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To: Gaffer

Just a note that if your eyes are a little tired it’s even more important to make sure your gun “points where you look”. Depending on what your favorite gun is you might need to doctor the grips. A lot of European style guns just naturally go “muzzle down” when you snap the gun up to fire. It’s the reason that the US military eventually added the swelled mainspring housing to the Colt 1911-—too many guys let the muzzle drop on a quick shot and the swell pushes up against the heel of the hand. Remember that if you actually need the gun it’s never going to be laying on a table in front of you at the range. It will be someplace else requiring you draw it all the while keeping your eyes on the target. Banging away at paper is good but is not all the practice you might need. When selling guns for personal defense I make people try different styles until they swear to God to me that the gun is pointing where they are looking. And that gun is almost never the one they first thot they wanted.


20 posted on 11/26/2012 11:01:58 AM PST by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: cherokee1

Useful info. A laser sight is very helpful, as long as it is easy to turn on.


26 posted on 11/26/2012 1:31:38 PM PST by expat2
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To: cherokee1

Actually, I practice this a lot at night while watching TV in bed. Point to the door or something without sighting, then looking at how the sights are lined up without moving my hand/arm. Getting much better at it.

My eyesight is actually improving with older age. Eyeballs shrinking or something - my myopia is getting better it seems according to the prescription changes. I think it’s time to get them redone again. I also am wondering about how laser surgery might do away with the need for specs on the range. Anyone out there have experience with this?


36 posted on 11/27/2012 3:11:30 AM PST by Gaffer
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