Being part of the over 40 crowd I'm finding the target is getting fuzzier and there is more guesswork in my sight alignment. I've read the mixed reviews on the microsight, but my question is they make a short (760mm) and long (800mm) sight radius version, but the sight radius of my rifle is around 940mm. Being my sight radius is much longer how does that figure into the effectiveness of the lens?
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Microsight question
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Re: Microsight question
The few reviews of the microsight suggest this isn't a miracle cure, and make the sight picture dim and sensitive to eye relief. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31559&hilit=Microsight
I have to ask, but have you seen good optician/ophthalmologist for a presciption lens yet? Plenty of 40+ shooters follow this, more conventional route, successfully.
I have to ask, but have you seen good optician/ophthalmologist for a presciption lens yet? Plenty of 40+ shooters follow this, more conventional route, successfully.
Re: Microsight question
I have a good Ophthalmologist but have not asked for an Rx specifically for shooting. I've never considered it until very recently and thought the microsight would allow me to use my regular glasses.
Even if I look at the target and not the front sight it's sometimes fairly clear, and sometimes just a fuzzy pom-pom. It can vary from bull to bull a few minutes apart.
Even if I look at the target and not the front sight it's sometimes fairly clear, and sometimes just a fuzzy pom-pom. It can vary from bull to bull a few minutes apart.
Re: Microsight question
A fuzzy target is normal, but in most cases a shooting lens makes it clearer, though not as sharp as the foresight. A very clear target can lead you into aiming for too long.
Your distance prescription +0.5, is the common recommendation for Smallbore Rifle. This places your focus slightly ahead of the foresight for a clearer view of the target. I'd also suggest shooting spectacle frames or a lens holder that attaches to the rearsight. Regular glasses will hold the lens too low in most cases, and at the wrong angle. Shooting frames and lens holders put the lens centrally and perpendicular to your line of sight, where it should be.
Your distance prescription +0.5, is the common recommendation for Smallbore Rifle. This places your focus slightly ahead of the foresight for a clearer view of the target. I'd also suggest shooting spectacle frames or a lens holder that attaches to the rearsight. Regular glasses will hold the lens too low in most cases, and at the wrong angle. Shooting frames and lens holders put the lens centrally and perpendicular to your line of sight, where it should be.