In my 50's and having troubles seeing out to 200 yards

Good tips, do you mind sharing what the treatable issue was that was causing your eyes issues? Diabetes?

My case is not typical!!!

Believe it or not a stage 2 colon cancer caused major eyesight issues because my body could not absorb properly most nutrients and I had CRF (cancer related fatigue).

After most of the tumor was removed, my eyesight especially visual acuity and night vision improved drastically in 2 weeks, my VO2 max increased by 12% in 3 weeks and my hair stated getting much darker after 6 weeks!!!
 
Hi Just

Q
can you see clearly 100/200 without glasses? or do you need glasses to see 100/200?
I need glasses to see 100 and 200 yards. I need a scope to see the bullet holes at 50 yards.
Q
Hunting rifles? what is the farthest you will shoot at game?
I am not a hunter but I want to learn and take the core with my sons.
Q
do you shoot with both eyes open? or one eye?
I am not an experienced shooter, but for the 1st time I used a red dot, the instructions said to keep both eyes open. It was nice. I have not yet been able to keep both eyes open with a scope. I did have some nice groupings with the Ruger PC 9mm. As well I had some nice groupings with the bolt action .223 at 100 yards.

For my 100 yards zeroing I was using my naked eye with the 3-9x scope. The scope focus ring was maxed. So it was good enough focus for 100 but very blurry at 200 yards. I think that when I go to the range again I will set focus to include through my prescription glasses. Time was ticking to the last cease-fire and I should have tried this the other day.

I think that typing this out to you helped me a lot to analyze the situation.
 
I have not experienced what you describe. I am 65 - I have worn glasses since I was 12. One quick and easy thing to check is whether or not your scope is focused - most scopes have a lock ring at the rear end to "lock" the eye piece - the eye piece will screw in or out and then gets "locked". As per instructions that would have came with that scope - aim up at sky / clouds / a blank wall - do not want to focus at a "thing" - you want to be looking at infinity. Turn eye piece in or out - take another look - do not stare - after a few seconds, your eye will try to change to accommodate the vision - what you are after is to get the cross hairs to appear as crisp and sharp as you can get them - at the first glance - when looking at infinity. That will get that scope set for your vision at all ranges. May or may not work for the next guy to use it, but that is why it is adjustable.

With practice, you can very much train your brain to accept two different images at the same time - the business of shooting with both eyes open. With scopes, is easier, I found, to start with lower power like 2.5. Then move on to 4. I shot my last elk, it was on the run at about 125 yards, in bush, with a 6 power scope. You will get to the point of looking at what you want to hit - with both eyes open - rifle comes up and the cross hair is super-imposed on the scene - fire when it is all as you want it. It is possible that I close my left eye at the moment of firing - not real sure of that...

I was thinking about your issue of seeing the top of your eyeglasses frame. I suspect that is occurring because you are hunched way down on the rifle stock - so, perhaps try to use higher sandbags - get the rifle up higher - that way your head would be more erect, and should be more looking through the centre part of your lenses, where the best correction will be? That is all just a guess - I was trying to figure out how the glasses frame could be in the way, and the head tipped forward is the only way that I can see that happening? Sort of like when shooting a hard recoiling rifle like a 338 Win Mag or a 375 H&H - want to be sitting more up-right, with your head up - otherwise will pound you pretty good...

Thank you, this makes a lot of sense! I will explore this and sit up instead of hunch down.
 
My case is not typical!!!

Believe it or not a stage 2 colon cancer caused major eyesight issues because my body could not absorb properly most nutrients and I had CRF (cancer related fatigue).

After most of the tumor was removed, my eyesight especially visual acuity and night vision improved drastically in 2 weeks, my VO2 max increased by 12% in 3 weeks and my hair stated getting much darker after 6 weeks!!!

Thanks for sharing, I had never heard of that before.
Stay well!
 
Hello, just so you all know it was not my eyes as the main culprit. It was a combo of lack of knowledge and put that together with my eyes equaled pure failure.
I will go out again this coming weekend to zero properly and know what my ammo fps and weights are. Had a Homer fail!
 
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