N/A Bye Bye Scopes!

[Bear-of-Grayling]

When I was a young man, (I’ll be 69 soon) a half century ago, my vision was 20/10 in each eye. I recently had Cataract surgery. I opted for a lens called a LAL. Light Adjustable Lens. Pricey devils. 8K to be exact. My vision in my dominant eye (left) is now 20/15. My right eye lens was adjusted for reading and is 20/20. I can see the fiber in the paper WITHOUT GLASSES! I’ve been scoping guns because I just couldn’t see the front sight clearly any longer. Not now. Another reason to keep the iron sights option open when deciding on a particular model. These three pumpers went from this-to-this today. And more to come!

 

[imtrigerhapy]

If tou dont know what to due with thw scopes throw them in a box and send them my way lol they do look better without scopes though. With my eyes i need the scopes i dont think i could manage open sights anymore

 

[imtrigerhapy]

Ive come to the conclusion that the older i get the better of a scope i need...now i just need a way to hold the guns still long enough to jerk the trigger at the correct time lol

 

[Gramps]

I can see the front sight with 1x diopter reading glasses as long as the target isn’t to far away 10 yards max. So most of my guns are either scoped or a reflex sight.

 

[Bear-of-Grayling]

Timing is key

Ive come to the conclusion that the older i get the better of a scope i need...now i just need a way to hold the guns still long enough to jerk the trigger at the correct time lol

Timing is key!

 

[Mycapt65]

That's awesome! I'm so jealous

 

[sekiar]

When I was a young man, (I’ll be 69 soon) a half century ago, my vision was 20/10 in each eye. I recently had Cataract surgery. I opted for a lens called a LAL. Light Adjustable Lens. Pricey devils. 8K to be exact. My vision in my dominant eye (left) is now 20/15. My right eye lens was adjusted for reading and is 20/20. I can see the fiber in the paper WITHOUT GLASSES! I’ve been scoping guns because I just couldn’t see the front sight clearly any longer. Not now. Another reason to keep the iron sights option open when deciding on a particular model. These three pumpers went from this-to-this today. And more to come!View attachment 512865View attachment 512867

Great for you!

 

[jccams]

That's great Dan! Glad to see you healed up nicely. I can use a peep, not perfectly, but can use it. Forget the notch sights. I hope to get my eyes fixed one day.

 

[madeintheuk]

I just picked up a springer I plan on using the iron sights exclusively with. It’s been a while, but I like the simplicity, and lack of extra weight.

 

[GeneT]

Fantastic! I'd love to have my younger eyesight back - or even "just" 20/20. That's great news all 'round. I supposed I'd regret getting rid of some prime PB guns that would have been wrong to scope though...

GsT

 

[JDR]

I cannot see the iron sights without this thing on my tri-focal eye glasses (top left corner of my right dominant eye).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D1AJZ06/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 However not needed for peep sights.

Funny I see better in a scope without my glasses. The HW 35 is set up great for iron sights.

 

[jkingrph]

That's great. My wife and I both had cataract surgery about 3 years ago. The VA paid for mine and insurance for hers. I was nearsighted, now more farsighted, which I like. My wife's vision did not really change, she still uses the same pair of glasses from about ten years ago, progressive lenses, but for reading. Although my visioin was blurry at distance I could use open sights, when using my glasses, now I can use them diopter or leaf type rear with or without glasses, Been wearing glasses for about 65 years now, so am just used to them. We both got the standard lens implants during the surgery, figuring I could buy a lot of glasses for the $5000-8000 each for the remainder of our lives with plenty left over.

I had also had another condition develop in each eye, about a year ago, called detached viterous humour , where the sac that holds the gel in the eye tore loose from two of the three attachment points. Never felt a thing, but woke up one morning and it was like looking through a piece of broken glass, where the broken edges seem to swirl. That stopped and now about 15 years later the only downside is that I have thousands of floaters, which are sometimes annoying under some light conditions.

 

[Deerstalker]

When I was a young man, (I’ll be 69 soon) a half century ago, my vision was 20/10 in each eye. I recently had Cataract surgery. I opted for a lens called a LAL. Light Adjustable Lens. Pricey devils. 8K to be exact. My vision in my dominant eye (left) is now 20/15. My right eye lens was adjusted for reading and is 20/20. I can see the fiber in the paper WITHOUT GLASSES! I’ve been scoping guns because I just couldn’t see the front sight clearly any longer. Not now. Another reason to keep the iron sights option open when deciding on a particular model. These three pumpers went from this-to-this today. And more to come!View attachment 512865View attachment 512867

I am North of 85 & had cataract surgery this June through the VA. I still need glasses for distance. There is no way that I could shoot MOA groups at 25 or 50 yards without using a scope. I did qualify expert with the M1 about 100 years ago when I was in the Marines and of course that was with peep sights. Be interesting to try that again! I now have scopes on all of my weapons. Took a nice doe at 35 yards with my Nikon scope on the crossbow.

Good luck to all.

 

[Bear-of-Grayling]

the only downside is that I have thousands of floaters,

Really sorry to hear that.

 

[Sawney Bean]

I had RLE done on my right eye a few years ago. It made a night and day difference. You're right about it being expensive though and I see halos when it's dark out and I see light in my peripheral vision.

 

[Bear-of-Grayling]

Happy Holidays everyone!

 

[JEFFPPC]

I cannot see the iron sights without this thing on my tri-focal eye glasses (top left corner of my right dominant eye).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D1AJZ06/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 However not needed for peep sights.

Funny I see better in a scope without my glasses. The HW 35 is set up great for iron sights.

There is a reason. Every piece of glass you put in from of your eye degrades your vision. I have been told that by several eye Drs.

 

[Frank in Fairfield]

I had mine done four or five years ago.
Very expensive I was told.
You paid for them.
Full Colonel in the USAF at Travis AFB, CA did them..
I use reading glasses for the iPad.
80 in August..

 

[.20calguy]

I'll also be 69 before the year ends.
I was doing pretty well with a large set of the lowest power reading glasses I could find, 1.5's I think. Those allowed me to focus the front sight to target and back. Then a year or so ago I got glasses for the first time. Now sights work for general aiming, but not precision,. For example I could aim at the steel plate at 100y without missing, but it was absolutely impossible to aim at the four bullseyes on the paper target. The front sight is just a blur. I have to aim at a clean background to confirm it's height. Peep sights are the worst. :/ I need to aquire some more readers, and go back and try that.
In the meantime I'm scoping everything these days.

 

[bustachip]

I'll also be 69 before the year ends.
I was doing pretty well with a large set of the lowest power reading glasses I could find, 1.5's I think. Those allowed me to focus the front sight to target and back. Then a year or so ago I got glasses for the first time. Now sights work for general aiming, but not precision,. For example I could aim at the steel plate at 100y without missing, but it was absolutely impossible to aim at the four bullseyes on the paper target. The front sight is just a blur. I have to aim at a clean background to confirm it's height. Peep sights are the worst. :/ I need to aquire some more readers, and go back and try that.
In the meantime I'm scoping everything these days.

Same here for years, I can hit the target with a blurry iron sight, but no real precision. The barrel mounted telescopic sighting system is a must for me. I had better than 20/20 up until around 42 years, then it changed just like flipping a switch..lol. I'm thinking working in poorly lit machine shops staring at tiny lines on micrometers all day had something to do with it.
And aiming thru a scope with glasses isn't the easiest thing for shooting small groups either, but I've become a lot better at it after years of practice.