So, I'm 68 and my eyesight finally got to the point that I simply cannot see that I have a good sight picture, I had to figure it out. I recently replaced my old G17 with a new G19 MOS with dual illuminated RMR. I zeroed it at 10 yards on a bag and then shot the target below at 7 yards, 25 shots, slow fire, isosceles. I was a competitive rifle shooter for a few years decades back but I've never done anything with pistol other than just shooting for fun. I think I'm doing pretty well but I'd like to hear how well I'm doing from a group that has a lot of pistol shooting experience. So, fire away (pun intended).
FWIW, I do like the new RMR. It takes a little bit of getting used to it but it's actually not as bad as I thought it would be. It was actually kind of fun shooting for a change...it had been a while since I could say that about shooting any handgun.
Optics are the fix for when you can no longer get the rear and front sight on the target. And USPSA even created a new division for dot guns, Carry Optics. Basically a Production gun with a dot. Lots of younger guys have started running these lately because they are target focused, not front sight focused (fuzzy rear sight and fuzzy target with razor sharp front sight). Take it out to 40 yards and see what it looks like. The dot makes it pretty easy to take down B zone (6" square) steels also. By the way, the quick way to sight in a dot is to use one of the laser bore sighters in the chamber. I set mine to zero at 33 yards. These are 2 of my Open Division Glocks, a G24C and a G17L (Major 9). The first dots made in the 70's were not as compact as what we have today. Plus there is a huge selection of high quality dots at very reasonable prices, from the entry level Burris FastFire III to the DeltaPoint Pro. You don't need to get a new MOS gun, just get the dovetail adapter.
I still have my old Tasco ProPoint. Like the size of a hand grenade, and you had to carry about 20 extra batteries with you to get thru a match.....
You're too close to the target. Instead of shooting 25 at 7 yards, try 5 at 7/10/15/20. See if the group just opens up conically, or other things start to change. See if you can call all the hits - especially the ones outside the red.
So, I'm 68 and my eyesight finally got to the point that I simply cannot see that I have a good sight picture, I had to figure it out. I recently replaced my old G17 with a new G19 MOS with dual illuminated RMR. I zeroed it at 10 yards on a bag and then shot the target below at 7 yards, 25 shots, slow fire, isosceles. I was a competitive rifle shooter for a few years decades back but I've never done anything with pistol other than just shooting for fun. I think I'm doing pretty well but I'd like to hear how well I'm doing from a group that has a lot of pistol shooting experience. So, fire away (pun intended).
Sight and trigger control work for whatever weapon system is used to send bullets through the target. So, I'm sure that your rifle shooting helped. Great group to my 68 year old eyes.
Everyone has different vision issues. I found for me the best answer was a gold bead or something simple. I have the classic Colt Gold Cup but the sight picture was difficult to maintain. I have a old 1911 with the USGI tiny sights. I can shoot that better than the match quality Gold Cup at 25 yards.
I remember back in the day you had to shoot the little red star off the paper with an automatic BB gun (at the carnival that came to town once a year). You won a bear the size of a bigfoot if you did it with the 50 BB's they gave you. You still got red showing. No bear for you. :supergrin:
Hopefully, none of your bullets rolled out. That was the thing with the automatic BB guns...half the BB's rolled out the barrel inbetween bursts.
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So, I'm 68 and my eyesight finally got to the point that I simply cannot see that I have a good sight picture, I had to figure it out. I recently replaced my old G17 with a new G19.
So, I'm 68 and my eyesight finally got to the point that I simply cannot see that I have a good sight picture, I had to figure it out. I recently replaced my old G17 with a new G19 MOS with dual illuminated RMR. I zeroed it at 10 yards on a bag and then shot the target below at 7 yards, 25 shots, slow fire, isosceles. I was a competitive rifle shooter for a few years decades back but I've never done anything with pistol other than just shooting for fun. I think I'm doing pretty well but I'd like to hear how well I'm doing from a group that has a lot of pistol shooting experience. So, fire away (pun intended).
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