tb-av
09-18-10, 07:55
First off I just wanted to thank those that have replied to threads about grip ( thumbs forward ) and curing a flinch from other threads.
I am really feeling good about the thumbs forward grip now. I was doing it incorrectly before the recent help.
The flinch I'm still working on and honestly I think the only way I'm going to fix that is with the dummy rounds which I need to order.
Now to my next dilemma. Sight Alignment.
I used to set my sights for Bullseye with a 6 O'clock hold. So the target ( black ) was always sitting right on the front sight post. Now that I am mostly interested in practical shooting I find myself wanting to point the sight as close to what I want to hit as possible.
My problem is, as the target gets smaller the sight actually overwhelms the target. As an example, yesterday I was shooting at 25 yards and using the PT.com FAST and Dot Torture. I know they are not meant for that but that's what I had.
When aiming at the 4x6 "head" on the FAST and using POA=POI, I can barely tell where the target is. To get a center hit the sights block half the target so I'm trying to hit a line basically on a 2x6 horizontal rectangle. My natural wobble is all over that. I can hit the box but might have one shot in and four out.
Next was the DOT Torture target. Although I can see the individual dots, once I focus on the front sight they are 1)too small so as to be obscured by the sight, 2) overwhelmed by my wobble, 3)fade out to the point I actually loose them. Again, I might hit one dot with the remaining four shots over near an adjacent dot.
So my question is, does any of this point to a defect in my thinking and ability on sight alignment and picture? Is it still related to trigger control and flinch? Both, other, etc? Any suggestions for a course of cure.
Oh, bth, blade type target sights if that makes a difference.
Thanks again,
Tom B.
I am really feeling good about the thumbs forward grip now. I was doing it incorrectly before the recent help.
The flinch I'm still working on and honestly I think the only way I'm going to fix that is with the dummy rounds which I need to order.
Now to my next dilemma. Sight Alignment.
I used to set my sights for Bullseye with a 6 O'clock hold. So the target ( black ) was always sitting right on the front sight post. Now that I am mostly interested in practical shooting I find myself wanting to point the sight as close to what I want to hit as possible.
My problem is, as the target gets smaller the sight actually overwhelms the target. As an example, yesterday I was shooting at 25 yards and using the PT.com FAST and Dot Torture. I know they are not meant for that but that's what I had.
When aiming at the 4x6 "head" on the FAST and using POA=POI, I can barely tell where the target is. To get a center hit the sights block half the target so I'm trying to hit a line basically on a 2x6 horizontal rectangle. My natural wobble is all over that. I can hit the box but might have one shot in and four out.
Next was the DOT Torture target. Although I can see the individual dots, once I focus on the front sight they are 1)too small so as to be obscured by the sight, 2) overwhelmed by my wobble, 3)fade out to the point I actually loose them. Again, I might hit one dot with the remaining four shots over near an adjacent dot.
So my question is, does any of this point to a defect in my thinking and ability on sight alignment and picture? Is it still related to trigger control and flinch? Both, other, etc? Any suggestions for a course of cure.
Oh, bth, blade type target sights if that makes a difference.
Thanks again,
Tom B.