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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:59 pm Post subject: Trip to the range today |
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Well, they say that shooting skills are perishable and I've proven today that mine are almost dead... What was interesting was that I shot better without my glasses than with them. I was shooting a Ruger Mark II, iron sights, Centurion ammo. Shooting 25 rounds on a B-24 target at 25 yards. W/ glasses: 10 ring x 6, 9 x 12 and 8 x 7 scored 224. W/o glasses: 10 x 12, 9 x 10, 8 x 3 scored 234 points.
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Dawgdad Super Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:34 pm Post subject: Re: Trip to the range today |
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getting old is not for sissys
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: Trip to the range today |
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Funny I got similar result, higher scores without glasses.
I think it is because clear vision with glasses allow us to be distracted by many things, and over correct the aiming.
Without glasses, we tend to concentrate more on the "nearer" focusable objects such as the FRONT sight.
Thus improve the result.
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5002 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:25 pm Post subject: Re: Trip to the range today |
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Gelan, that's it exactly. With my glasses (progressive bifocals) I can see the target clearly but the iron sights can get fuzzy. Without the glasses the sights are clear but the target get pretty fuzzy. But I can tell where the center of the fuzz is!
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Suzanne Super Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:35 pm Post subject: Re: Trip to the range today |
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Dawgdad you got it right (you crack me up!) It ain't for sissies....I've been tryin to quit getting older...haven't a clue, but I'm tryin...If I could back things up about 20 yrs or so, it'd be golden
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15715 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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slimjim Super Member
Joined: May 16, 2009 Posts: 8314 Location: Fort Worth TX
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:28 am Post subject: Re: Trip to the range today |
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Vince wrote: |
My right eye has further improved...hopefully will be back as close to normal as possible within a couple of months. |
Wonderful news, Vince!!! Been out to shoot yet?
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cbsweeney Member
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:26 am Post subject: Re: Trip to the range today |
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I can see well through a scope without glasses, but sights are a blur. If I wear glasses i'ts the opposite. I'm glad to hear you're eye is gettin' better Vince. Good News for sure!
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Dawgdad Super Member
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:30 am Post subject: Re: Trip to the range today |
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I have to wear reading glasses to see the iron sights on my pistols any more or use a target shooting aperture on my glasses to diffract the image into focus...
On rifles - If the sight radius is long enough I am OK but 16" barrels on AR's have reall hairy looking front posts.
I have taken to using a small lens in my 20" Target AR iron sights to help focus at the front sight but not totally fuzz out the target at 600 yards. I am test driving a new tool called the Microsight that is a Zone plate diffraction grating that allows the images from two different distances to appear in focus.. pretty cool..
Microsight article
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44marty Super Member
Joined: Mar 20, 2009 Posts: 775 Location: Cheshire, MA; USA
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:05 pm Post subject: Re: Trip to the range today |
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Dawgdad wrote: |
I have to wear reading glasses to see the iron sights on my pistols any more or use a target shooting aperture on my glasses to diffract the image into focus...
On rifles - If the sight radius is long enough I am OK but 16" barrels on AR's have reall hairy looking front posts.
I have taken to using a small lens in my 20" Target AR iron sights to help focus at the front sight but not totally fuzz out the target at 600 yards. I am test driving a new tool called the Microsight that is a Zone plate diffraction grating that allows the images from two different distances to appear in focus.. pretty cool..
Microsight article |
If you combine the fuzzy parts of the first two photos, you'll have an idea of what I see with my outdated eyeglasses. They work fine for fishing, though.
Somehow I still manage to hit the targets, but a scope is definitely an improvement.
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: Trip to the range today |
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Is it me or is the center bullseye look like a diamond?
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: Trip to the range today |
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I have astigmatism on both my eyes, without my glasses, the center bullseye looks like a skewed football (ellipse).
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stovepipe Super Member
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:03 am Post subject: Re: Trip to the range today |
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Merit adjustable aperture that sticks to my glasses works well for range work with iron sights. So does a piece of dark paper with a pin hole in it. Otherwise the sights are a blurr. Use 1.5x readers from Riteaid for combat work. Rather see the sights crisp than the target.
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