Originally Posted by
RobinC
I think for many years it just seemed more logical to have close gaps, it appeared to be a higher degree of precision, people did not understand that with a small gap they were seeing refracted light around the edges and not white space, and also the bigger the gap the easier it is to judge a comparason on either side, and things move on, and those that look technically into why often gain an advantage whilst others just stick on tradition. Small and tight sights fall into that category, some manufacturers are not that close to inavative shooters so they stick with the old school. Your good level shooter should try a wide big sight picture he might shoot even better (or not!).
We have a training aid for new shooters which is a dummy pistol with huge sights, 4 inch wide back site, with an 1 inch and a 1/2 gap, and an inch wide front site, I think its fabulous, the sight picture is incredible!!!
Just wait, some one will do it, make a huge back site as big as will fit in the box, nothing in the rules to stop it other than it must fit the box, they'll shoot well, and then every one will do it!!
Good shooting
Robin