You send your pistols off, have them drilled and tapped for an optical mount, and you use a Red Dot type sight
S&W drilled and tapped this M41, I have a better sight on top now.
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Ruger did this one:
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I sent the slide off to Clark and they drilled and tapped and installed the mount.
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I dumped the Schwartz safety instead of having the rear sight milled.
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Ya do what ya gotta do.
Looking at that big, ugly sight on that beautiful Model 41 makes me want to cry, but as I enter my 60s I can understand why you would do it. I've got a red dot on my Ruger Mk.III Competition, and its a dream to aim. Much easier than my iron sighted handguns, even though my sight isn't that bad... yet.S&W drilled and tapped this M41, I have a better sight on top now.
All those optics are great for range toys, but pretty useless for your CCW.
I thought that we weren't supposed to discuss religion here.Presbyopia sufferers unite!
I agree. I am shooting my Bullseye Pistols at 25 yards and 50 yards, if I can't get a good sight picture I won't be hitting my target. This is also true for my other recreational pistols, I am shooting them at ranges that are way beyond "combat distances". Look at a bunch of Utube videos for an idea of the close distances found in actual shootings. At those distances, seeing your front sight is paramount in hitting, the rear sight is sort of, in the fore ground.
If you notice, optical sights are slowly becoming supplemental to irons in modern production pistols, and we seeing factory pistols made for Delta Point optics.
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I have a stack of the various strength reading glasses that I have needed over the years. I just bring the pair that works best with the iron sights on whichever gun, rifle or pistol, that I'll be shooting that day.
(As well as the current pair that I need to see stuff up close with.. )
I had cataract surgery 2+ years ago. My opthamologist/surgeon was a shooter too so I was given a slightly different lens in each eye, similar to a contact lens monovision setup. This has allowed me to have a clear view of the front sight with one eye and clear view of the target with the other (or with both). FWIW, I too have noticed that I'm a better shot with my GP100 than with any of my 1911s primarily because the gap in the rear sight on that revolver is wider and than on the semi-autos. This allows me a much better view of the front post.I had cataract surgery on both eyes about 5 years ago, and my ability to see sights is now greatly improved at age 62.
My solution is correct your vision for distance and use red-dot sights or scopes.
...how are you dealing with it?
I'm 75 and have gotten smarter and smarter as I've gotten older and older. The secret for shooting better with aging eyes is to get closer and closer to the target.
I have thought about an offset scope mount for rifle as I have MD (slowly developing, thank God) and a cataract on my dominant eye. Handgun should be pretty easy but offset mount is all I can think of short of learning to shoot left handed. Cataract can be removed when ready, but not MD. @ 82 YOA hoping eyesight will last long enough to avoid crossing that bridge.I have issues with macular degeneration my dominant (right) eye, I'm also right handed. I'm teaching myself to shoot with my left eye now by canting my 1911 and twisting my head to the right. It feels weird but it works. Not much I can to about long gun shooting though. Magnified optics help.
When I'm at the range, my bench looks like an eyeglass counter, given all the glasses I bring. LOLI have a stack of the various strength reading glasses that I have needed over the years. I just bring the pair that works best with the iron sights on whichever gun, rifle or pistol, that I'll be shooting that day.
(As well as the current pair that I need to see stuff up close with.. )