Pistol Sight Alignment

Sight Alignment Demo By PhaseTwo Graphics
PhaseTwo@shaw.ca

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• pistol
• combat
• training
• police

[hulsey1976]

The only problem with being "slightly" off with your sights is that bad trigger control will amplify the imprecision even more. Trigger control is the key.

[gloctor]

@hulsey1976 Can't agree more that trigger control is key. The biggest thing to remember is the bullet goes where the gun is pointed when it leaves the barrel. If it goes off target it's because thats where the gun was pointed. The trick is knowing why you pointed there: poor trigger control, sight misalignment or gun just not sighted in to begin with. If you don't know what you're doing you can't get better

[hulsey1976]

@gloctor You bring up a good point about "if you don't know what you're doing you can't get better." When I saw this video I was immediately thinking: for more advanced shooters - just because beginners should have strong fundamentals in order to diagnose their performance. However, in a stress/combat situation this video is a good reminder that you can be effective without being perfect. I also hear a lot about training for point of sight in stress situations. Any thoughts?

[gloctor]

@hulsey1976 Rather than trying to teach point shooting I try and emphasize using sights all the time in practice, not that I would expect someone to be conscious of using the sights in a high stress situation but the muscle memory puts the gun up where it needs to be, when it needs to be. I first made this animation for beginners so they can see that perfect sight alignment is not required as well as to demonstrate how much out of alignment the sights needed to be when they miss the target.

[chisoxfan708]

On my Semi annual Department qual, my problem is I throw shots lower left of center mass. I do qual on the first try (We get unlimited) but I need to be much better for confidence sake! I anticipate recoil and try to correct for it. A Bad habbit I know but its hard to brake.

[gloctor]

@chisoxfan708 Work on dry firing but rather than dry firing slowly, work on getting a quick trigger press from outside the trigger guard without moving the gun too much. If you can move the trigger straight to the rear you shouldn't pull the gun out of alignment and if you can do it quick enough you won't have time to anticipate. Anticipation is trying to counteract recoil before it happens. If you do it once the bullets left it's just recoil control.

[SWAT518]

so simple but VERY helpful

[DrMrTrippy]

If you click the pause button it will do that;)

[WH250398]

THANKS! I was very confused about it!

[hulsey1976]

@gloctor I see your point. 

[gloctor]

@rara27 If the gun is sighted in so that it hits centre when the sight align at 6 o'clock, it can make lining up the sights easier as you are not lining up black sights on a black target. the problem is it is usually only good for one distance. The biggest thing is knowing where you are sighted in.

[Commiefornia]

@chisoxfan708 From what I understand that is a common problem and it relates to trigger pull. Practice dry firing your weapon and watch what your sights do. Using laser sights really helps with this also.

[starfire0007]

Wow. Thanks for this. I was wondering about this but didn't want to burn thru a lot of ammo to see how sloppy I could aim.