Shooting vintage airguns with old repaired eyes.

[45flint]

I am 65 and a couple of years ago had a cataract removed and a artificial lens put in my shooting eye. It was amazing and brought me back to 20/20 with reading glasses. Since the lens doesn't focus it makes for very difficult use of open sights. Optical sights seemed the only way to go. Now comes my recent love for vintage air guns! On pistols I have tended to use my other eye. But I just got a Crosman 102 with a peep sight. That seems to work with my new lol eye. I read a few weeks ago of a eye doctor that recommended peep sight to patients like me.

[I. J.]

I had both my cataracts replaced a few years ago. I shoot pistol right handed (due to a knackered left elbow) and rifle left handed. I dont seem to have any trouble shooting pistol with Ready Read glasses I bought from my local Pound Store ( or equivalent). I also manage to shoot rifle but mainly use scoped rifles as I to struggle to focus on the sights and the target. May I suggest a visit to your local Pound shop (without the guns of course )

HTH
Ian

[Abasmajor]

I had both my cataracts replaced a few years ago. I shoot pistol right handed (due to a knackered left elbow) and rifle left handed. I dont seem to have any trouble shooting pistol with Ready Read glasses I bought from my local Pound Store ( or equivalent). I also manage to shoot rifle but mainly use scoped rifles as I to struggle to focus on the sights and the target. May I suggest a visit to your local Pound shop (without the guns of course )

HTH
Ian

Hello Ian,

I tried ordinary reading glasses for 10 metre precision when my eyesight began to deteriorate, but although the sight picture was clear, the visual relationship with the aiming mark wasn't satisfactory. Iris equipped shooting frames worked for a while, but I ended up investing in admittedly very expensive shooting glasses to restore a useable set-up. I now mainly use aperture sights for indoor rifle shooting at 20 yds which seems to be OK for the moment anyway.

Regards

Brian

[vbull]

Brian, did you get your shooting specs made up at a specialist optician ?

[Abasmajor]

Brian, did you get your shooting specs made up at a specialist optician ?

Hi,

I took a free eye test at Bisley during one the meetings there a few years ago. The optician (J.H.Steward) has a facility next to Fultons and attends the main meetings at Bisley.

Although J.H. Steward specialises in glasses intended for shooting, any optician could provide the same service if you explain your specific requirements.

Shooting glasses with prescription lenses are expensive, but with the normal rate of sight deterioration due to age, they shouldn't need replacing for quite a few years. The lenses are also toughened which means they provide protection when I use live firearms.

If you should ever decide to invest in shooting glasses, I would recommend that if possible, you take a pistol along to the consultation to ensure optimum clarity at your chosen range.

Happy New Year.

Brian

[j_potter]

some years ago I started noticing 'fluff' inside the aperture of the sight I was using for 20m .22lr rifle. I kept trying to clean the sight out. everyone I asked said the sight was fine. finally i went to an optician who said I had a rare type of cataract on the front of the lens of my eye. I was about 50 at the time and had always had excellent eyesight. so, if things start looking a bit fluffy it's worth having an eye check ! happy new year to everyone !