Hey all,
I am brand new to the world of shooting and recently purchased a new P229 .40 (with a 357 Sig barrel of course!) that I haven't had the chance to shoot yet, but I've been doing a LOT of dry firing lately with snap caps. I'm working on my trigger pull, grip and such.
When I line up my sight picture, I'm noticing that it feels rather unnatural to focus entirely on the front sight.
I find myself focusing either:
A) on the target (target is sharp, sights are fuzzy but still easily visible)
-or-
B) about halfway between the front sight and the target (where both are mildly out of focus)
I then use my peripheral vision to line up the front sight over the target (the gun has night sights + a fiber optic tube in the front so it's easy to see). I do this with both eyes open. I'm right-handed and right-eye dominant.
This method seems completely natural for me, and I have absolutely no issues thus far lining up the sights as even in my peripheral they aren't too fuzzy. However, being a new shooter I don't want to start enforcing bad habits early on.
Any advice from you grizzled vets out there?
I am brand new to the world of shooting and recently purchased a new P229 .40 (with a 357 Sig barrel of course!) that I haven't had the chance to shoot yet, but I've been doing a LOT of dry firing lately with snap caps. I'm working on my trigger pull, grip and such.
When I line up my sight picture, I'm noticing that it feels rather unnatural to focus entirely on the front sight.
I find myself focusing either:
A) on the target (target is sharp, sights are fuzzy but still easily visible)
-or-
B) about halfway between the front sight and the target (where both are mildly out of focus)
I then use my peripheral vision to line up the front sight over the target (the gun has night sights + a fiber optic tube in the front so it's easy to see). I do this with both eyes open. I'm right-handed and right-eye dominant.
This method seems completely natural for me, and I have absolutely no issues thus far lining up the sights as even in my peripheral they aren't too fuzzy. However, being a new shooter I don't want to start enforcing bad habits early on.
Any advice from you grizzled vets out there?