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Just for the heck of it, I decided to try an experiment, Scotch taping the right lens in my glasses, forcing me to use my non-dominant eye. Then I went and fired 20 shots AP. I had never actually tried this, so I figured it was about time I did, rather than just guess at the result. Guess what? It d...

I hadn't spotted that thread re: using a camcorder and a monitor. That's a great setup. I agree it couldn't be easily transported, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I have a big Kowa scope I've been lugging to the range for years for everything from 10m AP to high power rifle at 100+ yards. (T...

I advocate following the dominant hand. It's pros of controllability outweigh the cons of the cross dominant eye. I agree. Cross dominance is a problem mostly only for rifle shooters, where you have to put your cheek down on the comb of the stock to line up your eye with the rear sight. If you're c...

If sighting in a pistol could be done usefully by clamping a gun in a vise, they'd have done that at the factory and there'd be no need for adjustable sights. The whole point of adjustable sights isn't to make sure that the gun's POA and POI are lined up, it's to make sure YOUR POA and POI are lined...

AAlex wrote:Trigger is just OK, compared to the Morini.

Owners of the LP10 will spot this immediately as a typo. But others may be confused and not realize that you really meant to say that the Morini is just OK compared to the Steyr. :)

Also, there are some in circulation that were modified by Don Nygord to reposition the lever.

I find that having an adjustable iris in the rear peep and an adjustable ring in the front sight are both worth every penny. That's what I have on my Anschutz 1903 (smallbore rifle) and they really help my scores. Dialing them both down as far as I can comfortably, the adjustable rear peep helps wit...

At my last eye exam, I found out that the cataracts I was first diagnosed with about 5 years ago have become much worse, enough so that I can no longer be corrected to 20:20 vision. They may/may not be quite bad enough that insurance will pay for it, but now that I know what's causing the problems I...

mikeschroeder wrote:I would have to comment that if there's something better than an Ultradot it must be pretty good.

It is. :) There's a reason why the US military (with a more-or-less unlimited budget) uses Aimpoints. They really are that good, just really expensive.

For me personally and for other shooters I know who shoot both AP and FP, it's a lot easier to shoot Class A in AP than it is to shoot that in FP which I suppose is one way of saying that FP is harder. Compare, for example, the scores in our AP league to those turned in by some of the same people in...

I think I'm going with the Pardini SP New. Should I get the scope mount or is this not needed? You'll be very happy with the Pardini. Re: the red dot, this is personal choice obviously, but for NRA Bullseye, I use one, which is why I have two Pardini SPs (well, actually, one's an SP New.) One is se...

Fred Mannis wrote:Any significant increase in velocity would result in a decrease in shots per cylinder (less than 60?) or a larger cylinder, and likely no improvement in accuracy.

But what it could do is reduce the travel time in the barrel, reducing the effect of a poor follow-through.

Does shotgunning (where you need to lock on to the target) and pistol (where you need to focus on the sights) mean that they are mutually exclusive? Or at least a "bad influence" so to speak? I've heard that, too, but I'm having a little trouble believing it. What I notice is that the key...

Michael Yardley´s book "Gunfitting" is a small book u should read if u plan to keep busting clays! good luck! Thank you! I'll look for that. The book that Chuck Dryke gave me to read is "An Insight to Sports" by Wayne F. Martin, OD. The whole point of this book (and of Chuck's i...

Oh, I don't think I'll be going to the dark side any time soon. Right now, that shotgun's pretty outnumbered in my safe by all the pistols and rifles. It's something like 35 to 1.

This is a bit off-topic as it has to do with shotgun, not the pistol or rifle topics we normally talk about here on TT, but I had such a great time yesterday, I felt like I just had to share it. I've just recently gotten interested to learn to shoot shotgun. It's fun because the clays are such react...

Btw, it occurs to me to post a link to the Parker v. District of Columbia decision. It's a fascinating analysis of the Second Amendment and should be required reading for anyone interested in the gun debate. From page 36 of the decision: The prefatory language announcing the desirability of a well-r...

Yes, a stovepipe is failure to eject where the spent case gets caught before it clears the ejection port. The easiest way to correct the problem will likely be with a different brand of ammo. Every gun (including different serial numbers of the same brand and model) is different, so what works in my...

tenex wrote:Which way do the Pardini sights go?

Pardini sights are easy. Windage is marked with arrows showing the direction you'll move the group if you turn one direction or the other. Elevation is marked + (up) or - (down).

But I also have a small 'cheat sheet' in my international gun box with the American sight directions for all my guns. Speaking of "cheat sheets," what I find useful is to translate whatever the specification is in the manual (usually mm/click at the expected target distance) to clicks/rin...