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JGW
04-14-2018, 03:27 PM
All - For those of you who have the presbyopia that comes about in the 45-50+ year old range, and your font sights have become so blurry it adversely effects sight picture, etc., what has been your solution? It seems that a set of glasses which are focused specifically at the front sight distance would work for that, but then would the target blur away?

JGW

Orlando
04-14-2018, 08:49 PM
I just blame the bad target on the wind , ammo, etc

musketjon
04-14-2018, 08:50 PM
The front sight should be razor-sharp and in focus. The rear sight and target will be blurred. This is because the human eye can not focus on all 3 planes at the same time. There's nothing you can do about that.
Jon

Punch The Clown
04-17-2018, 07:02 PM
Try to shoot with the target in bright sunlight. Switch to a NM rear aperture. You may want to mod the apertures to be quick change so if it gets cloudy or dark you can switch to a larger rear aperture. Try using a 6'oclock hold. Keep the target blurry and the front sight in focus.

JGW
04-22-2018, 12:03 PM
Try to shoot with the target in bright sunlight. Switch to a NM rear aperture. You may want to mod the apertures to be quick change so if it gets cloudy or dark you can switch to a larger rear aperture. Try using a 6'oclock hold. Keep the target blurry and the front sight in focus.

Punch, can you describe the quick change aperture system you mentioned? A google search didn't pull anything up for me.

Punch The Clown
04-22-2018, 05:22 PM
I'll have to find a pic somewhere. You grind a bevel at the bottom of the aperture and you can crank it out without dis-assembly.

jak
04-25-2018, 05:38 PM
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Top sight is normal. Bottom sight is ground and beveled. You just raise the sights until you can remove it.
You do the reverse to install the sight. That's a quick change sight.

JGW
04-25-2018, 08:09 PM
<a href="https://imgur.com/7hBjBNx"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/7hBjBNx.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>


Top sight is normal. Bottom sight is ground and beveled. You just raise the sights until you can remove it.
You do the reverse to install the sight. That's a quick change sight.

That makes sense I think. Thank you!

JGW

Punch The Clown
04-25-2018, 08:47 PM
That makes sense I think. Thank you!

JGW

Try to find a NM aperture for bright days and drill out an aperture for overcast.