On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:52:58 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 6/22/16 11:39 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:39:11 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

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My new Smith & Wesson target pistol with sight rail and red dot
installed, and suppressor in its little bag, and a couple hundred rounds
of CCI Standard Velocity .22LR ammo. I've been playing around with the
"proper" spot on the rail for the red dot.

I have thought about getting a red dot or similar but I am just not
sure why. Most of my pistol shooting at this point in my life is just
"front sight", basically just wanting to be able to hit something
"saucer" sized at 7 yards instinctively without really aiming.
I fire from retention and, if the range is OK with it, double tap.
I have rolled a running rat with my frontier scout, shooting shot.
(crossing shot, first round)
That is more like a station 4 skeet shot.


The Bushnell TRS-25 Red Dot I have works nicely and goes on sale a lot
during the year, sometimes for around $70. If I do my job with the red
dot, I can put 10 rounds into a coffee cup sized circle at 25 yards
while using a traditional two-hand stance with my now "departed" Ruger
Mark III. I haven't been to the outdoor range with the new pistol
yet...but I expect it will shoot at least as well. The trigger on it is
very nice. I've only shot it at the indoor 25 yard range, and that was
just to break it in a little.

That's a tandemkross charging ring on the back of the slide, about the
only accessory to the pistol itself I'll probably add.

My primary interest is defense at this point and that will be inside 7
yards. It will also be a situation where pinpoint accuracy is not as
important as getting rounds on target as fast as you can from the
retention position.
I typically train, hammer down, shooting the first round DA and the
second round SA with my Ruger p90. I start at retention, extend and
fire, starting at different angles from the target with different
targets at different heights.
My goal is to be able to hit what I am looking at without really
aiming. I just want the muscle memory combined with my line of sight
It is similar to spot shooting skeet (as opposed to "lead shooting")
In a defense situation, a slow fire aimed shot will be much harder to
defend in court and if you are more than 20' away, it will be very
hard to defend.