What’s Best
It might depend on the amount of time and effort you can devote to the skills involved. Repetition is the mother of skill, and practice makes perfect. What effort will you commit to saving your life? What time, what monies, what level of tenacity — what sighting technique?
Another point may be the litigation factor, especially when firing a gun without a good idea of where those bullets are going. You can rest assured somebody involved is going to have a lawyer. If I were responsible for training others I would come up with a really good explanation of why I taught point shooting over aimed fire — or vice-versa.
If point shooting is endorsed, it would be a bold assumption to work under the premise that one knew more than the sum total of all firearms knowledge. Indeed, the basic foundation supports, “Looking at the sights is a good way to hit the target.” Think about it.
Just maybe all these techniques are correct based upon where they are applied. But then again, you should choose wisely, as only your life depends upon your selection. Besides, sights must be somewhat important — we name some of our most honored institutions after them: Gunsite, Front Sight, The Site and Insights.
Then again, on occasion there are also Loose Sights. Fortitudo Honorus.
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