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Originally Posted by pony up
"I sold the Ruger sr1911 lw cmd, the front sight was just too much of a distraction for me in the way I've run a 1911 since 81." Quote Brownie.
Brownie, would you be willing to illuminate this front sight preference? Particularly of interest is how you run a 1911 in that regard. I for one, and perhaps others, am trying to develop a more natural point and shoot with my 1911's. Am I on the right track? Your mil-spec looks just like the one I carried from 1958 to 1962. Congrats  Thanks Dennis |
I carried milspecs for decades on the street using any number of skills that don't require a set of sights be on the gun. I ignore the sights unless I need more precision that COM on a man.
Thus the higher the profile of the front sight, the more it becomes a distraction, something I'm not used to seeing with a gov 1911. To develop the natural pointing of the 1911 gov model, consider the length of the slide a finger. You're not pointing/aiming the gun, your pointing that finger [ visualize it mentally ] but it's in your peripheral vision, you're eyes are focused on the threat.
I'd say start by mentally thinking metal on meat, pull the trigger, then refine COM with that method. Find your own comfortable range so COM is easy if you point the finger/slide and center it [COM ] on the threat. Try not to look at the gun, the idea is to eventually be able to shoot where you look, with no direct visual input on the gun, only on the threat.
If you think of it like a finger, just point it, you've already got the proprioceptors ingrained with your real finger to point and hit anything you point at.
Don't hesitate to ask further if that sounds like giberish.