Then the Next (Sighting) Question Is ...

[Mako]

Akshay (AD) brings up this question ... if he he shoots with a narrow rear sight ... but is being encouraged to shoot a Sub-Six hold ... where does he aim.
Usually ... with a Sub-Six hold ... the white above the front sight should equal the white on either side of the front sight.
With a narrow rear sight ... one is then back to a Six O'Clock hold ... :-)
He says it's difficult to Area Aim in the Big Sub-Six area ... with a narrow rear sight ... which he finds impossible to abandon ...
Any suggestions ...
I said to go ahead and use the Six O'Clock hold ... but dont' worry about exactly holding the Six line ... Area Aim over the Six line ... ? He needs to BELIEVE that his hold over the Six line will hold the Ten ring + the diameter of a pellet ... Right?
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[Warren]

Why on earth would you try to define an exact point on the target? The whole point of area aim is having an area that you gravitate toward the center of (since the eye will naturally do this anyway). When shooting on a blank target, don't you shoot a very tight group? Why not transfer that concept to the bottom third of the target - that white expanse below the black?
As soon as you "believe" your aiming area is the size of the 10-ring (or you have an exact aiming mark), you WILL be looking at the target trying to pin the sights on to that prearranged point. Forget the target. Keep EVERYTHING on sight formation. As you get more and more accustomed to a vague aiming area, you will find more and more shots will release in the middle of it.
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[mako]

That's what I've been trying to tell Akshay ... :-)

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