I am due for an eye doc appt. in April, when I was shooting the other day I went out to 25 yards and could barely see a B8 center .... I thought presbyopia was my only problem maybe I now need distance correction too.
I am due for an eye doc appt. in April, when I was shooting the other day I went out to 25 yards and could barely see a B8 center .... I thought presbyopia was my only problem maybe I now need distance correction too.
Why would it matter if your focus is on the front sight, or the target, if your sights are properly pointed at the target.
You need trigger control to shoot precise groups. You need grip to fire successive shots at a relevant speed. For most pistols shots, people vastly overate the amount of aiming that is required. Rob Leatham made a video about that. Heck, if your index is good enough, you don’t need any sights, as Jim Wall of Milt Sparks demonstrates by winning a big match with no sights on his 1911.
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We have discussed this in years past.
https://pistol-forum.com/showthread....focus-shooting
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I respect your knowledge, and as having been a member here for quite a while I am familiar with everything you contribute here and enjoy reading your posts, you are saying that you can just point your gun at a low probability target at distance and be confident of making that shot just by having your fundamentals up to par? My perceived problem is that I can't align my sights well due to age related vision problems, and the target is not clear either at distance when pointing / aiming / aligning my sights. You know the old equal height, equal light method is challenging with my vision.
Last edited by GOTURBACK; 01-13-2020 at 06:39 PM.
My experience is different. Not only has the FO in my carry gun has never broken, the one in my USPSA Production pistol hasn't either. I forgot how long they've been on there. And if it the FO rod ever falls off, the black front sight is still there.
I find it interesting that the discussion kind of turned to limited eye sight / impaired vision shooters.
Stoeger is the most credible proponent of target focused shooting and I don't think he has vision problems. He thinks it is a faster way to shoot without giving up much accuracy. And The Way to shoot when shooter or target are not stationary. Irrespective of visual acuity.
Doesn't read posts longer than two paragraphs.
I am sorry I led this thread adrift, I guess with my skill level which is surely much less than many here, and no where near Stoeger, or Leatham I was having a hard time wrapping my head around the target focus method being accurate enough to make low probability shot when missing means hitting an innocent human being. Back on track guys.
Last edited by GOTURBACK; 01-14-2020 at 01:30 AM.