Corrected vision and shooting

[Doc45]

I've worn glasses since the age of 13, now 59. I'm near sighted with an astigmatism, wear no-line bifocals as for close up stuff (reading, detail work, etc.) I don't need any correction.

I used to do some of my pistol drills without my glasses (only safety/shooting glasses for protection) but have gotten away from that for the past year or so. I do this in case a situation were to arise where things went wrong and I lost/broke/dropped/whatever my glasses.

This evening I tried it again with my full size 9mm M&P that has the Ameriglo i-dot sights. This front sight really jumps out for me, using a modified Isoceles, more like making a diamond with my elbows slightly bent outward (I modeled this after watching Brian Enos a looong time ago in Arizona). The front sight is in very sharp focus for me at this distance.

These pics are just examples of what I accomplished using 115gr American Eagle fmj. On the paper plate I shot 5 shots at the following distances (all in feet): 7,10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35. The only timing on this target I did was starting with my pistol holstered, fired the first shot and then the rest as soon as I realigned my sights. The small circle target was 5 rounds at 7 feet taking my time. At all of these distances the targets were very out of focus.

Prior to these I also ran some very fast drills on the full target on a timer with it facing me for 2 seconds then turning away, repeated 3 times (double taps, strong hand only) at both 5 and 7 feet.

Just thought some of you would find this interesting, thanks.

[ray1970]

Son of a...

You mean to tell me all those years I had bad vision that all I had to do was ditch my contacts so I'd be forced to focus on the front sight instead of the target?



Nice shooting.

[Doc45]

Haha, too true! As I've aged and my vision has changed it's become more difficult to clearly see my front sight-forgot to mention that in my post lol. Yes we all learned early on to focus on the front sight .

[Great-Kazoo]

Now work on your point shooting. . You'll not worry about that pesky sight .

[Doc45]

Now work on your point shooting. . You'll not worry about that pesky sight .

Part of the drills I always include as noted in the original post, learned that a few decades back lol. For me the biggest issue has been the changing lens Rx over the years with pistol shooting. On the flip side, no issues (no surprise) whether using iron, red dot or scope on carbines and rifles.