today, I took my brand new TR G19 MOS with stock polymer sighs(!) to the indoor range just to see how things would shake out. From the ready with 147 gr.jhp Winchester: 97 points in 8.85 seconds, all “in the black”. I was pleased since (a) I had not shot in a few days, (b)it was the cold run of the day and (c) it was with the dang Glock sights.
This gun will be a retirement gun and will receive an optic. Everything else is OEM; after a few hundred vetting rounds it will be carried a lot and shot little.
I appreciate this forum once again as I scrolled back through the years and saw my attempts and others.
A couple days ago I shot it with my M17 (stock irons) I don’t shoot that gun often. But got a 8.88 all in the black with a 98 score, while I’m a Glock guy. I find I shoot the M17 fairly well and I’ve never had an issue with it with around 2000 rounds fired, I can see why the US Army went with it. Simple reliable and a good shooter.