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Old 06-09-2017, 09:10 AM
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Your best sight picture is accomplished with black sights against a light background. That is why target shooters use a 6 o'clock hold.
That may be part of why, but not the main reason. It is much more precise to aim at the bottom edge of a circle than to aim for the center. It gives a better visual cue for eliminating both elevation and windage error, and that's true regardless of whether the circle is black on a white background or vice versa.
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