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Originally Posted by ar15m4guy
Im not sticking to my sights because in a combat senario who has time to sight in your target. This gun is one of my carry guns and I want to be precise if I ever use it to defend me or my family. This is not for competition reasons. The baby glock is not the weapon I would use for that. Muscle memory is what I am after. I am curious what exercises would help me with that. Its so hard to find 9mm ammo so I cant really just get out and pop off all the rounds I have put up. Thanks for the suggestions, tips, and links.
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Look, I understand where you are coming from and there are multiple schools of thought on combat shooting. Rob Pincus with Combat focus shooting (or ICE or whatever he calls it) isn't so much a fan of the sights and teaches more of an improved index. He has a class in Knoxville at CCA in a week or two, maybe check it out. On the other hand, Kyle Lamb, (check him on youtube) absolutely advocates using the front sight. I fall in the use the sights school of thought.
While I know you aren't competing with it, USPSA/IDPA shooters spend hours on their draw, many with a 90/10 split of dry fire to live fire. They want as fast a shot as possible as well and arguably are the best at getting shots on the target quickly. Consider investing in what i mentioned above, or shoot, even use Matt Burketts free cpu shot time on his website with a target. Determine a goal such as a 1.0 sec draw and work to it.
I wouldn't spend time with the dime/casing/quarter on the front sight as that is generally about trigger control and not having a smoking draw (and besides, good shooters anticipate the recoil AFTER the shot is fired making this drill somewhat dubious).
Finally, airsoft can be a great idea, I use that alot for improving my uspsa shooting (though with sights). If you find you don't want to use the sights, this is a cheap way to practice throwing shots around until you hit your target.