“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
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I trained with Yong Lee late last summer for an MRDS instructor class and this was something he had us practice out to 10-15 yards or so. He said the exact same thing. It’s an excellent way to check index. I was surprised to see how accurate I could be out to 10 yards. By 15, things were falling apart a bit.
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Worrying about the pressure of your pinky is a running joke in the practical shooting world.
I think trying to squeeze with your pinky, or using the optic housing as a shotgun bead, are both subpar bandaid solutions to the real problem - an insufficiently trained index.
More dry practice until the dot appears where it should on every presentation is the answer. Not pinky pressure, or guillotining the target with the optic housing.