OK, Art,you've got my attention. Up till now, I've based all my learning on this matter (sighting) on the opinions of expert coaches and World and Olympic champions - and it also seems to work for me over many years. When I do see the front sight clearly (and with all other factors - trigger control, etc working correctly), it is a good shot.ShootingSight wrote:...my decided opinion is that you do NOT want to focus on the front sight. Based on my testing, you want to focus at the hyperfocal distance of the rear sight. This is the focal distance at which your eye's natural depth of field (or the depth of filed afforded by an aperture) is centralized between the rear sight and the target. What this means is that the rear sight and the target will be equally blurry, and the front sight, which is solidly inside your depth of field will be slightly clearer than either the rear sight or the target. However your actual focal point is not ON the front sight, but out beyond it.
It sounds like you have never actually done this but your theory sounds good so I'll follow along and might even try it - right up the time when it starts to get freaky!