I was helping another Instructor, with range time Sunday, & I know he is a quality Trainer, & I know shooting a handgun is not rocket science.
But people in his class seem to think that it was, or they have seen way to many movies!
What is so hard about the concept of sight alignment??!
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Most of my guns only have one front sight!
Maybe I'm weird?
However, if the front sight is high compared with the rear sight, your shots should go higher. That is, raising the front sight in relation to the rear sight will raise your POI. I think it was Elmer Keith who had a special front sight on some of his revolvers to enable him to make longer range shots by raising his front sight above the rear sight notch. He had horizontal lines scribed in the front sight for exact "Kentucky elevation."
However...
On an M16A-1, if you raise the front sight (with a bullet nose or the special adjustment tool), your shots will go lower. That's because you are lowering the muzzle in relation to the receiver, depressing the barrel.
A "front sight" that is "high on the target" could be either "Kentucky elevation" or a mechanical modification which raises the sight in its mount. One will do the opposite of the other.
Just gotta be real careful how you phrase things.
Karl
Maybe I'm weird?
However, if the front sight is high compared with the rear sight, your shots should go higher. That is, raising the front sight in relation to the rear sight will raise your POI. I think it was Elmer Keith who had a special front sight on some of his revolvers to enable him to make longer range shots by raising his front sight above the rear sight notch. He had horizontal lines scribed in the front sight for exact "Kentucky elevation."
However...
On an M16A-1, if you raise the front sight (with a bullet nose or the special adjustment tool), your shots will go lower. That's because you are lowering the muzzle in relation to the receiver, depressing the barrel.
A "front sight" that is "high on the target" could be either "Kentucky elevation" or a mechanical modification which raises the sight in its mount. One will do the opposite of the other.
Just gotta be real careful how you phrase things.
Karl
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Safety Guy:
Maybe you've got more than one gun, which leads to more than one front sight....
The first time I took my daughter (she's 19 now) out to shoot, I realized that while we'd gone over most of the safety stuff, I'd forgotten "sight picture". I drew it on a scrap of paper while we were driving over to the range....
It was enough for her.
It's not rocket science, but you have to see it, and have the ability to process the information. The latter has nothing to do with IQ as much as with understanding that the invisible line that describes the bullet path can be seen by visualizing the way the sights line up.
You need to know whether to hold under the bull or in it, too . I've got night sights on one gun that want a "cover the bull" hold. That's different, although NBD at under 10 yards....
Regards,
Maybe you've got more than one gun, which leads to more than one front sight....
The first time I took my daughter (she's 19 now) out to shoot, I realized that while we'd gone over most of the safety stuff, I'd forgotten "sight picture". I drew it on a scrap of paper while we were driving over to the range....
It was enough for her.
It's not rocket science, but you have to see it, and have the ability to process the information. The latter has nothing to do with IQ as much as with understanding that the invisible line that describes the bullet path can be seen by visualizing the way the sights line up.
You need to know whether to hold under the bull or in it, too . I've got night sights on one gun that want a "cover the bull" hold. That's different, although NBD at under 10 yards....
Regards,
Stu.
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Well sight aligment is shown in class, & we even drew pictures for the one guy, I pulled every trickin the book.
By next week we will have one gun equiped with a laser, & hopefully that will make it easier.
I want to say most people get it pretty quick, but then there are those that don't get it at all.
(it's kinda like slide bite, you tell them not to put their thumb back there,
I had one guy cut himself 3 times before he figured it out.)
By next week we will have one gun equiped with a laser, & hopefully that will make it easier.
I want to say most people get it pretty quick, but then there are those that don't get it at all.
(it's kinda like slide bite, you tell them not to put their thumb back there,
I had one guy cut himself 3 times before he figured it out.)
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