Sig Sight Upgrade?

[chasfm11]

I am curious and noticed you mentioned this earlier. You are having problems it seems putting the WHOLE sight picture together. Guessing you see the sights but not the target or you see the target and not sure where the sights are? have considered the eyes as well...... OH, and I did go fiber optic on all my guns and that helps a lot. You don't have to focus the sights to see the sight and line it up while looking at the target.

Gary

Thanks, Gary. The parts of your post that I selected for the quote are very reassuring. As I tried to describe in one of my posts, I can see the whole sight picture but cannot see small variances in it that are causing my aim to be off. I didn't figure this out until I started with working the the laser boresight. I can see the laser hitting dead center in the target. I can move slightly and see that the laser is now pointing to where I normally shoot - but I did not detect the difference in the sight picture between the two. I was hoping that using the laser might help me to see what I'm not seeing correctly.

Another point to be considered is that my p250 is a shorter barrel than the 1911 that I was able to shoot better. That may mean that small deviations in the sight picture are going to have a more profound affect on my aim with my Sig than with the longer barrel. Perhaps not. I will say again that my very first reaction to shooting the 1911 was "wow, those sights really show up."

All of my range shooting until PSC was done at Bass Pro in Grapevine. The bench area there is very dark and I'm sure that is not helping me to see the Sig's non-night sights. At PSC, however, my aim wasn't noticeably better. It is not just a darkness problem.

I've been practicing dry firing with several things in mind:
1. consistent feel for the trigger break
2. rapid acquisition of the sight picture and working to get a steady shot off by "2 Mississippi" I'm trying to practice engaging multiple targets each time I move up out of low ready or draw, with those targets more than 90 degrees apart. This forces me through the sight picture set up multiple times. I hoping that, over time, that practice will help me to improve accuracy. I attribute some of my accuracy problem to be because of my limited experience with a pistol.

Thanks again to all for your contributions.

Chas

[RECIT]

I think trying for multiple targets is getting ahead of yourself. I would install the bore sight tool and practice dry firing, watch the laser or have someone else watch the laser and you focus on the sight picture. (I know it says don't dry fire with it in, but a bore sight tool is cheaper than night sight experiment) Watch for any flinch or twitch of the laser just before/as the trigger breaks. Also have a pro/trainer take a look at your grip and stance just to be sure you are not developing bad habits that will be hard to break once you get your sights dialed in.