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I got an email from Front Sight after I gave them my email address:

What a load of....
Before I share a little known and rarely talked about firearms training secret, I need to make sure you have some quick background information and know that at the end of this e-mail I have arranged for the Director of Security of one of the biggest hotels in the world to tell you about what happened after he attended a course at Front Sight.

Here is the quick background information:

If you have ever had any formal defensive firearms training from a top notch instructor, you probably heard them say, “Focus on the front sight!” The drill is to first line up the target; the top of the front sight; and top of the rear sight followed by bringing your focus sharply on the front sight. Once you have established a sharp focus on the front sight, you continue a smooth press of the trigger straight to the rear without disrupting the sight alignment until the weapon fires.

This is so important I named our training institute Front Sight and created our logo after the sight picture!

(There are a few in the training industry who recommend “point shooting” but we will dispel that myth in another e-mail)

But where on the Front Sight should you focus? The Top Edge is the answer.

So with that background information under your belt, allow me to share a little known and rarely talked about (outside of Front Sight Firearms Training Institute courses) firearms training secret that will greatly improve your ability to deliver precision hits with your handgun…

If you have a white dot or any kind of color or shape on the front sight of your handgun, I recommend you Black It Out! I know I just lost any hope of an endorsement contract from the white dot sight manufacturers, but my concern is that you are able to make the precision shot, When You Need It, every time, with your handgun. (More on the tactical importance of this recommendation toward the end of this letter.)

The key to a precision shot with your handgun is 100% of your focus on the top edge of the front sight. If you have a white dot on your front sight, take a look at where the white dot is placed on your front sight…normally it is place in the middle of the sight, and there is quite a bit of sight between the top of the white dot and the top edge of the front sight!

Your eye will naturally focus on the white dot, instead of the top edge of the front sight. You will mistakenly line up the top of the white dot with the top of your rear sight. Guess what happens when you press the trigger? Your Shot Will Hit High because the top edge of your front sight is actually lined up above the top edge of the rear sight.

99.9% of the people training with handguns will never know this secret because at conversational distance, when shooting to the center of mass of an average size target, the minor difference between the top of the white dot and the top edge of the front sight are inconsequential.

So Why Is This Important? It is important if you want the ability to hit man sized targets with your handgun out to 200 yards! (Remember the Comfort of Skill at Arms from my first e-mail to you yesterday?) Yes, we teach our students to do this on demand.

It is important— and could mean the difference between life and death— if you want the ability to deliver a hostage taker head shot, from the holster, ten yards away with a first round hit into the cranio-ocular cavity (about the size of a business card) in less than 2 seconds! I know that sounds near impossible, but our students reach that level of ability quickly through our Handgun Combat Master Prep Courses.

Even in our entry level, Four Day Defensive Handgun Course students are trained to deliver first round hits to a playing card sized target, from the holster, five yards away in less than two seconds! After a Front Sight course, you will too!

What about the white ring on night sights? I recommend nights sights because most lethal encounters occur in low light conditions. If your night sights have a white ring around the crystal that holds the tritium (the substance that glows in the sight) simply use a black felt pen to black out the white circle then immediately wipe off the crystal. Now you have the best of both worlds— a night sight for low light conditions and a blacked out sight for precision shots during the day!

I hope you have enjoyed learning this little known and rarely talked about firearms training secret. We have hundreds of these “secrets” that we will share with you when you attend courses with us at Front Sight. But again, don’t take my word for it. To watch the impact Front Sight training had on the Director of Security for a major Las Vegas casino, click on: Security Chief.

Front Sight will make an equally impressive impact on you too. I am sure of it. In fact, Front Sight will more than satisfy your expectations or I will pay for your training. You have my personal guarantee.

Watch for Message # 3 from me in a couple days where I will share with you The Biggest Secret in the Firearms Training Industry that will save you thousands upon thousands of dollars over your lifetime and improve your skills beyond belief.

Feel free to share this report with your family and friends. If your family and friends would like to receive their own reports, our brochure, and 90 minute award winning DVD then please direct them to: www.frontsight.com

I look forward to seeing you at Front Sight!

Dr. Ignatius Piazza
Front Sight Founder and Director
www.frontsight.com
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I'm not fooled by that; blacking out my front sight? Lets say you could hit at 200 yards with a blacked out front sight.:rolleyes:
Most defensive handgun shooting takes place within 7 yards, and you'd be sacrificing the high visibility of the white dot!

Jeepers.





Bobisnotgoingtofrontsightinamillionyearserama
 
is the guy at frontsight the same that can be seen in a video, flying away from a firefight in Iraq, ducking into a hole in the side of the road while his comrades are still fighting and firing back ?
 
Your eye will naturally focus on the white dot, instead of the top edge of the front sight. You will mistakenly line up the top of the white dot with the top of your rear sight. Guess what happens when you press the trigger? Your Shot Will Hit High because the top edge of your front sight is actually lined up above the top edge of the rear sight.
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Sights that have a white dot on the front sight usually have white dots on the rear sight. If you're lining up the dot on your front sight with the top of the rear sight and not the dots on the rear sight, YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO USE YOUR SIGHTS! :banghead:

If your night sights have a white ring around the crystal that holds the tritium (the substance that glows in the sight) simply use a black felt pen to black out the white circle then immediately wipe off the crystal. Now you have the best of both worlds— a night sight for low light conditions and a blacked out sight for precision shots during the day!
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I'm guessing he's talking about XS Big Dot sights... I'm not sure where he's going with this. It doesn't matter if the ring is white or black as long as you line up the rear post with the bottom of the ring. If you line up the rear post with the tritium insert you'll be shooting low. And blacking out the white ring would make it harder to see in low light. :scrutiny:
 
I remember when dots and inserts first became popular. I switch sights on several guns. Wans't long before I switched them back.

The night sights on one gun have a rather bright circles around the tritium vials. I used a sharpie to black them out.

Each his own, I guess.
 
Focusing on the top edge of a matte black front sight is all fine and dandy, unless the target is in shadow or is the same color as the sight blade. Then what?

I've been in plenty of situations even at indoor ranges where the lighting conditions were not sufficient to see a crisp silhouette of the sight. IMO the OP email may be good advice for a bright-light target gun, but not so great for a defensive firearm.

(And I have Trijicons on mine anyway.)
 
I can honestly say that I know of only a few people that could hit a moving target with a pistol at 200 yards, regardless of the color of the front sight. Except for guns with blade front sights, I don't know of any current handgun where the width of a person isn't more than just a fraction of the front sight as seen from a shooting position at 200 yards. I don't know of any handguns where you can actually align the sights and still see the target in order to get a 200 yard shot.

Yes, I know the shots can be made. I have made the shot (with lots of misses) myselft on several occasions on a stationary silhouette. However, making the shot had a lot less to do with aiming at the target as it did with aiming at a spot above the target in order to compensate for the drop.
 
I don't know of any handguns where you can actually align the sights and still see the target in order to get a 200 yard shot.
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Handgun silhouette shooters have used iron sights for decades. Some shoot out to 500 yards.
 
I totally agree with what they are saying. If you are looking for longer range accuracy a blackened blade sight is definitely the way to go. Using a flat plane is more precise IMO than a round dot. Black will contrast well against more colors than white and at the same time doesn't draw your eye away from the target. Thats the key, not distracting the eye from the target.
 
I'll put this in the file for things to know when shooting man-sized targets at 200 yards with a concealable handgun.

I'll bet 90% of the people receiving that email can't hit a man-sized target at 200 yards with a rifle...
 
I've hit a 24" gong at 110 yards 8 for 9 with my 3913 (from a rest, and with a spotter) equipped with 3-dot Novak sights. I think the dot sights are more than sufficient; from an unsupported position or at a greater distance, the problem wouldn't be the sights, it would be me, and the fact that I'm shooting a 3.5" barreled 9mm instead of something with a longer sight radius.

In my opinion, blacking out the sights might help you a teeny bit shooting at very distant targets in very good light, but it hurts you at closer ranges and in less-than-optimum lighting.

Question: Where do most defensive uses of handguns occur? In perfect lighting at distances of 100+ yards, or close up in less-than-optimum lighting? Make your sight choices accordingly...
 
I use a target focus technique. My vision focuses on the aim point where I want my bullet to land on the target and then I drive my front sight to that aim point. I don’t obtain a hard focus on the front sight, nor do I even try, unless it’s a challenging shot and the situation allows me time to achieve precision sight alignment. The front sight is always in “soft” focus as a visual reference.

It’s really no different than pointing my finger at somebody – I focus on the person and effortlessly and accurately point the tip of my finger at him/her without the need to shift my focus to my fingertip. As the “target” moves my focus stays on the aim point and my finger accurately tracks the movement. Try this same exercise but use a hard focus on your fingertip. You’ll find it more difficult to intuitively track the “target” as it moves. It isn’t fluid because you’ll keep shifting your focus back and forth between your fingertip and “target”.

A hard focus on the front sight in a fight is unrealistic, IMO.

The only "secret" I know of in learning combative marksmanship and combative manipulations is to choose a technique and then invest the time and effort required to become proficient with that particular technique. Then you'll learn that there are no secrets, just plain ol' determination and hard work. Once you become skilled in your technique THEN you'll have the experience to judge the superiority and inferiority of other techniques, so that you can adopt and integrate what's useful to you.

Shung inquires:
is the guy at frontsight the same that can be seen in a video, flying away from a firefight in Iraq, ducking into a hole in the side of the road while his comrades are still fighting and firing back ?
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Not the same guy. You’re thinking of James Yeager. Yeager was a police officer prior to hiring on as a PSD contractor in Iraq. IMO, when the ambush happened his law enforcement training took over and he moved to cover. Yeager’s response was a training issue (military counter-ambush reaction vs. law enforcement reaction) instead of an act of cowardice. He merely performed under stress as he’d predominately trained as an LEO.
 
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EddieNFL said:
Handgun silhouette shooters have used iron sights for decades. Some shoot out to 500 yards.
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Not with any of the pistols that I carry for self protection, I assure you.

My goal with my defensive firearms is to shoot with what we call "minute-of-bad-guy" accuracy. Anything better than that is icing on the cake.
 
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