subdoc
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Post by subdoc on May 25, 2010 17:18:43 GMT -5
Spent the weekend shooting. I had the privilege of shooting a friends 475 Bisquero and 45. Colt Bisley Vaquero both by Dustin Linebaugh. The barrel length was 4 5/8s on both guns. I had a real problem seeing and front sight clearly.
I had my 49th birthday this month and it seems like my near vision has gone down hill at a high rate of speed. At a distance vision is still better than 20/20.
What do you other mature shooters do to remedy this?
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Post by tullymars on May 25, 2010 20:51:24 GMT -5
I'm 52 years old and when my eyes went south I finally had an excuse for my poor shooting. As for a remedy, I can't help ya.
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Post by perterra on May 25, 2010 21:28:33 GMT -5
They got these dandy little gizmos they call eye glasses. ;D I had to go to glasses at about 35, it was either that or have someone else hold the gun for me and me walk back about 5 feet.
Good luck.
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Post by Mark Terry on May 26, 2010 1:48:55 GMT -5
It works as an excuse but all the things you read about vision, sights, lighting, shadows, colored blades, white outlines and all the other topics get more important when you get to our age and vision deteriorates. When you have fond memories about shooting sixguns at 100 yards accurately with open sights and can't quite figure out why new guns won't do what you could do with the old guns 25 years ago, then you realize your old guns don't shoot as well as they did 25 years ago. It doesn't help that you can't hear any more either.
I don't know the answer or an answer. I can say that it pays to try lots of things. I still am resistant to scopes on handguns but I can't I won't resort to scopes further on down the line.
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razor
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Post by razor on May 26, 2010 8:54:12 GMT -5
Green fiber optic sights have helped me alot. Also, taking vitamin A seems to help. Or just get closer,haha.
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Post by perterra on May 26, 2010 9:16:35 GMT -5
Green fiber optic sights have helped me alot. Also, taking vitamin A seems to help. Or just get closer,haha. Those fiber optic sights do jump out at you with the slightest amount of light. Here in Texas they went to a red silhouette target for concealed handgun certs instead of black. In a poorly lit indoor range, black on black sights shooting a black target is an exercise in frustration. I have always preferred black patridge sights but the older I get three dots or bar dots have become a standard for me, and I can just about give up on hitting well using original SAA or prewar fixed sights. Good luck on your choice and let us know which you choose cause you aint in this alone.
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Post by AxeHandle on May 26, 2010 10:30:11 GMT -5
Find an eye care professional who understands shooting and the need to focus on the front sight... As a life long glasses wearer (20/200) to see the front sight well I have always seemed to need more light than most.. I like my sights tall, square and black... Serrations give me something distinct to verify where my focus is or is not.. For me many of the fiber optic fronts completely dominate the front blade and eliminate the finer aspects of sight alignment..
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gunzo
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Post by gunzo on May 26, 2010 13:46:21 GMT -5
"Find an eye care professional that undrestands" +1 on that. My success was with Dr. #3. The first 2 gave me the cold shoulder, when I told them of my needs. The uninitiated just don't understand. To address your original question, I do see the front sight better now on longer barrels, it didn't use to matter when I had 20/13. Now just an extra inch of barrel helps no matter what type of correction I'm wearing. One thing that stands out now that my vision has diminished is how poor the lense quality is in some shooting glasses, which only worsens the situation. Wish I could tell you whats best, heck, I wish someone could tell me, but you'll just have try a lot of things to see what works for you.
Almost forgot your last question. I don't know about being a mature shooter, but as an aging shooter, my fix has been a pair of Bolle` Vigilante shooting glasses. The lense quality is very good IMO & are changable to different color lenses to take advantage of lighting conditions. The icing on the cake is they offer an optical adaptor that clips in behind the lenses. I have two prescriptions, one for handgun shooting, the other for shotgunning. The whole set was a lot less expesive than my everyday bi or tri focals. Good luck!
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Post by brettov on May 26, 2010 16:37:56 GMT -5
At 52 I see the front sight just fine . But the rear sight is just a blur . Same with a long gun . Now I use a scope for my long guns . My wifes eye guy is an avid shooter and hunter . His receptionist always warns me not to mention guns or hunting to him or her appointment will run real long as others wait there turn . I hope he can help me out this year with some shooting perscriptions .
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subdoc
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Post by subdoc on May 26, 2010 17:12:38 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies. 3 dot white sights are easier to see for me too.
I have "reading glasses" but at distances farther than about 5 feet things get blurry. I guess I need to quickly put my reading glasses on after I identify my target!
I will talk to the Eye Doc to see what we can come up with.
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Post by vonfatman on May 27, 2010 0:08:25 GMT -5
I buy guns with longer barrels. Really, I do. I'm 51 now and I'm selling off some of my snub nosed guns for 6" guns.
Bob
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mergus
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Post by mergus on May 27, 2010 1:35:06 GMT -5
Something I haven't heard anybody mention yet is Progressive Bifocals. When I went to see my eye doctor and told her what I needed to be able to see (front site/back site/target) she immediately reccomended progressive lenses. The bottom of the lense is for close up, the top for far away. With no lines between the close and the far focal area, all I have to do is vary vertically what part of the lense I look through in order to focus on the sight. The best part is these progressive lenses allow me to use different barrel lengths just by varying which part of the lense I look through.
Within the first couple of times using them I felt like I had my 20 year old eyesight back again.
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ronegg
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Post by ronegg on May 27, 2010 11:04:58 GMT -5
What I have done is get a contact lense for my shooting eye. The front sight is in sharp focus and the non shooting eye picks up the target just fine. My problem is I couldn't get the damn lense in my eye. It took way too much time to put it in. I have had progressive glasses, but never tried to shoot with them. Don't see why it wouldn't work.
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Post by walkswithgun on May 27, 2010 11:30:11 GMT -5
Muzzle contact
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Post by perterra on May 27, 2010 11:51:36 GMT -5
I use progressive and they work very well also.
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