New gunsight improves marksmanship

[Norton]

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/559490/?sc=dwhn

Associate Professor Timothy Kraft, Ph.D., has developed a new gunsight design that relies on subconscious ability. Opti-sight, a UAB-protected innovation, updates a pistol-aiming device that has remained unchanged for more than a century. Opti-sight promises to reduce the time law enforcement, professional and amateur shooters need for target practice to improve marksmanship.

 

[Sling1]

Link with video.....
http://main.uab.edu/Sites/MediaRelations/articles/71589/

I'm thinking I would like to give this a try....

 

[Eudaimonia]

I thought it would be more of a radical shift. Very interesting though.

 

[kohburn]

makes perfect sense to me - i'd like to try it

 

[donliv]

Didn't a company already try this, took a bunch of pre-order money and then never delivered? I cant remember the name though...

Edit: Found it...http://www.suresight.com/. I remember they screwed a bunch of people on XDTalk. Seems like the same principle.

 

[DD214]

http://www.suresight.com

 

[Eudaimonia]

Suresight doesn't seem as precise as Kraft's version. Besides having all the good looks of a road cone, it looks dedicated to defensive targeting (not necessarily a bad thing) and probably wouldn't work to well for the Olympic shooters.

I wonder if there is going to be a patent fight.

 

[DD214]

Suresight doesn't seem as precise as Kraft's version. Besides having all the good looks of a road cone, it looks dedicated to defensive targeting (not necessarily a bad thing) and probably wouldn't work to well for the Olympic shooters.

I wonder if there is going to be a patent fight.

I agree, I just thought it was funny that the article made it sound like he came up with this radical new idea that had not been done before, when in reality his sight is just a more precise version of the Suresight concept. Suresight even explains the science of it on their website, which may be where Dr. Kraft got his idea ...

.

 

[clandestine]

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/559490/?sc=dwhn

You want these for your 1911 dont you?

 

[bulletbill]

<cough> Steyr M9 </cough>

http://www.cybershooters.org/dgca/steyr_m9.htm

 

[inconel710]

Here's a link to the UAB Article with photos.

 

[boricuamaximus]

so now the front sight has to be sharpened. Now you can kill someone by throwing a gun and the front sight turns into a high velocity knife.

Can we stop the senseless gun violence? This has no puropose unless you plan on sniping deer from 50 yards with your sights.

 

[scribe556]

The Gestalt principle has been around a long, long time. It seems like a gimmick that requires real and unbiased performance testing as compared to other sights on the same gun to find out for sure.

I did a pistol sight study years ago using a computer simulation to find out what config and found some interesting things. I compared the iron sights to dots, post and dot, the Glock sights, etc.

Scribe556

 

[smores]

<cough> Steyr M9 </cough>

http://www.cybershooters.org/dgca/steyr_m9.htm

I have an M40-A1. Most people who pick it up love the sights. I know I do. Put the point of the triangle where you want the bullet to go, and as long as you do your part it goes right there.

 

[Splitter]

Suresight doesn't seem as precise as Kraft's version. Besides having all the good looks of a road cone, it looks dedicated to defensive targeting (not necessarily a bad thing) and probably wouldn't work to well for the Olympic shooters.

I wonder if there is going to be a patent fight.

I guess it's all in how you look at it...so to speak lol. I see the suresite system as potentially helping my target shooting skills (a lot), but I'm not sure I would pick them up as quickly and be able to align everything quickly in a defensive situation.

The sites that help me the most in quick target acquisition are the two dot Heinie sites....just stack the dots to make an "8". Not as accurate with them, but quicker.

I'm not sure I would be good with Professor Kraft's sites in that it would be hard to judge the vertical alignment on that front site. The apex of the rear triangle is imagined if I am reading things right.

But hell, the proof would be trying them all and I would LOVE to be able to do that.

Splitter

 

[JWLaRue]

Meh....

Seems like nothing could be easier or more intuitive than a holographic sight. Put the dot on target and shoot.

-Jeff

 

[mrozowjj]

I have an M40-A1. Most people who pick it up love the sights. I know I do. Put the point of the triangle where you want the bullet to go, and as long as you do your part it goes right there.

I have the M9-A1 and I'm a bad shot with other handguns but I can actually shoot with that gun. I attribute it mostly to those sights. I need to send mine back to get serviced though as it seems like the trigger won't always reset.

 

[smores]

I have the M9-A1 and I'm a bad shot with other handguns but I can actually shoot with that gun. I attribute it mostly to those sights. I need to send mine back to get serviced though as it seems like the trigger won't always reset.

Definitely not good. I hear SAI is top-notch in terms of warranty work. Steyr Mannlicher is still very much in business globally, even if US distribution has been screwy over the last few years.