Astigmatism
- Thread starter Sherminator
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First...nothing...is "perfect".
But yes, if you see a, clean, "round" dot, it would indicate that you have little, to no astigmatism. Have you tried other than just the one dot sight ?
Sound's like you are one of the lucky ones.
Mike
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I too didn’t know I had it until I bought a red dot. For me reflex sights work better. I just bought a 2x red dot & outside it perfect inside it has some ghosting. https://a.co/d/4nql2eK I also found green works better for me. Blue blocker glasses is reported to help too, I just ordered a pair to try.
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Hmm I am no fan of red dots, in fact I only have one on one of them evil black rifles & havnt shot it in years. Now I want to pull it out to see what I see. I got new glasses a cpl weeks ago & the opotmetrist said my astigmatism had gotten worse. Will have to check it out..
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Lots of us, I bet wear Rx glasses. Astigmatisms can be corrected with the proper Rx. I hadn't had my eyes checked in three years or so, so I had my eyes examined 10 days ago. My new glasses get here on Monday, so I'm anxious to see how better they are compared to my old pair.
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Cataracts would be more of a dull milky blurring. Or daylight would seem inexplicably dim.
I have fairly pronounced astigmatism. First learned about this phenomenon when I put a brand new eotech on an ar when I was 19. Damn thing looked like a giant red, round thumbprint. A 2moa dot will look like a half inch wide red splotch.
The corrective options today are incredible. I got for LASIK soon. Optometrist wanted to wait for the astigmatism to stabilize for while.
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Fortunately at 77 no cataracts yet. Astigmatism, since 4th grade. A Firedot type reticle, no problem.
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With a fine tuned script the dots can be laser sharp. In lower light still presents a small doubling issue
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