Who can still remember doing this?

Always qualified with iron sight. I would like to see reflexive pistol shooting, though. I have never seen enemy standing still and waiting 30 seconds for someone to aim and shoot a pistol. I started a teen in Rapid Fire Pistol (25m, 5 targets, three rounds of 8, 6, and 4 seconds for all 5 targets). Having all the time in the world I never boasted hitting 40 out of 40 bullseyes with the piece of crap called M9. Again, I had all the time in the world. Darn! I guess I just boasted. Shame on me. As opposed to officers that closed both eyes when pulling trigger ;-)

Yep, all the way to All Army Competition at 500 yds.

Yes iron sights”,battle sight zero” windage and elevation,absolute discipline by the range NCOs and Officers,good old M14 Ft.Lewis Wa.1965, then of course they ruined everything with that piece of crap M16!

Absolutely! But damn, that loop sling on the M-1911A1 was a bitch...

I once shot a perfect score with iron sights. Haven't done that with optics.

I remember one NCO/Instructor who informed us, "We don't have telescopic sights on our rifles, we have iron sights. If you can't see your target, squint. If you still can't see your target, squint harder, until you DO see it!!"

Iron sites and qualifying out to 500 yds.

Iron sights is all I’ve ever used