Sights for aging eyes

[billt]

True, but remember the Beretta was engineered that way, rather than having it removed as an aftermarket thought. Slides tend to crack enough on their own, if you know what I mean.   Bill T.

[Hazcat]

Honestly guys the sights on my Redhawk work well for me.  wide rear 'notch', big fat front blade with a red dot on it.

[mudge]

I've got a warren tactical on my Glock 19 and am very happy with it.  I have a Burris Fastfire II on my Sig 226 and like it a lot, except I'm still in the learning curve about finding the red dot quickly.  I've got Crimson Trace on my snubby, which is the only way I can be accurate with the gun: they're terrific.  I'm getting CT for my Sig 228.   

I'm 67 and frequently get a fuzzy front sight without optics.  The problem with getting special glasses for the range is that should I ever have to use a pistol in a self defense situation, I'd have to ask the mugger to wait while I find my other glasses.

No shame about lasers for old eyes.

[Chainsaw]

How about the ghost rings, are they any good?

[Hazcat]

How about the ghost rings, are they any good?

I have ghost rings on my carbine and they work pretty well.

[Sponsor]

[tt11758]

I have ghost rings on my carbine and they work pretty well.

And Haz knows "OLD" eyes.   

[jcbdc]

In the same dimming light.  I am up for recheck on my eyes this next week and have found that I am not hitting clays or game as well as in my past.  I do wear bifocals and will be looking for shooting glasses that I can shoot with and still read something if I have to.  Do I just need to carry readers when I hunt or shoot?
Any ideas from this great bunch of listers?

[Fatman]

In the same dimming light.  I am up for recheck on my eyes this next week and have found that I am not hitting clays or game as well as in my past.  I do wear bifocals and will be looking for shooting glasses that I can shoot with and still read something if I have to.  Do I just need to carry readers when I hunt or shoot?
Any ideas from this great bunch of listers?

I carry a credit card sized flat plastic magnifier (available at bookstores, Wally World, etc) in my wallet. No worrying about another set of glasses on the range.

[NoBite]

This is an old thread and my response might well have been discussed elsewhere. However, listening to Tom Gresham the other day, I learned of Optx 20/20 HydroTac stick-on lens. In a nutshell, order the same magnification as for reading glasses. If you aren't sure which one to get, you could go to your eye doctor. Or, you could just go to the nearest Wally World and find their selection of reading glasses. Try reading anything at the same distance for your eye as your average gun or rifle sight. Stick the Optx lens on the lens of your shooting glasses on your dominant eye side only. Thus, purchasing a pair of the lens gives you one to use and a spare.

http://optx2020.com/p-2-hydrotac-stick-on-bifocal-reading-lenses.aspx

From experience I can also recommend one trick that is not in the instruction packet because the manufacturer likely did not anticipate use in our endeavor. With your shooting glasses on, assume your normal shooting position. Note with a finger on the outside of the dominant eye lens exactly where you are looking through that lens. Use that location as a guide for accurate placement of the Optx stick-on lens. It is a simple matter to reposition the lens, but that should get you started pretty well.