Sights...For Old Eyes

[billwill]

It is getting so I have a hard time lining up front/rear sights and the dang target drop zone! Anybody tried the Williams Fire Sights on your gun?

I picked up a 22 semi-auto and the black on black (even with a little bright nail polish) is tough to see. So these sights look like they might be the hi-viz answer, for bright and dimmer light conditions. My little shooting spot goes into shade in the early afternoon. Hope these are the ticket.

Anybody had success with these?

 

[Bkreutz]

It is getting so I have a hard time lining up front/rear sights and the dang target drop zone! Anybody tried the Williams Fire Sights on your gun?

I picked up a 22 semi-auto and the black on black (even with a little bright nail polish) is tough to see. So these sights look like they might be the hi-viz answer, for bright and dimmer light conditions. My little shooting spot goes into shade in the early afternoon. Hope these are the ticket.

Anybody had success with these?

This is the only solution I found for "old eyes". I have a specific "shooting prescription" glasses but they're only a partial fix, the optic made shooting fun again.

 

[doublesharp]

Peep sights help me.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

This is the only solution I found for "old eyes". I have a specific "shooting prescription" glasses but they're only a partial fix, the optic made shooting fun again.

Same here. 1x red dot and distance glasses makes recreational shooting a pleasure.

 

[Fishinfool]

I think the firesights will help you. Nothing beats a set of crisp, black target sights for accuracy, but you need the good eye sight to go along with them. Fiber optic / colored bead type sights sometimes are influenced by off center lighting, and will throw your groups off a little. But, it is more important that you actually be able to see your front sight, so they do help.

Like Bkreutz said above, and optical sight, like a Burris Fastfire, Leupold Delta, JP, etc. can really help when you have bi / tri focal eyes. In the past several years I have mounted Fastfires and Ultra Dots to several of my favorite handguns, and they have made a big difference.

Larry

 

[roarindan]

I was at our local IDPA shoot this morning. farthest target was 25-30 feet out. I thought i was doing a great job hitting the center mass,,'til young Jacob came up to shoot. when we shot strong hand he was deliberately making three head shots!!!

 

[H Richard]

I'm 73, and without "help" I would have been out of any competitive shooting a long time ago. I can still shoot open sights for out to maybe 15 yards but only when I have time to make sure the sights are lined up. Welcome Burris Fastsfire III. (or any other reddot).
My bullseye gun.


My plinking and fun gun.

 

[HankG]

If your eyes are healthy but have cataracts you should get the cataracts removed. Social Security will pay for most of it. My mother was 80 and had it done and her eyes came back after the lense implant to close to 20/20. Virtually no pain.

 

[8th SPS USAF]

Old eyes

Check out Tru Glo's TFO sights. FO for day Tritium for night About $100
from Brownells or James installs for free if you buy them for him, mail your slide to him I have them on most of my pistols. Good luck

 

[ironhead7544]

Try an aperture on your glasses. Merit or Lyman. Or you can make your own with the right sized needle and some electrical tape. Try different needle sizes until you find the right size.

 

[Farmer17]

I had a big Bushnell trophy red-dot on my Browning Buckmark and it made sighting and hitting easy even for beginner shooters. But I wanted to get something smaller for my Ruger 22/45 and was going to get a tiny Burris Fastfire and I tried one at the range and didn't like it, I had a hard time finding that tiny red dot.

 

[scooter123]

I've tried fibre optics, you need the light of an overcast day minimum before they become really visible. At present the most workable solution that doesn't involve optics or Gold is 3 Large White Dots. Take a look at the sights on the Ruger 1911 and you'll get an idea of what I've found to be workable in the lighting typical to an indoor range. Gold beads are a second best solution but they can produce a misleading sight picture when lit from the side.

As for Optical solutions, they work very very well. In fact IMO too well. Because it is very easy to become dependent on Optical Sights and lose any remaining ability to shoot effectively with iron sights. It's why in spite of having 3 revolvers equipped with reflex sights I spend 95% or more of my shooting time using iron sights.

 

[rde1911]

I have the sane trouble with my eyes.
I use this Merit optical tool most of the time. It works like the F stop on your camera. It puts the front. rear, and target into focus. I need +4 reading glasses and this helped.

The Merit optical attachment cost around $65.00.or less depending where you purchase it from.
The next item I bought was the UtraDot Matchdot II. This is a great sight.
I have one the Ultradot fixed 4MOA sight that will go on my range officer on my Les Baer 1911 9mm and another on my 4 inch 686-6 revolver. I will keep one on my Les Baer 45ACP 1911 bullseye league guns. The standard 4MOA does not cost as much as the Matchdot II $245.00 and I am going to keep putting them on my handguns that are worth having one put on.

 

[ljnowell]

I have the sane trouble with my eyes.
I use this Merit optical tool most of the time. It works like the F stop on your camera. It puts the front. rear, and target into focus. I need +4 reading glasses.

The Merit optical attachment cost around 65.00.
The next item I bought was the UtraDot Matchdot II. This is a great sight.
I have one the Ultradot fixed 4MOA sight that will go on my range officer on my Les Baer 1911 and another on my 4 inch 686-6 revolver. I will keep one on my Les Baer 1911 bullseye league and the standard 4MOA and going to keep putting them on my handguns.

+1 on the ultradot match for. I have one on my S&W 686 and one on my S&W m19. They are both dedicated bullseye comp guns. That dot is awesome.

 

[rde1911]

The Merit Optical attachment works really good for the money.

I am buying another Matchdot II along with the Merit attachment tool.
This store has a lot of good shooting tools. I also like their oil. It stays where you put it and just a little grop goes a long way
I bought one of their shooting boxes. It is nice and compact. It will hold three had guns and all of the tools you will need.
Shooting Box

I have purchased some useful tools. They make a great Armorers blocks. The block has the pin holes so you can check the sear and hammer engagement points Also it has a place you can put the barel locking pin. Once installed you can use the block as a guide to stone the surface of the barrel locking pin. It has great features on it. I is not just a Armorers block It is a great tool for doing other jobs.
Bullseye Gear

 

[TucsonMTB]

Here is a suggestion from a shameless cheapskate I have known since he was born:

A round toothpick can be used to create the right size hole in a piece of dark blue masking tape. Applying the tape to your shooting glasses with the hole lined up where you usually look through the lenses will provide a clear picture of both the sights and the target.

If the image is too dark, make the hole larger. If the image is not clear, try again and this time make the hole a little smaller. The size is NOT very critical.

In my experience, masking tape will not leave an adhesive residue when you remove it before leaving the range so that you don't look like an old cheapskate anywhere else.

If you really like the results, plan to do it often, and are willing to spend more money, there are plenty of commercial offerings, as described in this thread. But, for me . . . blue masking tape rules.

 

[TexasHRTshot]

I have Williams Firesights on my Shield. I am very impressed with the visibility and I have poor eyesight for only being 30!

 

[m1gunner]

Red Dots are the answer. I even have one on a Garand.