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To: COBOL2Java

“With tiny sights, the Radom was clearly not a precision handgun”

A common mistake of modern shooters. Like the original sights on the 1911. Exceedingly small sights were used and considered precision.
They regularly practiced shooting at steel drums out to 300 yards and more. The small sight makes that possible rather than the wide modern sights on guns today. At 300 yards, the sight might be 8 drums wide.

People were still even sometimes on horseback then. And up close they used a point shooting style so the small sight was not a problem.

They weren’t idiots back then. Annoying when modern shooters pass their judgements on things they really do not understand correctly because they are blinded by modern tools and techniques.


9 posted on 12/05/2022 11:35:36 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: DesertRhino; MileHi; Travis McGee

Bingo dead on perfect post ...... I carried a Browning High Power Custom from Cylinder & Slide when I was assigned to Task Force 6, narcotics interdiction in Central & South America in the 80’s with a very small custom novak sight. Point shooter for CQB but steel noise at 300 meters .

Now I sadly have to use a stock glock to shoot criminals with lawyers

Stay Safe ....


12 posted on 12/05/2022 3:02:06 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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