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Gun Control & RKBA

Kaleva

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4. Maybe the same way i don't use the sights on my revolver. I point shoot.

Reply to Throck (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 28, 2020, 06:39 PM

Nov 2020

But I'm not trying to hit a target beyond 21 feet.

I decided long ago that there's no way I'll be able to put in the training to instinctively use the sights when dealing with a meth head hell bent on mayhem who has broken into my house. Faced with such an antagonist, instinct will most likely take over and I'll be blind to everything but the antagonist.

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Look at the pictures in the article? Throck Nov 2020 #1

Modern rilfes are often sold without iron sights. Perhaps she was posing for the photos with a Dial H For Hero Nov 2020 #2

Staged photos undermine the story. Throck Nov 2020 #3

Or maybe she's just that good at point shooting friendly_iconoclast Nov 2020 #5

Maybe the same way i don't use the sights on my revolver. I point shoot. Kaleva Nov 2020 #4

I've got a flashlight/laser combo on my home-defense pistols krispos42 Nov 2020 #6

I think a thread discussing the pros and cons of point shooting would be quite interesting. Kaleva Nov 2020 #8

Well, you can easily start one... krispos42 Nov 2020 #9

The accessory rail on the top of the gun can be used... krispos42 Nov 2020 #7

The target from the same article... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2020 #11

LOL! Nt USALiberal Nov 2020 #10