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hi brand new to shooting less than six weeks into it i have gone mad on it and spent a bit of money on guns I own a match pistol but cant understand why the bull on the target is black and all the sights are black on your guns dont make sence to me, why there is no highlighted bull ?

Aiming for pistol is different from aiming for precision rifles and it also depends on your preferred aiming area.

to aim directly at the bulls is called centerhold. it is the least preferred iming area, as it will put a black sight against a black background, making it hard for one to aim.

the most usual mode of aiming is either the 6 o'clock hold or the sub 6 hold, where the black sight is against a white background.

6 o'clock hold is when you place the sight at level just below the black circle of the target, around the 6-7 pt ring.

sub-6 hold is when you place your aiming area at the 3-5 pt ring beneath the black circle.

hope this may help. have fun with your pistol.

so can you highlight your sight if you prefer to shoot centre hold like red or white on front sight, it seems strange not to shoot at the centre or bull if thats what you want to hit

Because of the problems inherent in trying to focus on a near(front sight) and far(target) object at the same time it is better to focus only on the front sight and let the target remain out of focus as this induces less aim error.
This being done, it is easier to visually resolve a round bull set on top of post than to try to discern the center of the bull.
Most (not all) shooters leave a gap of light under the bull on top of the front post as it is easiest to resolve the white light between them under these conditions.

http://www.targetshooting.ca/reframeriz ... ghting.htm

explains more clearly the reasons why.

Anonymous wrote:so can you highlight your sight if you prefer to shoot centre hold like red or white on front sight, it seems strange not to shoot at the centre or bull if thats what you want to hit

While you can certainly color the backside of your front sight blade to shoot at center of mass, I find it easier to discern vertical errors using a six o'clock hold and a sharp focus on the front sight.

While it may seem strange to have the top of the front sight below your intended point of impact, it stops being confusing once you understand how to use sight offsets using the rear sight's elevation adjustment.

For example, the aiming mark on US NRA centerfire rifle targets is 6 MOA in diameter. Which means that all one has to do to hit center with a 6 hold is add 3 MOA up adjustment to whatever the correct sight elevation is for the distance being fired.

Pistol and service rifle shooters are used to this.