08-15-2018, 09:05 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by codenamedave
- I can believe that a good portion of the then-shooting public might've been turned off by the "strictly police officer's sights" line. As mentioned, back then in the pre-Cooper/Weaver days, using the sights at all in a defensive shooting was practically heresy, and competition-wise Bullseye was pretty much the only game in town. Both factors would lead to a user not wanting to spend money on custom mods to make dim alley shooting more accurate, and that's besides want we'd call nowadays "for law enforcement use only" prohibitions.
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This is an excellent point and I believe exactly right. I'm annoyed it didn't occur to me before you spelled it out.
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