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Need some advice folks, sights for old eyes.
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<blockquote data-quote="1shott" data-source="post: 4100259" data-attributes="member: 29"><p>I am 57, started wearing glasses a few years ago. </p><p></p><p>Well lately even with glasses I am having a difficult time picking up the sights on rifles.</p><p></p><p>LRB M14 had national match sights front and rear, larger aperture.</p><p></p><p>Buckhorn sights on lever guns.</p><p></p><p>Both are getting hard to use, with the buckhorns the worse. I ordered a ranger point precision rear peep sight for the newest lever gun, marlin 1894, and its useless to me, completely out of focus. Front sight nearly a blur.</p><p></p><p>The LRB is better but everything is still a bit out of focus. </p><p></p><p>I even have a hard time with scopes anymore, without my glasses I can get the eye relief correct but cant focus the cross hairs, with my glasses the eye relief is all jacked but at least I can decently focus the crosshairs and not see 3 sets of crosshairs. </p><p></p><p>I have thought about hi viz buckhorns for the marlin, front and rear, or maybe a lyman peep sight for the rear with differing apertures or a ghost ring rear.</p><p></p><p>If worse comes to worse I can always add a rail and a red dot. </p><p></p><p>For the LRB, I think I can function ok with it for now but only time will tell. I think the longer barrel length is helping me on that one vs the length of the 1894.</p><p></p><p>Any ideas suggestions. I hate to think I am nearing the end of my firearm ownership but if I cant see the sights whats the point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1shott, post: 4100259, member: 29"] I am 57, started wearing glasses a few years ago. Well lately even with glasses I am having a difficult time picking up the sights on rifles. LRB M14 had national match sights front and rear, larger aperture. Buckhorn sights on lever guns. Both are getting hard to use, with the buckhorns the worse. I ordered a ranger point precision rear peep sight for the newest lever gun, marlin 1894, and its useless to me, completely out of focus. Front sight nearly a blur. The LRB is better but everything is still a bit out of focus. I even have a hard time with scopes anymore, without my glasses I can get the eye relief correct but cant focus the cross hairs, with my glasses the eye relief is all jacked but at least I can decently focus the crosshairs and not see 3 sets of crosshairs. I have thought about hi viz buckhorns for the marlin, front and rear, or maybe a lyman peep sight for the rear with differing apertures or a ghost ring rear. If worse comes to worse I can always add a rail and a red dot. For the LRB, I think I can function ok with it for now but only time will tell. I think the longer barrel length is helping me on that one vs the length of the 1894. Any ideas suggestions. I hate to think I am nearing the end of my firearm ownership but if I cant see the sights whats the point. [/QUOTE]
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