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Originally Posted by Parabola
I had 3 rounds of cast bullet loads that I wanted to use up in my open sighted 1886 model .33 WCF.

I stuck up a zero target on the backing board at 100 yards and went back to the bench.

With my contact lenses in I found that whilst I could see the aiming mark on the zero target I could not focus the foresight bead.

I put on my reading glasses. Viola! I could see the bead, BUT not the aiming mark.

I knew where the zero target was on the backing board, wanted to use up those three loads, so fired them off at where I remembered putting it.

When I retrieved it I had shot a 2 inch group.

Conclusion;- My memory is lasting better than my eye sight.

Similar condition here. I normally use 2.75 reading glasses, but for iron sight use and with pistols I put on 1.00 or 1.25's and they bring the sights into focus with the bullseye still very well defined, at least well enough to hit it efficiently.

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Originally Posted by BrentD
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Sharp focus on the iron sights is not the only prerequisite to good shooting with "irons". Good shooting with iron sights also includes the ability to shift focus from the front sight to the bullseye/target a few times, very rapidly, then focusing on the front sight until trigger break. How would this affect the ability to do that? Just curious because I may be someone who could benefit.

There are better solutions that accomplishes the same thing that this drug does, and has a ~1.5 centuries track record.

And they are?


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Well, my solution for seeing the shallow V, the front bead, and the target using my Alexander Henry was to get a pair of Beretta shooting glasses (cheap and have no frame to complicate things) and put small Lyman stick-on or Gehmann clamp-on peep on them. The Gehmann is also adjustable for size of peep hole.

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Basically wht HalfaDouble said. The drug forces you into a constricted lens. A peep sight/tang sight/stick-on-glasses aperture does the same thing without drugs and without forcing you to live with the constricted lens all the time, which is a big downside.

Aperture sights can be fitted with weak diopters or you can put on on a pair of inexpensive glasses that have a weak (+0.5 or +0.75 diopter) that does the same thing.

Halfadouble, were can I find the Gehmann adjustable? I've not heard of that particular one.


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This is the main reason for the tip up aperture sights in the tang of some German combination guns. A discussion of these sights may be found in an old thread, either here or at the GGCA forum. Old eyes have been a problem ever since we started hunting with sights on the guns.
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FYI - If you want to experiment with a good and inexpensive solution that lets me see a front sight clearly at about 31” out these are the bomb:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00KSJNLO0?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Works on long guns and pistols…doesn’t make me a better shot but eliminates fuzzy front sight.

(Get the 1 diopter)


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Here you go Brent: http://www.champchoice.com/store/Main.aspx?p=ItemDetailOptions&item=390
Dave, I'm not sure what those glasses would do to a 200 meter target since a 1 diopter lens focuses at 1 meter distance. The front sight would be great but is the target going to blob at 200?

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Originally Posted by BrentD
Basically wht HalfaDouble said. The drug forces you into a constricted lens. A peep sight/tang sight/stick-on-glasses aperture does the same thing without drugs and without forcing you to live with the constricted lens all the time, which is a big downside.

Aperture sights can be fitted with weak diopters or you can put on on a pair of inexpensive glasses that have a weak (+0.5 or +0.75 diopter) that does the same thing.

Halfadouble, were can I find the Gehmann adjustable? I've not heard of that particular one.

I misspoke when I said, earlier, "iron sights", I meant open sights. In the crowd I used to run with and compete with that meant notch and post (open) iron sights. Of course, iron sights can mean aperture sights. I competed many years with both, and understand how a rear aperture can help aging eyes to clarify the front sight and the bullseye. I use, and have used, a Merit adjustable aperture rear for over 30 years, with much success.

So, back to my question, which I will reword.............. how can these eyedrops help aging eyes to shift focus from the front POST to the rear NOTCH, and back and forth, until settling on the front sight and breaking the sear?


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thanks Halfdouble. I have one headed my way right now!

The drugs won't help you focus back and forth, neither will the aperture, but both will increase depth of field so less focusing is necessary.

Different games have different rules. So, this may not be legal in some games, but is in others. It is also perfect for hunting with the flip-up feature, similar to what I"m using now.


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