JK Hawken .54 Extra Fancy

[Daryl]

You have been back to see the Optometrist inside those 20years?

[Daryl]

OK, me thinks you need a better Optometrist.
Just had a visit with mine a short while ago. My distance vision can be very slightly corrected, but was still 20/15 with my old glasses. Sights would still be the same blurriness. So, no new specs for me.

[Scota4570]

Based on my experience and shooting mentors, the front sight should be in focus .  It is not possible for the rear notch to be in focus.  The target should be blurry. 

If you have young eyes and think all three are in focus it is because you are quickly shifting focus between the three.  Most old eyes can not do that. 

My pure distance glasses make the distant objects fully in focus without strain.  I sometimes use them for driving.  I do not shoot with them .  My rifle shooting glasses are set closer so I can see the front sight in perfect focus.  I have shop/computer/reading glasses that work well for pistols.  The target is always blurry.

For me sight alignment errors caused by focusing on the target cause larger groups than slight errors caused by not having the target in perfect focus.  I aim at the center of the blurry meatball.  Some prefer a 6-O'clock hold.

Progressive lenses are not suitable for shooting.     

Yes, a peep sight fixes all of this. 

Oh yes, My Kibler Kawken came out nice, I look forward to shooting it.

[Daryl]

I tried the both the upper normal vision and the lower reading part of my bifoculs at the air gun shoot yesterday, indoors shooting a pistol. It it hadn't had green lighted dots in the rear sight, and a reddish orange one on the front sights, I would not have been able to discern the rear sights, except for the reading part. With that one, both sights were sharp and clear, but the target, only 50' (16.6yards) away was so blurry, it was hardly distinguishable from the donna conno covers over the rack of steel plates in the backstop.  I'll try the .25, .50 and .75 diopter "readers" I have to see if they help. I'm assuming the reading part of my glasses is likely closer to 1.5 or 2.0 diopters, thus there is too much distortion of the target. With the normal distance vision lens of my glasses, the black metal parts of my handgun sights had no definite edges - all FUZZZZZZZ, as were the green and red?/orange? Maybe had to mount a red-dot sight on it? Anyone try one of those on a muzzle loader?