canvasbck wrote:As a competitive shooter, I used to believe that 7 yards and in the speed that you gain was worth the slight sacrifice in accuracy. I can now unequivocally state that is NOT the case. Beyond about 2 yards, the most efficient way to shoot is with a perfect grip AND a focused front sight. This is not intuition or what I feel like is best, this is thousands of rounds with the math being done. For my skill set, it's almost never worth losing focus on the front site. For anyone with a lesser skill set than USPSA B class or IDPA master, its never worth losing focus on the front site.
for matches, at least in my experience.
Charles makes some interesting points above regarding real life scenarios and inability to see the front sight, though. I do like the idea of practicing firing at different points during the draw and firearm presentation. I also like the idea of practicing firing while backing up. IDPA is good training for this.