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IMHO, if you're using the gun for hunting or paper punching, whatever works for you is what should be on there.... The world won't end (although the folks who hunt for the table may have an argument for me) if you don't make a perfect cloverleaf on the paper, or drop that deer....
However, if you're doing SD, then the simpler the better.... Night sights, IMHO, are not a problem. If you actually need them, they're just there.... If you don't, they're iron sights. I have "XS" small dot's on a couple guns, and while they're a little different, they don't get in the way.... Red dots, or something of that nature, do get in the way....
Lasers, IMHO, are more likely a training aid than something to depend on. It's nice to have 'em, and to train yourself to use them if possible, but there's not a lot of need....
What we forget is that there are two problems to solve with our sights in SD situations: First, we have to have a very solid idea of where that round is going to go. Iron sights still, IMHO, give us more information (wider field of view) than about anything else. Second, we need to get the effect (it's a dynamic situation, so the actual target moves) of six rounds into a six inch circle at 30', give or take. Hair-splitting accuracy isn't necessary.... In many areas, ranges out past 30' (and Tueller was an optimist!) will invoke some magical curse on you because the Prosecutor believes that you should have run away, and ultra-one-hole sighting gear may get you into deep stuff if you hit the wrong thing because you "obviously were equipped" not to....
Just IMHO, of course....
So, for SD, to recap:
Iron sights - generally already there. Might as well get used to them.
Night sights - handy if you really need 'em, but it's your $200....
Lasers - you already should shoot well enough at close distances to not need 'em. But, as a confidence thing, or a training aid, why not? Just don't depend on 'em....
Regards,
However, if you're doing SD, then the simpler the better.... Night sights, IMHO, are not a problem. If you actually need them, they're just there.... If you don't, they're iron sights. I have "XS" small dot's on a couple guns, and while they're a little different, they don't get in the way.... Red dots, or something of that nature, do get in the way....
Lasers, IMHO, are more likely a training aid than something to depend on. It's nice to have 'em, and to train yourself to use them if possible, but there's not a lot of need....
What we forget is that there are two problems to solve with our sights in SD situations: First, we have to have a very solid idea of where that round is going to go. Iron sights still, IMHO, give us more information (wider field of view) than about anything else. Second, we need to get the effect (it's a dynamic situation, so the actual target moves) of six rounds into a six inch circle at 30', give or take. Hair-splitting accuracy isn't necessary.... In many areas, ranges out past 30' (and Tueller was an optimist!) will invoke some magical curse on you because the Prosecutor believes that you should have run away, and ultra-one-hole sighting gear may get you into deep stuff if you hit the wrong thing because you "obviously were equipped" not to....
Just IMHO, of course....
So, for SD, to recap:
Iron sights - generally already there. Might as well get used to them.
Night sights - handy if you really need 'em, but it's your $200....
Lasers - you already should shoot well enough at close distances to not need 'em. But, as a confidence thing, or a training aid, why not? Just don't depend on 'em....
Regards,
