Depends in part on the type of shooting you're doing. For example, with a black bullseye, you can get away with favoring the front sight, because of the natural centering tendency and black/white contrast. With an irregular shape like a silhouette target, or even more so with game, you may need to be better able to discern the target itself, as distinct from its background.
Paul
Anymore, my targets on the farm are silhouettes in cardboard, or plotted on drafting paper and stapled to a background. Got a regular 300 yard and 120 yard target. Working on clearing a 450 yard.
I enjoy it more if I can get a good group in a kill zone without having a circle or dot to shoot at.
Besides, I don't know if I'll ever have the time to get into competition shooting as long as I still have a 12 year old in the house - not for a while at least.
But I'm always going to be shooting at something to eat or varmints.
