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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey
Col. Rex Applegate had always stressed to me that point shooting as he taught it was AIMED FIRE and to always bring the handgun to eye level before shooting. I'm starting to think what he was doing was very close to what you call getting a Flash Front Site.
... and the words Col. Rex Applegate said surrounding this topic, that stick clearly in my head, were "this is aimed fire, not sighted fire"
Since Applegate's name is attached to some of this I thought I'd better get the quote right.
... and the words Col. Rex Applegate said surrounding this topic, that stick clearly in my head, were "this is aimed fire, not sighted fire"
Since Applegate's name is attached to some of this I thought I'd better get the quote right.
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Took me over a decade to finally grasp this concept. I'm a slow learner, but I learn.
COL Applegate was ahead of his time indeed.
With dot-occlusion training these days, this concept becomes more apparent.
This class helped me tremendously.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-1peBVqGpk
Pranka and Stoeger combined USPSA grand master level and JSOC standards in one robust training.
Coming from long range precision and national-level bullseye, it was super unnatural to target-focus. Controlling recoil with vision also sounded mumbo jumbo until it clicked.
I see that perfect sight alignment is but a confirmation of the correct grip resulting in the desired POI. So put the mental focus on keeping that durable and repeatable fingers and wrist tensions throughout the string of fire instead.
I now keep one ragged hole at 15 with the front sight blurry the whole time. Also helps with these old eyes
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