Apr 30
The following is extracted from various posts by Brian Enos on his forum covering techniques for mastering Fundamental #3.
It’s important to understand the difference between Sight Alignment and Sight Picture since it is critical to understanding the post below.
The greatest obstacle in shooting a pistol accurately offhand is produced by the movement of the gun in the hand (wobble) combined with the movement of the wobble on the target (hold). These all too observable visual inputs distract us from what is important, the aforementioned third fundamental of shooting – releasing the shot without disturbing the gun’s hold. Continue reading »
Apr 06
Stereopsis (derived from the greek word stereos meaning solidity, and opsis meaning vision) is the process in visual perception leading to perception of stereoscopic depth.
This is essentially the process where the brain takes the distinct images from each eye and combines them into an image that is more than the sum of the parts since it is a 3D image which allows the perception of depth.
There is much debate on shooting with one eye vs. shooting with both eyes open. Continue reading »
Mar 09
Sight Alignment refers to the relationship between the front sight and the rear sight. Nothing else. You can have a “perfect” alignment without being “aimed” at anything.
Sight Alignment should really be a function of your body index.
Sight Picture refers to the relationship between the Sight Alignment and the target.
Sight Alignment is significantly more important since any errors in sight alignment have a multiplicative effect on the target, i.e., a little error in the sight alignment will translate into a significantly bigger error on the target.
If the sight picture is not perfect, but the sight alignment is, any error will manifest itself linearly on the target.