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Red dot sight or optic would be my suggestion.
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When all else fails, use the back of the slide to point to target.
Try it.
Works every time.
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When I had cataract surgery, I got monovision lenses. Left eye or reading, dominant eye for distance. Target and iron sights are in sharp focus with both eyes open. Also don't need any reading glasses.
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I shoot with what God gave me and handguns for me are mostly defensive tools. I'm not walking around town with computer reading glasses or a merit aperture attached to a lens.
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I shoot right handed most of the time. I just knocked the left lens out of a pair of my reading glasses. Works like a charm. Right eye sees s clear set of sights. Left eye sees a clear target.
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I use continuous bifocal glasses. I tilt my head automatically the sight are in focus and the target is pretty good too.
I prefer classic.
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I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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I recently picked up a Ruger Blackhawk 3 Screw 357. When I took it out I was shocked at how much my eyes had changed from the last time I was shooting an open sighted handgun.......and not for the better. Anyone have any tricks to help clean up the sight picture? My vision is still good at distance but up close things get blurry without 1.25 readers. Don't really know. That is coming for me. I'm still very adequate with a plain blade sight with a flat top and parallel sides but some days I can't see a bead front sight anymore, rifle or handgun. Getting old sucks. Stopping getting older still seems to suck more though.
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Yes, amazing how well I can see now. I put it off for years, big dummy!!!
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I've given up on plain iron sights for anything close to precision. Fiber optic sights aren't as precise as irons, but they're more precise than the blur of black. If I can put an optic on it, it's getting an optic. Having used all three convinces me which way to go. Eyes aren't getting better, but sighting systems sure are.
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I've given up on plain iron sights for anything close to precision. Fiber optic sights aren't as precise as irons, but they're more precise than the blur of black. If I can put an optic on it, it's getting an optic. Having used all three convinces me which way to go. Eyes aren't getting better, but sighting systems sure are. This! Red Dots are out due to astigmatism issues. The VA docs haven't given me any other choices. So it's a scope for me. Yeah its heavy and cumbersome but I can hit what I want rather than hope the bullet will go where I want.
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I put the One Hole ghost-ring sight on my Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley, .480 Ruger. Makes a world of difference on quick and accurate sight acquisition. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/EPJXXQl.jpg)
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I put the One Hole ghost-ring sight on my Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley, .480 Ruger. Makes a world of difference on quick and accurate sight acquisition. That's an interesting sight option, Bighorn. Where did you buy it?
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I put the One Hole ghost-ring sight on my Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley, .480 Ruger. Makes a world of difference on quick and accurate sight acquisition. I bought a set for the 7.5" SBH 41 mag. Either aperture worked for me. But it was just an experiment and a learning tool. The revolver is now equipped with the original Ruger blade. I found the aperture quicker to acquire, but less precise than the factory sight.
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People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
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Just installed this on my old MK-II bull barrel - Installed the larger orifice to start. Looking forward to seeing how it works. Handy tip - To install it use a punch through the adjustment hole to compress the sight adjustment spring while you slip the new blade into place. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/gLOfcz6.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/HEjBz9u.jpg)
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If you wear bifocals use the reader part of the lens. That gives pretty good focus on the sights although the target will be blurry. That works for me out to 25 yards or so.
Computer glasses work well too. I had cataract surgery on both eyes, two weeks apart last month…..YUGE 😊 difference. Whites are whiter and everything is brighter 😊. I’m probably going to still need glasses to correct for some astigmatism and for reading in lower light but right now I’m not using my “cheaters” on my Ipad.
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