View Single Post
Old December 31st, 2007, 09:37 PM   #14
Troy Price
Member
 
Troy Price's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 95
Troy Price is a forum contributor
Quote:
Originally Posted by Matthew Temkin View Post
Thanks for all of the positive feedback.
While I have played with point shooting out to 20 yards I think that at distances greater than 10-15 yards one should transition to the sights.
Of course one can practice to see the maximum distance one can take this skill out to.
For years I have been a pure "front sight focus/flash front sight " shooter. A few years ago I realized that at close contact distances I didn't need to use my sights as much as I needed to be fast. I began a training regimen where I simply brought my gun in line with my sight line and engaged the target. While it isn't as surgical as "front sight focus" it is infinitely faster.

I have made this a regular part of my training plan. I have found that I get hits, of acceptable accuracy, out to 15 yards using this method but I prefer to use my sights after 10 yards because for me that is where the "speed versus accuracy trade-off" seems to merge.
__________________
Deputy Director of Training
LMSDefense
www.lmsdefense.com
troyprice@lmsdefense.com

It is not the ability to master the extraordinary that makes a warrior special; what makes a warrior special is the ability to master the basics extraordinarily well. - (author unknown)
Troy Price is offline   Reply With Quote