So I may have stumbled upon a strange phenomenon today.
The previous range i used to shoot at was positioned in a way that the sun traveled from downrange towards the shooter as the day went on. The range I shoot at now the sun travels from the right side of the bay to the left side.
I was getting really frustrated shooting a compact pistol and it was shooting WAY high and to the right, somewhere like 4 inches high and right. I had grown accustomed to aligning the tops of the sights rather than the white dots since it's more universal. So then I finally used the white dots and whaddya know I'm shooting POA now. That NEVER happened before and I've had this pistol for 8 years maybe.
I think perhaps the sunlight, coming in at an angle, affected my perception of the space between the front sight post and rear posts. Or it highlighted one of the surfaces of the iron sights and made me want to give it more space - who knows. Inside I thought, "these white dots are so far apart, it's so imprecise" but it worked way better than my traditional method.
Anyone have a similar experience? Here I thought the old school method was fool-proof because the dots / bars / triangles can be gimmicky. But being recessed into the sights, the dots may be less prone to glare or less affected by uneven lighting.
The previous range i used to shoot at was positioned in a way that the sun traveled from downrange towards the shooter as the day went on. The range I shoot at now the sun travels from the right side of the bay to the left side.
I was getting really frustrated shooting a compact pistol and it was shooting WAY high and to the right, somewhere like 4 inches high and right. I had grown accustomed to aligning the tops of the sights rather than the white dots since it's more universal. So then I finally used the white dots and whaddya know I'm shooting POA now. That NEVER happened before and I've had this pistol for 8 years maybe.
I think perhaps the sunlight, coming in at an angle, affected my perception of the space between the front sight post and rear posts. Or it highlighted one of the surfaces of the iron sights and made me want to give it more space - who knows. Inside I thought, "these white dots are so far apart, it's so imprecise" but it worked way better than my traditional method.
Anyone have a similar experience? Here I thought the old school method was fool-proof because the dots / bars / triangles can be gimmicky. But being recessed into the sights, the dots may be less prone to glare or less affected by uneven lighting.