Don't know of anyone in the GTA, but they do some TDSA training at Silverdale GC in the Niagara area. http://www.silverdalegunclub.com/Match_Results.html
Took a course from Scott a couple years ago, very glad I did.
P226 Factory Sight Problem
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Don't know of anyone in the GTA, but they do some TDSA training at Silverdale GC in the Niagara area. http://www.silverdalegunclub.com/Match_Results.html
Took a course from Scott a couple years ago, very glad I did.
- Location
- Ottawa, Ontario
These posts illustrate the other side of getting advice from forums...two conflicting pieces of information, both stated confidently, in the same thread.
Now it happens that in this case the truth is not hard to find...a quick trip to Kyle Defoor's website, say, or Todd Green (formerly of SIG) or many other informed sources will confirm that in fact it is sight picture # 3, as Gard says. But this is why I always tell people to research any forum info with more serious sources. In many cases you have no idea who is giving advice, or if they have the faintest clue what they're talking about.
Anyway the important thing here is that you got your gun running, and in general I don't correct the misinformation I see on the internet, but since we had two posts on this specific subject and the first one was wrong, I thought I would point out the dangers of listening to anonymous internet people without checking facts.
Misinformation? Tell that to my Sig or to your good friend Todd Green, it shoots dead center with sight picture #2 and too high with #3, and I know how to shoot thank you.
Stop being a smartass #### about my posts, right now. I'm sick and tired of your ####.
Stop being a smartass #### about my posts, right now. I'm sick and tired of your ####.
Well, you should definitely let SIG know...they would probably be interested to discover they've been wrong about their guns all this time.
Also it sucks that they spent all that time with their "drive the dot, shoot the shot" thing...apparently they were training everybody wrong. It's too bad nobody noticed until you but the main thing is now you can let them know the truth.
Also it sucks that they spent all that time with their "drive the dot, shoot the shot" thing...apparently they were training everybody wrong. It's too bad nobody noticed until you but the main thing is now you can let them know the truth.
- Location
- Peterborough
I have a p220 and im use to shooting sight picture #1 with all my other guns. After shooting a box of ammo through my p220 this way and only hitting the target 20 out of 50 times i realized 2 things. First i tend to flinch with this pistol more than any other i have shot even though i can shoot flinch free with much larger calibers in revolvers. The second thing i learned while shooting off a rest was that this gun likes sight picture #3. The front sight is a #6 and the rear is a #8.
You don't get it, my P226 doesn't use this technique, and not all Sigs use the "shoot the dot" thing, my West German P226 and a friend's german P226 use sight picture #2, we both have 6 front and 8 rear sights, not 8 front and 8 rear like newer Sigs do, Sig hasn't always been using this technique forever nor have they always zeroed their guns to shoot with #3.
It's entirely possible that you will run across the occasional sig that will not be sighted in for a "drive the dot" picture...whether that is because it has non-standard sights, or is out of adjustment, or was built that way.
The reason I brought it up is that you announced to everyone, "Sigs are made to use sight picture number two."
Not so...Sig has generally used sight picture #3, although naturally some variations exist, especially among more recent Sigs for obvious reasons, and it would be unfortunate for a bunch of people who don't know guns to not be able to sort out their shooting because they think that Sig uses a #2 picture.
I would be interested in any credible source for the "sigs are a #2 picture" theory though, if you have one. I can't think of sources I would use ahead of the ones I listed but if you can find one I'm all ears.
The reason I brought it up is that you announced to everyone, "Sigs are made to use sight picture number two."
Not so...Sig has generally used sight picture #3, although naturally some variations exist, especially among more recent Sigs for obvious reasons, and it would be unfortunate for a bunch of people who don't know guns to not be able to sort out their shooting because they think that Sig uses a #2 picture.
I would be interested in any credible source for the "sigs are a #2 picture" theory though, if you have one. I can't think of sources I would use ahead of the ones I listed but if you can find one I'm all ears.
It is somewhat common for the 220's to be sighted in for #2, something to do with stupid Europeans (did I just say that?).
but in all seriousness, almost every single major manufacturer of "combat" pistols uses #3 for their purposes. it provides the greatest margin of error and successful shots among other things.
but in all seriousness, almost every single major manufacturer of "combat" pistols uses #3 for their purposes. it provides the greatest margin of error and successful shots among other things.
- Location
- Fraser Valley BC
The information on this thread about manufacturers setting up pistols for sight picture #3is very relevant to my intrests.
Thanks for posting this.
Thanks for posting this.
