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    Re: Hard Time Seeing Targets(age related)

    Bad (or in my case, old -and- bad) eyes are a curse. I've found the best compensation for me is ever better optics with ever increasing magnification. My use of Irons are about done, it's scopes or the red dots from here on but it is what it is. Makes you really appreciate those "braggin' groups" when they occasionally pop up.

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    I bought my 6920 with a 1x4 ACOG on it found the reticle on it to be too fine for my old eyes so I would recommend checking one out before buying one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EzGoingKev View Post
    I bought my 6920 with a 1x4 ACOG on it found the reticle on it to be too fine for my old eyes so I would recommend checking one out before buying one.
    Yes i agree some of the youtube video i have been watching some of the reticle are hard to see. And some of it might be that i am watching it threw a video but the red dot seems to be the easiest to see even on u-tube.

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    Quote Originally Posted by D. Manley View Post
    Bad (or in my case, old -and- bad) eyes are a curse. I've found the best compensation for me is ever better optics with ever increasing magnification. My use of Irons are about done, it's scopes or the red dots from here on but it is what it is. Makes you really appreciate those "braggin' groups" when they occasionally pop up.

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    My eyes are not that bad i was just use to having great eyes for 40 years. I am seeing 20/15 now with my glasses and it still not as good as my eyes were when i was younger. So i think shooting with my irons sight(which i like to do) will be limited until the ammo prices come down and i can practice more with them.

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    Roger that.

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    I've been fortunate in that my right eye still sees well at distance, but like many, can't focus on the irons.

    I guess the upside is that I get to try many different optics, and have found many expensive solutions to my dilemma :-).

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    ...and I thought it was just me...glad to hear I'm not alone. I've had pretty serious myopia (-8.0 / -7.5) since ~ age 12. 25+ years of reading LOTS of documents, originally on crappy photocopies (often from microfiche), but for the past 15+ years almost exclusively on PC screens, and I think I'm now paying the price. Since my first carbine class several years ago I've been wondering why I had so much trouble at anything over ~75 yards with a T-1/M4 red dot. Then, as if to add insult to injury, in the past 2 years I've noticed that I just can't focus on anything after about 4-5PM, particularly on fine print up close. I've now got all sorts of pocket / wallet magnifiers stuffed all over the place for restaurants, etc.

    I've been using 100% red dots to date (on carbines), but perhaps it's time to go with a variable optic? I can't afford/justify a Schmidt & Bender short dot - is the Trijicon TA24 a quality poor-man's substitute? Any other recommendations? (Intended uses are training classes and home defense.)

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    I am seriously near sighted with astigmatism. I am 43 and it is getting worse every year. I gave up on red dot sights and sold my aimpoint M2 about four years ago because of the blooming. The TR22 and TR24 have been a Godsend. I have zero bloom. Focus is easy and my hits are on target, as in POA vs POI.

    But, I recently purchased an aimpoint T1 2moa because of using a friends. Working on drills I kind of made up, I found I could get decent grouping if I didn't take too long and sped up my thought process and trigger press. If I take too long, it blooms. Not a perfect fix but it beats my irons. I'm still "not bad" with irons, but after 100, hell, even fifty it is iffy.

    So in closing, try trijicon. I am truly satisfied with my results and would recomend it to all with vision problems. If you have a red dot, try to quicken the pace, safely and you can find satisfactory results at close range.

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    For those who wear contact. I just went to the optometrist and told her the problem I was having. I am near sighted and the lenses were for distance so I couldnt see the front sights. She prescribed on contact in the dominant eye for distance and the other for up close vision. So far it has worked in the work world. I will try on the range this Saturday.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hdog83 View Post
    ...and I thought it was just me...glad to hear I'm not alone. I've had pretty serious myopia (-8.0 / -7.5) since ~ age 12. 25+ years of reading LOTS of documents, originally on crappy photocopies (often from microfiche), but for the past 15+ years almost exclusively on PC screens, and I think I'm now paying the price.
    This is an old myth that has no basis in fact. You won't damage your eyes or vision by reading in low light, reading a lot of fine print, or computer screens. It would be like saying that taking a picture with your camera in low light will damage it.

    As the eye ages, you get decreased flexibility of the lens and it therefore loses its ability to reshape sufficiently to allow close focusing (presbyopia), and fatigue at the end of the day may exacerbate that, but that has nothing to with fine print or low light over the previous years.

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