TargetTalk

what are you looking at? I find myself looking at the target, mainly to get my head in "position" before switching focus to the sight while lowering through the target. The target is not crisp and I couldn't focus on it if I even wanted to. Is it still a mistake to even look down range at the target? Should I be looking somewhere else and not try to have my head "placed" before lowering the pistol?
Thanks for any help, todd.

position the head by moving the feet...

For precision I will look at the back of my hand so that my focus will relax to the foresight as I lower into the aiming area.
For rapidfire stage I look about half way down range so I can pickup the sights on the lift and steer the foresight to the target aim area.

In precision shooting, I initially set up the sight picture; then fine-tune the sight alignment; then lock focus on the top of the front sight and keep it there with peripheral vision maintaining sight alignment. Call the shot as it breaks and the sight jumps under recoil; bring the sights back into alignment in follow-through much like sustained fire.

In sustained fire, I will be looking at the target and pick up the sights as they enter the bottom of the target, switching focus to the top of the front sight and keep it there with peripheral vision used to maintain sight alignment while pressing the trigger. Call the shot as it breaks and the sight jumps under recoil; bring the sights back into alignment in follow-through.

Avoid anticipation of the shot. Okay, that's not visual, but it trumps everything else in my experience.

For me it is very important to focus on the back of my hand and at the same time have a blurred picture of the sights (better of the "white " in between the sights) moving perfectly vertical down to the target.
I may focus on the front sights only when I am on the black part of the target. If I start focusing earlier I constantly score less....I guess the eye gets tired.