Point shooting: Any SD gun has to be a good pointer, IMO. You can't count on the luxury of being able to take aimed shots due to the exigencies of stress, body position, adrenaline, and cognitive dissonance. A gun that has a chance of being a good pointer has to have a good trigger and fit your hand so that you grip it the same way every time and under extreme conditions. A gun you have to "adjust" your grip on just won't do, and one way to test that is to grip it loosely, aim, then look away and tighten up your grip as much as you can and see how much your aim has drifted. A drifting aim when you increase your grip pressure indicates that the grip doesn't really fit your hand. If the tight grip hurts or your aim's drifted more than a tiny bit, the gun's not going to be very good for point shooting.
I've already mentioned how comfortable the R9 is to grip. The level of comfort is initially high, and no matter how tight you squeeze, it remains high. No pain or even discomfort.
(I practice point shooting and eschewed aimed shots with handguns for decades only getting serious about them in the last few years so YMMV. A
GREAT point shooter you may be familiar with is Bob Munden.) IMO, the R9 is a natural pointer. My aim only shifts an inch or so on the squeeze test.
Okay, the next obvious validation of the R9 as a pointer is testing it. For that, I mounted my LaserBlaster (a laser toy that fits into the barrel and "fires" a momentary red dot at whatever the muzzle's pointed at when the trigger's pulled). From 7 yards, I was able to easily hit COM every time, a doorknob about 1/3 of the time, and a face size area about 3/4 of the time. None of these were aimed shots, and every one was picking up the gun from a table while looking at the target, then firing as soon as possible without even glancing at the sights.
This gun, ladies and gentlemen, friends and foes, and curious felons and wannabes, is a natural pointer!
BTW, Eric told me they were shooting golf balls consistently with one of the early prototypes. No sights at all. Easy for me to believe!
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