This means you, as the shooter, will not be as able to visually detect when the sights are not perfectly aligned. Seems like that’s backward right? Well, to keep it simple, with short sight radius the front sight post will move very little in relation to the rear sight aperture. Without getting too far into the weeds, the shorter the sight radius is, the less movement you will see in your sights, and the less accuracy you will have. While somewhat true, the distance between the sights, called the sight radius (radii), is actually important to sight alignment, though maybe not in the way you imagine. It would seem that the sights on the weapon were simply slapped on there based on how big your gun is (hehe). All of this varies by manufacturer, pistol, and application, however, the fundamentals of how these sights work remains the same.īefore we get to that, a quick word about the distance between the sights. Additionally, the notch can be white, black or have two white dots on either side of the notch. This rear sight aperture is a notched out blade and the notch can be a square ‘U’ shape, a ‘V’ shape or even a ring. If I can learn to make a pizza, you can learn the mechanics of fine marksmanship. Seems simple right? If only it were that easy we’d all be Wyatt Earp! Remember Rubin you can learn anything as long as you can relate to the material. Sight picture is a little more complex-sounding but arguably simpler: proper sight alignment while aimed at a target. Sight alignment is properly aligning the front and rear sights on a firearm so the round goes where the shooter aims. In my experience teaching new shooters, or refining experienced shooters, I feel the most crucial step in the marksmanship process are two concepts called Sight Alignment and Sight Picture. You can hit a bullseye, or even two, with luck, but the accomplished shooter can do it shot after shot. Purposeful repeatability is the true evidence of an accomplished shooter. Conversely, if you shoot without being careful, much like cooking those pizzas without using measuring cups, your shots will scatter. If you are careful about how closely you follow the steps (and how well you manage pistol recoil), your shots will hit the target where you intend. Marksmanship, like cooking, is a series of steps that get repeated every single trigger squeeze. Or, if you cook like me, your pizzas will look like 10 completely different items. If you alter any one of those steps or ingredients, even by a fraction, you can end up with 10 pizzas that taste just a little different. The oven has to be set to a specific temperature and each pizza needs to be in the oven for a specific amount of time. Each time you make the dough and the sauce, it takes a specific amount of ingredients in a specific order. Now here is where pizza making and marksmanship share roots.
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