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John
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Reged: 23/01/07
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Loc: Manitoba, Canada

Rear sights and old eyes!
02/04/07 09:44 AM

The title says it all, how do the more "mature" members that are reading this, cope with iron sights? I am 56 and planning my first African Safari for next year, the goal is a Buffalo up close, I have a Vaughan .470 DR purchased specfically for the task, I want to use the iron sights on this rifle and for this job I prefer them to all other sighting systems, but I have a problem:

I am short sighted and wear glasses, with them my long range vision is excellent, but in recent years I have had to use bifocals so I can read, now I have problem, when I lay my head on a rifle stock the rear sight is extremely blurred!

My wife used to work in an optromist office, she just told me that they made up a "reversed" pair of bifocals for a mechanic. Any one out there used these for shooting?

With a telescopic sight I can hold my own with anyone, but with iron sights it is another story. For example if I have to lay down and shoot a handgun from under a car I can not get the rear sight in focus due to my head angle and my accuracy goes to hell. I have found myself adopting a head high stance when shooting a handgun, this is OK I guess but when a Buffalo gets close and I swing a DR instinctively my head will be tucked on the stock and the rear sight blurred!

Looking for advice please. For the younger readers, pay close attention, for this will surely happen to you one day!

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Rear sights and old eyes!	John	02/04/07 09:44 AM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	enfieldspares	30/08/07 03:22 AM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	enfieldspares	30/08/07 03:26 AM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	NE450No2	30/08/07 06:41 PM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	John	31/08/07 12:24 AM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	ozhunter	31/08/07 06:54 PM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	ALAN_MCKENZIE	31/08/07 11:32 PM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	470evans	01/09/07 12:02 AM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	John	01/09/07 02:42 AM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	Rustyzipper	01/09/07 11:29 PM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	Badger_Matt	02/04/07 10:58 AM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	NE450No2	02/04/07 11:36 AM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	Yogi000	03/04/07 01:22 AM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	John	03/04/07 09:05 AM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	John	27/08/07 11:40 PM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	AzGuy	28/08/07 01:52 PM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	John	29/08/07 06:02 AM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	NE450No2	29/08/07 06:25 AM
Re: Rear sights and old eyes!	John	29/08/07 06:33 AM

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