Correcting pistol sight picture

[thisisdonald]

Discover, email me about the clip on diopter. My dad has an excellent left eye, but his right has a cataract. We recently shot 38 gallery rifles with peep sights and he found the view excellent. It may be something he could use.
Thisisdonald@Gmail.com
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[RobinC]

1. If you do not have the correct prescription you will of course struggle, go to a good optician, ask if you can take your pistol, and get him to test on hold, and have a lens made that gives sharp clear focus at foresight distance. it will be your long vision plus some, different depending on your arm length and barrel length, and the lens should include any astigmatism if you have one. Plus 0.5 dioptre is incorrect, that is for RIFLE, and gives a focal length of 2 metres which compensates for the peephole of a rear sight.

Beware the cheap options, the exact lens you will need must be correct to tenths of a dioptre, the cheapies are not, so you will be on a compromise.The best Optician we use, and always advise is Stephen Hing at Shefford, near Bedford, and ask to book for Stephen, you will not need to take your pistol as he understands shooting and will test correctly, and he makes his own lens's. Its a hike, but if you want to enjoy your sport go to the best.

2. Get as wide a fore sight as you can, and then open the rear sight width or make a new one if its limited, so you have a big gap at the the rear.

3. Don't waste time with an iris, you want more light not less, all an iris does as well is draw your focus out, and that is the opposite to what you want.

Have Fun
Robin

[Turnup]

There is a specialist shooting optician at Bisley next to Fulton's - only about an hour from Southampton. Worth checking before you go as I don't think they are open every day.

[Bjacobs571]

I got my lens from specsavers but the one where I live said they could not and would not make them for me. The one in Worthing was marvelous and did a 1st class job.
I use an Iris on my glasses and they increase the depth of field (Focus) enough to make both sights sharp and make the target almost in focus. Most serious shooters use an iris for this reason.

[majex45]

I took my pistol to Specsavers and had them do the "with or without" test while I held the pistol in the correct shooting position.
Result: an extra 2 or 3 points on the average.
Just tell them what you are going to do so they don't panic

[silversurfer]

I use Specs-by-Post for lenses for my shooting specs. They are much cheaper than the High Street Opticians and the service and quality is excellent. I rang them and explained what I needed, they were very helpful.

I have my prescription lens (to correct my vision to 20/20) in my frame, and a set of lenses +.25, +.50 etc
that I clip over my prescription lens for varying light conditions. I have Varga frames and the clip-on lens holder is by Knobloch. I find this gives me a great sight picture - the hard bit now, is holding the pistol still!

Google Nygord’s Notes, and read “The Eyes Have It”, it’s the best advice I have found on the subject in over 40 years of pistol shooting.

I also use an iris (for similar reasons as Turnup)