I don't care what the NRA says,

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • Dan Shapiro
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2009
    • 5864

    #1

    I don't care what the NRA says,

    my eyes tell me that they're making the targets SMALLER with each passing year!

    "No man's life, liberty, or property is safe, while Congress is in session." Mark Twain
  • p246
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2013
    • 2216

    #2
    My eyes are 46 and the targets look awful small without magñification

    Comment

    • da gimp
      Very Senior Member - OFC Deceased
      • Aug 2009
      • 10137

      #3
      have known this for years dan.... grins
      be safe, enjoy life, journey well
      da gimp
      OFC, Mo. Chapter

      Comment

      • nf1e
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2012
        • 2122

        #4
        Yep, and they are using that dang fuzzy ink too.

        Comment

        • SMOKEY
          Very Senior Member - OFC
          • Sep 2009
          • 4524

          #5
          Targets yes but don't forget those danged iron sights
          Democrat: A person too stupid to know they're a communist.

          If you heard my shot, I wasn't aiming at you.

          Comment

          • Major Tom
            Very Senior Member - OFC
            • Aug 2009
            • 6181

            #6
            A friend of mine showed me how to make a devise to put on your eyeglasses/safety glasses and evem made a rough sketch, but darned if I can remember it and probably have to use a looking glass to read the sketch. 8-(

            Comment

            • StockDoc
              Senior Member
              • Jun 2014
              • 1189

              #7
              Optometrist can help, tell them what you are doing and what your intent is and he can make some prescription safety glasses. Also, it helps if the Optometrist is also a shooter. you don't have to explain as much.
              liberum aeternum

              Comment

              • kidsgun
                Member
                • Sep 2011
                • 42

                #8
                Just had cataract surgery and now I have a set of 18 year old eyes on a 70 year old body.

                Comment

                • Allen
                  Moderator
                  • Sep 2009
                  • 10583

                  #9
                  Originally posted by kidsgun
                  Just had cataract surgery and now I have a set of 18 year old eyes on a 70 year old body.
                  So, somewhere there is an 18 year old wondering around with no eyes?

                  Comment

                  • Griff Murphey
                    Senior Member
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 3708

                    #10
                    I'm not an eye surgeon but my impression is that when they do the lens implants the left eye is usually set for close vision and the right is for distance. Having a crystal clear sight picture is kind of in the luck of the draw, because as we know we want to see the front sight clearly. What we really miss even with glasses is ACCOMODATION which enables the eyes to focus so that you can see the target numbers and bull and then change focus to see the front sight as you start your trigger squeeze. That is what we miss, and I don't think the artificial lenses allow 18 year old focus in send out with distance changes. Eye surgery results, although generally very good, are kind of luck of the draw to an extent for the iron sight shooter who hopes for an improved sight picture above all.

                    I certainly do know shooters who echo those words about having recovered age 18 vision. Others still need some corrective vision by glasses.
                    Last edited by Griff Murphey; 08-04-2015, 10:05.

                    Comment

                    • StockDoc
                      Senior Member
                      • Jun 2014
                      • 1189

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Griff Murphey
                      I'm not an eye surgeon but my impression is that when they do the lens implants the left eye is usually set for close vision and the right is for distance. Having a crystal clear sight picture is kind of in the luck of the draw, because as we know we want to see the front sight clearly. What we really miss even with glasses is ACCOMODATION which enables the eyes to focus so that you can see the target numbers and bull and then change focus to see the front sight as you start your trigger squeeze. That is what we miss, and I don't think the artificial lenses allow 18 year old focus in send out with distance changes. Eye surgery results, although generally very good, are kind of luck of the draw to an extent for the iron sight shooter who hopes for an improved sight picture above all.

                      I certainly do know shooters who echo those words about having recovered age 18 vision. Others still need some corrective vision by glasses.
                      That depends, A lot more different types of lenses now, even and implant with bifocals. I had 20/400 vision most of my life and coke bottle thick glasses, now 20/ 20 both eyes. Yes, the rt is is near and the left is distance. But I can read fine with either. They touched up the eyes with lasik after a short healing time
                      liberum aeternum

                      Comment

                      Working...