What should my eyes be focused on when shooting? I get this question all the time during class, even before the slide answering the question is displayed. The quick answer is the Front Sight Post.
But why? There are a couple of reasons, actually.
First, the human eye can’t focus on multiple objects along different distance plains. The front sight is the part of the gun that tells the shooter what he or she is aiming at. So it only makes sense to place the focus on that object, the front sight post. Focus on the target makes the rear sight and front sight blurry, thus making sight alignment difficult at best. Focus on the rear sight makes the target and front sight blurry, making proper sight picture difficult. The best answer is to focus on the front sight.
The second reason to focus on the front sight is speed. The fastest way and easiest way (as I explained in the paragraph above) to acquire a target is by focusing on the front sight and pointing it at the target. Doing this quickly, and well, allows for small sight picture and sight alignment corrections. Thus, getting accurate well placed rounds down range faster.