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I agree with your comments. It reminds me of one of the Bibb Co Sheriffs from the early 90s. He hated Glocks and that's why I think they're still using Smiths. But that's not the point. This particular old head sherriff told the higher ups he wanted to remove the rear sights from duty pistols because the duputies should be looking at where the front sight is at all times. I assumed the point he was getting at was to get them to instinctively find the target and not take a.lot of time looking for the perfect sight picture.The non-cop, non-military guy who said online
that the “FBI data” demonstrated that the “vast majority” of shooting confrontations happen “within six yards.”
and stated that, at twenty feet, he can put a hit from his snub in the “abdomen” of a silhouette target … in less than a second …
... is smart, I think.
Always aligning your sights is a mistake if it slows you down significantly
and if,
also, shooting while looking across your gun's entire top side while "pointing" it gets you good hits faster.
5 yards is certainly in my "pointing gets good groups" distance.
I'm not sure about 7 or 10 yards, with a .38 or .357 snubby revolver.
I'm sure that at 15 yds, I'd better be using the sights,
even if it takes an extra half a second.