I thought maybe I'd go back to iron sights for deer this year. A sight picture on an iron sight does not look the same at 63 as it did when I was qualifying in the Army or for that matter the same as when I was learning to shoot squirrels with a single shot .22 as a kid. If I focus on the rear sight, I can't see the target and if I focus on the target I can't see the sight. I'll just stick to a scope...Geo
It is impossible to shoot very well with iron sights if you focus on the rear sight, Geo. Same if you try focusing intently on the target. What has to happen, with notch and post or with aperture sights, is that you focus on the front sight. The target and the rear sight must be out of focus, as it is impossible for one set of eyes to focus clearly at three distances at the same time. Now, that is all fine and good if you are young and your eyes have the ability to shift focus quickly from target to front to rear, back to front, etc. When you can do this you check sight alignment a couple times and check front sight hold on the target, then focus on the front sight as you squeeze the trigger and break the shot.
As our eyes age we lose the ability to focus clearly at all three distances to check everything before settling on the front sight and firing. Peep sights help this problem by eliminating the alignment issue between the front and rear sights. Your eye naturally keeps the front sight centered in the rear aperture. To
TRY to keep it centered is self defeating. It will do it itself. Rear apertures with a large "ghost ring" are very nearly as accurate as tiny apertures because of this reason. In low light conditions they are
MORE accurate.
Sounds like some good advice from Dick on having the special right lens prescription shooting glasses made. I may give that a try. I gave up offhand iron sight competition when I lost the fine edge on my eyesight at about age 50.
SRH
