Charles L. Cotton wrote:If I have to room to extend the gun without essentially handing it to my attacker, I'm going to use the sights. I know the theory is that I don't have time to do so, but I respectfully disagree. It takes a split second to take a flash sight picture and I cannot think of a realistic scenario where fully extending the gun does not pose a threat, but there is insufficient time to take a flash sight picture.
Amen.
I have kind of wondered if some of my fellow IDPA shooters, among others, have experienced a similar epiphany.
Most of my (drawing from concealment) handgun training and practice of the last few years has been drawing and bringing the gun into alignment with my eyes, which has the effect of producing a sight picture at the instant the gun reaches the firing position.
Of course that's the theory, I have yet to perfect the practice, but it gives me a goal.
I was firing a stage, that I designed, in IDPA a couple of years ago, and point shot the first shot, the stage was actually designed to emphasize that option, and I MISSED and had to make it up with an aimed shot. The split time on the timer was less than what would normally be expected at longer ranges so I would suggest that my "aimed" shot was actually flash sighted.