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I just started going to the shooting range after laying off for 20 years. Now, I can't see well enough to target shoot at 50 yds. I can see either the pistol sights or the target with my tri-focals, but not both. Do you think I can get prescription glasses to help?
That is the problem with age and iron sights. I have a 2# scope on my Redhawk for that reason.
You might want to try over laying a pair of shooters glasses in yellow over your glasses and see if the tint makes it easier. If it works you could order a pair of tinted clip ons or order a pair in your perscription.
Yes, you can get prescription shooting glasses. I also shoot bulls eye pistol. Talk to your optometrist. Your problem is not as unusual as you think. My optometrist had me bring my pistol into the shop so she could have a spot ground in my lens that would allow me to see the front sight and target.
Oh yeah. A cheaper alternative is this little black disk. You can find them at Brownells.com. Sorry I forgot what they are called. It is a black round piece of thin aluminum that clips to your glasses in-front of your shooting eye. The disk has a small aperture drilled in the center. I have have one, they are amazing in pulling near and far together. I stopped using it because about 80% of my shooting is at an indoor range and the tiny hole cuts too much light. Outside it is great.
I just started going to the shooting range after laying off for 20 years. Now, I can't see well enough to target shoot at 50 yds. I can see either the pistol sights or the target with my tri-focals, but not both. Do you think I can get prescription glasses to help?
Your focus should be on the front sight of your pistol, not on the target. It is just fine if your target is blurred in your vision as you look at the front sight, it should be. As my favorite instructor says: "the center of a blur is still the center".
Focus hard on that front sight, ok? You should be able to read every line and dimple on that front sight as you can on your fingernail.
Your focus should be on the front sight of your pistol, not on the target. It is just fine if your target is blurred in your vision as you look at the front sight, it should be. As my favorite instructor says: "the center of a blur is still the center".
Your focus should be on the front sight of your pistol, not on the target. It is just fine if your target is blurred in your vision as you look at the front sight, it should be. As my favorite instructor says: "the center of a blur is still the center".
Focus hard on that front sight, ok? You should be able to read every line and dimple on that front sight as you can on your fingernail.
That's what I've been doing. I guess I was just yearning for the way it used to be....in more respects than one.
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