Rich Lucibella
Staff
What if someone suggested that one could shoot more quickly, at defensive distances, without a rear sight? Would you call him crazy or inexperienced?
This is a theory proposed by none other than my good friend, Ashley Emerson, during a hunting trip this weekend. Had it come from anyone else, they'd have lost me as an audience quite quickly. But Ashley isn't "anyone else"; in addition to being one of the finest (and fastest) pistol and rifle shooters I've ever seen, this man has forgotten more about practical sights and sighting techniques than most of us will ever know.
To prove his point, Ashley knocked the rear sight off my Glock 30 and had me shoot, from the holster, with nothing but the front sight (an Ashley big dot). The target was a standard silhouette at 21 feet. Guess what? After a bit of practice, the center mass shots were every bit as tight as with the rear sight!
Conclusive evidence, this is not. I did not, for instance, time the differnt shoots. Nor did I try it with a 1911...perhaps the flat top of the Glock assisted with alignment?
But I'll say this....given the source of the theory, it's worth further investigation.
Rich
[This message has been edited by Rich Lucibella (edited September 13, 2000).]
This is a theory proposed by none other than my good friend, Ashley Emerson, during a hunting trip this weekend. Had it come from anyone else, they'd have lost me as an audience quite quickly. But Ashley isn't "anyone else"; in addition to being one of the finest (and fastest) pistol and rifle shooters I've ever seen, this man has forgotten more about practical sights and sighting techniques than most of us will ever know.
To prove his point, Ashley knocked the rear sight off my Glock 30 and had me shoot, from the holster, with nothing but the front sight (an Ashley big dot). The target was a standard silhouette at 21 feet. Guess what? After a bit of practice, the center mass shots were every bit as tight as with the rear sight!
Conclusive evidence, this is not. I did not, for instance, time the differnt shoots. Nor did I try it with a 1911...perhaps the flat top of the Glock assisted with alignment?
But I'll say this....given the source of the theory, it's worth further investigation.
Rich
[This message has been edited by Rich Lucibella (edited September 13, 2000).]