Paden
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Post by Paden on Dec 3, 2013 19:43:18 GMT -5
I've recently been wondering if an aperture sight might be helpful, and am considering trying one. Has anyone tried an aperture sight like the Warren One Hole, or similar? Any thoughts, reviews, recommendations?
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Post by Markbo on Dec 9, 2013 16:10:26 GMT -5
...My shooting glasses have what I call a normal progressive lens on the left or my weak side. The right lens, dominant or strong side, is tuned for focusing on the target at normal handgun ranges from up close out to 50 yards. The upper part of the right lens has a bifocal cut that allows me to focus on the front sight. The way it works for me is that I aim my gun at the target, which appears clearly, I then tilt my head only slightly forward as I would normally do anyhow, and voila, my front sight is sharp and clear, while my target is now blurry, but believe me, it's the front sight that counts, hand down. This system really works for me, but may not be for everyone. Ah ha! So you have full range progressive in your non dominate eye and a bifocal on your dominate eye, but with the close up view on top - is that right? That just makes all the sense in the world since holding your head way back - especially on a bench - in the exact opposite of normal when sighting a handgun.
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mod70
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Post by mod70 on Dec 9, 2013 20:56:44 GMT -5
If you have astigmatism solutions that work for people that don't will not work for you. I have progressive daily glasses. They will not work for handgun precision shooting. However for 50 yards or so in I can use them with irons and be in the black, but I believe it is because of a fair amount of bullseye shooting and a feeling for correct alignment it sure isn't sight picture. Now when I shoot highpower I have knobloch's and adjust the eye alignment for each position. Also have a pair for bullseye and international pistol airgun etc. These all three are different prescriptions. My eyes started going in early 40's. I'll tell you there is no easy road with age and iron sights. I have a good eye Doctor that understands shooting, but that is because we kept at him on it he was not in the beginning, although he thought he did. If I didn't like shooting irons so much I would shoot scope most of the time which I do when shooting bullseye many like red dots. I have quit them. Cheapest and probaly best for most scope or dot. I'll say one more thing I have a full drawer of old lens, and need new perscription's almost every year a huge amount of money here. Good luck there is a solution out there! John Roberts
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snappy
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Post by snappy on Dec 12, 2013 19:30:38 GMT -5
... My eyes started going in early 40's. I'll tell you there is no easy road with age and iron sights. I have a good eye Doctor that understands shooting, but that is because we kept at him on it he was not in the beginning, although he thought he did... Good luck there is a solution out there! John Roberts Thank you for the info Mr. Roberts, (and axel, markbo et al). I don't suppose your eye Doctor is in AZ by any chance? Will do some calling around to find a willing, gun friendly eye Doc. Lots of great info shared here and I certainly have a good head start to finding a solution. Thanks guys.
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mod70
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Post by mod70 on Dec 13, 2013 8:57:08 GMT -5
No but there are a lot of excellent older shooters out there, so there has to be good eye Doctors that understand. They maybe set up for rifle shooters but should not be a problem for them to prescribe for handgun. I would start by checking some near by ranges where they hold matches, after the match most shooters will be more than happy to put you in the right direction. You might even get lucky on this site and find somebody out there that has dealt with this problem. Good Luck! John Roberts
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Post by oldjjmiller on Dec 21, 2013 15:11:11 GMT -5
I heard or read somewhere that the eye Doc can actually, with bifocals, put the bifocal part of the lens on TOP of the lens. This will allow you to can't your head down slightly which is a more natural position rather than trying to look down your nose. I have an appointment in Jan. I plan on giving this a try. I guess I'll see ( no pun intended )...............................JJ
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Post by dougader on Dec 24, 2013 13:37:33 GMT -5
I can see perfectly with my bi-focals... but I can't focus on the front sight and see the target if it is more than 10 or 15 yards away. So I see a sharp front sight but can't see the target well enough to place that crisp front sight on target.
A guy at the range has a pair of shooting glasses and his dominant eye piece (right side for him) has a lens that focuses on the front sight, while the left lens has been ground so he can focus on distant targets with that eye at the same time.
He says it works wonderfully but it did take him a couple matches at the range before he got used to them. The first time he tried them he could only wear them for a couple hours before he got a headache, but after that he's been able to wear them all day with no problems.
I want to try this option. Otherwise, I am going to have to put scopes or red dots on all my handguns!
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