Hi all! Since I passed the downhill side to the century mark my eyes have gotten to the point that I cannot focus very well. With my glasses I can focus on the target but the sights are just a black blur. I can look over the rim of my glasses and focus on the sights very well but the target is then a blur. I'm afraid in a defensive situation I wouldn't be very accurate. Are there any aftermarket sights available for a 1911 Gov't Model that will help my situation?
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- Thread starter carracer
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More gap around the front sight, either by widening the notch or narrowing the fron sight helps. I'd also look at blacking your sights out with a magic marker or sight-black to give yourself the maximum contrast. The closer you get to a post front sight the better, I've found.
Remember, you can never focus on both- so keep the front sight in as sharp a focus as possible. You may want to talk to our optician about glasses specifically for shooting.
Remember, you can never focus on both- so keep the front sight in as sharp a focus as possible. You may want to talk to our optician about glasses specifically for shooting.
Learn to focus solely on the front sight, carracer. Let the rest be a blur. You will be amazed at how accurate you can be.
Remember that the eye has only one focal plane at a time. No one can focus on the front sight and rear sight simultaneously, or the front sight and the target, or...well, you get the idea. When our eyes are young, we can shift focus sufficiently quickly that we have the illusion of seeing more than one plane in focus, but it's an illusion, alas. As our eyes age, we not only lose some of our focal range (presbyopia), we also lose some focus change speed.
Front sight, press.
Regards,
Walt
Remember that the eye has only one focal plane at a time. No one can focus on the front sight and rear sight simultaneously, or the front sight and the target, or...well, you get the idea. When our eyes are young, we can shift focus sufficiently quickly that we have the illusion of seeing more than one plane in focus, but it's an illusion, alas. As our eyes age, we not only lose some of our focal range (presbyopia), we also lose some focus change speed.
Front sight, press.
Regards,
Walt
I have the same problem you do / including a lazy strong eye - so I get double vision once in a while. The opthamologist prescribed a prism in my bi-focul prescription to try and control it. Its ok for defensive situations / but not very good for competition.
For competition - I called DeCot Hy-Wd - good company - talk to them about the issue with your eyes - and they can make you a pair of shooting glasses - with one lens at about the focul length for your front site / and other lens for further away. I'm no doctor - but the compromise lets you see and focus on the front site - and still be able to see the target when you look at it as well. I forget what specifically they want - but they'll need some measurements from your eye doctor / and a copy of your prescription - and you'll get a set of glasses with changeable lenses in a couple of weeks. For indoor shooting, I use a light yellow - they call Gold.
http://www.sportglasses.com/
It sucks getting old and losing your vision.
For competition - I called DeCot Hy-Wd - good company - talk to them about the issue with your eyes - and they can make you a pair of shooting glasses - with one lens at about the focul length for your front site / and other lens for further away. I'm no doctor - but the compromise lets you see and focus on the front site - and still be able to see the target when you look at it as well. I forget what specifically they want - but they'll need some measurements from your eye doctor / and a copy of your prescription - and you'll get a set of glasses with changeable lenses in a couple of weeks. For indoor shooting, I use a light yellow - they call Gold.
http://www.sportglasses.com/
It sucks getting old and losing your vision.
David Armstrong
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Look into the Tru-Glo or similar fiber optic sights or the Ashley Express Big Dot. Helps a LOT!!
Despite popular belief, your eyes cannot focus on two objects of different distance at the same time. Either the sights OR the target will be blurry. Let the target be blurry and focus on the front sight.
wjkuleck is correct. Young people can shift focus rapidly giving the illusion of simultaneous focus. It's still only an illusion.
wjkuleck is correct. Young people can shift focus rapidly giving the illusion of simultaneous focus. It's still only an illusion.
These posts are very helpful as I am now 61 and fighting the same problem. Thank you!
I have a Springfield GI 1911 with the tiny sights. They may have well not been there. I had a gun smith replace the sights with larger one and it has made a BIG, dramatic difference. Maybe my GI is no longer authentic with the larger sights, but I rather have a gun I can shoot than one that looks nice in the safe.
Ron
I have a Springfield GI 1911 with the tiny sights. They may have well not been there. I had a gun smith replace the sights with larger one and it has made a BIG, dramatic difference. Maybe my GI is no longer authentic with the larger sights, but I rather have a gun I can shoot than one that looks nice in the safe.
Ron