what to do when the front sight is getting hard to see?

[stang]

What are people doing now that their vision is deteriorating?
The ramp front on my M29 S&W is a blur, and I don't want to scope it.
I've seen others using a diopter I think its called on their shooting glasses. Where can you buy those?

 

[skneub]

scope

 

[Juster]

I bought a pair of safety glasses to mount a black disc with a small hole in it, to act as a pinhole camera. It works well.

scope

Aye, I do that too .

 

[bush1]

scope

Yep, that was my first step and it worked well for quite some time. Now I just mounted a Burris Fastfire III on my deer rifle and that seems to work very well for my older eyes.

 

[sk8r]

scope

Yep. Up til around 65 or so I was good-to-go, but now everything I own has glass on it......

 

[tiriaq]

Use glasses which sharpen the front sight. Target will be less sharp, but this is workable.

 

[Kody]

Shooting targets/plinking with open sights still works but only when there is good light. Trying to hit a creature against a dark background early in the morning or later in the evening is a different story (scope required).

 

[stang]

I bought a pair of safety glasses to mount a black disc with a small hole in it, to act as a pinhole camera. It works well.


Thats what I'm looking for, where can I buy one.

 

[kamlooky]

Eye surgery.........

 

[tjsudbury]

I really lucked out. My sharpest focus is at front sight distance, and crystal clear. I'm a bit near-sighted, but my distance vision is getting better and so the target is a little less blurry than it used to be. Rear sights on a handgun are good, but on a rile not so good. Tang/receiver sights take care of that though

 

[Bartledan]

Get a new front sight. I find they get fuzzy when they get old.

 

[skneub]

Eye surgery.........

That's cheatin lol

 

[BigUglyMan]

The EE is the answer.

 

[redmist25]

I use a merit disc for peep sights and stick on disc for glasses.
Read the following brownells article from the link. these discs are what I use. I got them from a site sponsor , user name cidistribution or his website is www.cidistribution.ca





http://www.brownells.com/GunTech/A-Sight-For-Old-Eyes/detail.htm?lid=10836


With the long guns taken care of I wondered what I could do about the handgun situation short of having a special pair of glasses made to see the sights. Then I remembered the Merit Optical Attachment (#571-001-000) that uses a suction cup to stick to your glasses. It has an aperture with an adjustable iris that allows you to dial in the best setting for each sighting situation. Merit also makes receiver sight apertures with the same ability to open and close the sighting hole to suit the needs of the shooter. These can be added to most any peep type sight with 10-32 or 7/32-40 threads and are compatible with most receiver and tang sights. There is a large target version that measures 3/4” diameter, and a smaller hunting disc that is 1/2” diameter. I stuck one of the smaller hunting discs, the #4, in the range box along with the optical attachment for my glasses and headed for the range.




Merit Adjustable aperture on left, attachment for glasses on right. Two ways to clear up those fuzzy sights.




https://www.meritcorporation.com/products.html