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I like to have it appear just slightly wider than the front sight, but it's personal preference. If you have trouble gauging whether the front sight is in the centre of the rear sight, probably consider narrowing the rear sight.

Yes, the rear sight might not be so clear with both eyes open. The light from an illuminated target can help with the contrast. One thing I like to do is make the rear sight gap very small, so it appears just slightly larger than the front sight. That way, it's easy to align even if it's not clear. On the other hand, the target should always be slightly blurred if you are focusing correctly on the sights. Keep it up!

@@wonghanxuan7620 Checked it at the range today. Had to adjust my position a bit. It's all good 👍 Thank you 😊

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The purpose of dry firing is to focus internally, to perform the routine using only internal feedback, ie proprioception. We include the pistol in this ‘internal’ system, so we use visual feedback from sight alignment, but nothing beyond that. Aiming at a dot on the wall means using an external reference, which shifts focus away.

@@wonghanxuan7620 So dry firing does not train you to hold more steady (smaller area of oscillation), just the release of the shot?

@@CandidZulu of course dry firing improves stability. Stability comes from strengthening our muscles and fine motor control, and coordinating our breathing and heart rate. This will naturally happen as we perform our routine over and over again and focus on the feedback we get from our body.

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I think yes, that continuous load might not be good for your arm. I would suggest taking your hand out every 10 shots or so to shake it off, and a longer break every half an hour. If you feel pain in your joints you should take one or two days off. Also, it is good to have a separate routine for strength training. Your normal match routine which you normally practise might look like average 15 sec up, 30 sec rest, efficient and well-paced. A strength training routine might look like 60 sec up, 20 sec rest, more intense.

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There are no restrictions on the size or shape of your sights except that they must be ‘open’ - that is the sights cannot be holes. However, ideally the front sight is around the same width as the black circle of the target, to make alignment easier. Ideally the rear sight is just slightly wider than the front sight, also to make alignment easier. You should be very careful to keep the edges flat if filing manually, and you’ll probably need to apply some form of rust protection after that. I would question the need to adjust the height of the sights because they are designed to be adjustable around the target area at 10m. If your aiming area is so far off the target that you have maxed out the rear sight adjustment in some direction, or your weapon does not shoot straight, those are more fundamental problems I would address first.

@@wonghanxuan7620 Thank You so much. I learn a lot by watching and reading your every reply again and again.👍👍👍 (You reminded me to "keep the Edges of front post 'Flat' while filing". By this, (1). Do you mean that FLAT front post will give us better sighting on the target. (2). Or, if the "TOP flat surface" front post is accidentally made 'pointed' or 'semi pointed' will we be disqualified? (Is pointed tip "front post allowed in major tournaments?). Thank you....anticipating your reply👍

There’s no rule that the front sight should be flat, but it simply makes it easier to check that your sights are aligned - i.e. the tops of your front and rear sights form a nice, nearly continuous straight line.

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If you’re doing 60s hold / 30s rest sets, I’d say maintaining your normal stability until the 5th set or so would make you a pretty strong shooter. If you can do 10 sets with a straight arm, I think that’s enough stamina.

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There’s no secret, and it’s not equipment - the pistol men’s world record was set more than a decade ago with an LP10, and shooters have been hitting 580+ long before that. Professional shooters train for hours almost every day, including physical training. Physical fatigue during their 60 shots is not an issue for them, they can repeat their shot routine as many times as they need to. Their physical condition and muscle memory is refined to the point that shooting a 10 is the norm - in a good training session they can shoot series after series of 10s. This level of technique and stamina is not achievable for those of us who can only train a few times a week. The only reason why these shooters don’t have perfect scores is lapses in concentration and other disturbances to their mental condition.

@@wonghanxuan7620 Thank You so much. (Please continue to make more tips and techniques videos that you gained out of experience, how to approach shooting range during 60 shots match, and also while competing in finals with eight finalists, etc..)👍👍

Come to India and see the score of pistol at national level 100 of shooters are hitting more then 570+

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There is really no ‘best’ pellet. RWS, JSB, H&N, Qiang Yuan, are all used at the highest level. But the same manufacturer will sell pellets in different grades, of which ‘Match’ grade has the highest uniformity and thus the best consistency. The highest grade pellets are usually packed in foam trays with each pellet held in its own hole so there is no possibility of pellets hitting one another during transportation.

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Of course you can. However, it is rather uncomfortable to align your sight line that way - the wrist or neck or both have to twist a lot.

@@wonghanxuan7620 thank you so much. Continue to upload more videos. Your videos are awesome. Secondly, what pellet weight and what velocity is the preferred choice by champion air pistol shooters? Thanks.👍👍

In general the recommended velocity is around 150-160 m/s; a higher velocity means the pellet spends less time in the weapon and is less affected by weapon movement. For pellet weight, to some extent it is personal preference. The pellet weight and weapon velocity together will determine the amount of recoil (P=mv). Some shooters like a larger recoil to give them more feedback on their shot, because it becomes more obvious when there is unintended motion at the point of trigger. Other shooters (like me) prefer less recoil because it helps maintain concentration for follow through. However, the most important consideration at the highest level is precision. There is usually some combination of pellet brand, weight, diameter and velocity that will give the tightest grouping for a particular weapon. So elite shooters will clamp their weapon in a vice and shoot series of different pellets to find the best combination. If you go to a manufacturer to do this you can buy a large quantity of pellets from the same batch that gives your weapon the best performance. Nevertheless, I have found that even with random cheap pellets, the score variation with my LP10E was seldom more than .3 points, so we usually don’t worry about it unless we’re going for a major competition :)

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@@wonghanxuan7620 hi, is it allowed in Olympics or major tournaments to place some small "white or black colour" marks on our personal competition pellets for identification (e.g., on top, side, or on the skirt of pellet by marker pen so we can easily notice where the pellet is, when we need to shoot that desired pellet during competition during critical moments). Thank you, anticipating your reply.👍