Picking up the front sight. A question for the gun brain trust.

[Freedom Forged]

The short question is when do you pick up the front sight on your pistol?

Should I keep my eyes on the target and then transition my eyes to pick up the sight at the very last second near full extension. Or, should I transition away from the target early to the front sight at the point my off hand is meeting my weapon hand while the pistol is at my chest?

I really hope this makes sense.
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[Longeye]

Keep your eyes on target. As you press out, the front sight will get picked up in your peripheral vision and keep resolving until you have a perfect sight picture a full extension. This is a dry practice event worth practicing.


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[Erik N.]

+1 to Longeye.

I've put myself on the Stoeger Accelerator Drill a lot and at various ranges; I've also run a few competent competition shooters against it to get their metrics. We've found that for most of us, we need to transition to a firm 'sight picture' at around 7-10 yards. For me it's around the 10-12 mark that I need to really be getting into my sights to help reinforce my trigger pull; inside of that range, my grip and trigger press are clean enough at full tilt that I don't need to center my post in the notch.