Navy SEAL Shooting by Chris Sajnog

Author:Chris Sajnog [Sajnog, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781943787012
Publisher: Center Mass Group, LLC
Published: 2015-09-09T22:00:00+00:00

Training notes:

5

Sight Refinement

“To shoot accurately, it is crucial to maintain front sight focus throughout the entire shot.”

I’m always surprised at how many decent (not great) shooters out there have never learned the fundamentals of marksmanship. Sure, they’ve heard about them or even talked about them, but if you ask them what they mean, they have no idea. Others have learned the fundamentals and have been slinging lead for years but have neglected to practice the skills needed to put effective firepower downrange using those little pieces of metal protruding from the tops of their guns. So here we discuss how to properly align (and refine) your sights in the event your scope, red-dot, or laser ends up quitting the fight before the enemy does.

Just after the invention of rifling, I put sight alignment as the second most important contribution to being able to fire an accurate shot. Sight alignment and sight picture are two terms that are often used interchangeably. It’s fine to put them together once you understand both, but it’s vital to know they are two different, and very distinct components. Sight alignment has nothing to do with the target (well, besides hitting it) while sight picture has little to do with your sights besides where you put them.

To provide exceptional customer service, you must aim the gun and give the round a definite direction of travel to the target. Accurate aiming with open sights is achieved by placing the front sight exactly in the middle of the rear sight with the top of the front and rear sight posts flush and equal amounts of light on either side of the front sight post. (Figure 3.5.1) With an aperture or peep sight, this is accomplished by putting the tip of the front sight post centered vertically, as well as horizontally, in the rear sight aperture. It then becomes imperative to maintain this relationship between the sights while depressing the trigger and discharging the weapon—this is called sight refinement.

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