TRAINING SIGHTS
sighting of rear sight, front sight and target and helps illustrate
the concept of reflex red dot sights. A reflex sight, where the dot
is the result of the light from a light emitting diode (LED) being
projected and then reflected onto a partially silvered piece of
glass. This offers the shooter a singular point of reference for
the sights in relation to the target and can be seen both faster
and easier in many lighting conditions. While this seems like a
relatively simple concept, it requires a commitment of resources
and training time. For some, that investment is worth the time
and money. For others, their time is better spent doing dry fire
practice in order to overcome snatching the trigger, or another
fundamental pistol marksmanship skill. I noticed the Training
Sights cards have helped decrease the learning curve for both
pistol and rifle shooters using red dots by clearly illustrating hold
overs, leads on moving targets and much more.
A topic not touched on yet in this review is the
subject of child firearms safety. I feel this is incredibly
important in our quest as members of the firearms
community to educate others. The Training Sights
cards come in handy to put fundamental concepts
into a way, children like my 4 year old and 6 year old
daughters can easily relate to and understand. Each
day my kids use their SIRT laser pistols to train on a
target hanging in my office to enhance not only the
firearms fundamentals but their safety as well. Under
the watch eye of my wife and myself, our kids keep
their fingers off the trigger until ready to shoot, never
point at anything other than the target and treat the
SIRT pistol and other guns as if they are real and
loaded. To have these cards to so clearly communicate
with our young daughters has been a blessing as both
parents and instructors.
From teaching certified course from both major
organizations, there is one aspect that I have noticed
the NRA and USCCA both agree on in their training
doctrines is teaching instructors not to overlook or fear
using training aids when teaching. If I were to put
together a package of what I would consider essential
items for the newly certified instructor, it would include
quality electronic hearing protection, high quality eye
protection, a SIRT pistol and these Training Sights
cards. These items all represent the bare minimum I
feel any instructor wishing to start teaching from day
1 the right way will need to represent the professional
firearms instruction world.
Our training group has promoted Training Sights
products to our students and fellow instructors we
currently mentor to the point we even now offer a
special discount code. If you visit www.TrainingSights.
com right now and enter discount code, STG2020 you will
receive 10% off your order and free shipping on any orders
over US$25. As for our T&E set Bob Lyons was nice enough to
send our team to try out, they are still going strong.
Thanks to the top quality and construction of the Training
Sights products, they will continue to educate gun owners
promote firearms safety for years to come.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Overall, our team has really enjoyed working with the Training
Sights series of cards. My favorite part of these handy tools of
the trade has got to be the price. The basic pistol sights pocket
sized cards start at US$8.99 and range to US$20.99 for the full
8.5”x11” classroom version. For size and ease of use, I prefer
the 4”x6” version which run US$15.99. They seem to be the
best overall value in my opinion. Other designs such as Mil-Dot
and red dots typically cost around US$17.99 and easily reduce
hours of lecture into simple, easy to understand terms and
“hands on” scenario-based exercises.
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