How to Use Your Sights at the Range
Categories: Quick Tips.
Dec 13, 2021 // By:admin // No Comment
Sight Alignment is established First
Sight Picture is the Added to the sight alignment
Rules need to be mentioned at this point:
- Don’t move into sight picture until the sight alignment is locked in.
- Don’t change the sight alignment while trying to lock in the sight picture.
- If you mess up the sight alignment while working on sight picture, forget about the sight picture and go back to sight alignment first.
Let’s walk through this step by step.
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Sight Alignment starts with getting the front and back sights properly aligned with your line of sight using your dominant eye. (nothing else meaning forget the target exists) |
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This is often described as:
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Sight Picture is moving the “locked” Sight Alignment onto the target.
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Sight Picture should look like this. Eye focus should be on front sight (meaning both the rear sight and target will be slightly blurred) |