Go Back   Alberta Outdoorsmen Forum > Main Category > Guns & Ammo Discussion

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 02-09-2019, 05:31 PM
glen moa glen moa is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 970
Default What aiming device for poor eyesight

Dad can’t hit a sheet of paper at 15y with v sights. Old single shot Cooley dose t have dovetail grooves. So I might have to get a new gun also.
What are the options?
He will be happy and surprised if I can find something thank you
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 02-09-2019, 05:33 PM
calgarychef calgarychef is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 6,667
Default

Open sights are difficult when our eyesight goes.... a peep site might help if you don’t want to us e a scope. A scope would be a world of difference though
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 02-09-2019, 05:55 PM
glen moa glen moa is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 970
Default

Just a normal scope or red dot or?
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 02-09-2019, 05:56 PM
glen moa glen moa is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 970
Default

I thinking a bolt 22 with drill and tap full size rail with a small 4x scope?
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 02-09-2019, 06:52 PM
Bigwoodsman Bigwoodsman is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 8,267
Default

Did your dad have an eye examination?

Years ago on one of the last outings with my dad he was missing like crazy with the shotgun. I asked him what going on and he said he was having trouble seeing the birds.
When we got home I mentioned it to mom and she made him an eye appointment. Turned out his dominant eye need to ya e a cataract removed. The next time we went out he was hitting everything he pointed his Winchester at.

BW
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 02-09-2019, 08:25 PM
fps plus fps plus is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 1,815
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigwoodsman View Post
Did your dad have an eye examination?

Years ago on one of the last outings with my dad he was missing like crazy with the shotgun. I asked him what going on and he said he was having trouble seeing the birds.
When we got home I mentioned it to mom and she made him an eye appointment. Turned out his dominant eye need to ya e a cataract removed. The next time we went out he was hitting everything he pointed his Winchester at.

BW
Father in law was over visiting one day and stated he couldn’t see out of one eye “been like that for a year boy” . After eye exam and cataract removed can see Only after promting from his daughter ! . Imagine that !
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 02-10-2019, 07:00 AM
glen moa glen moa is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 970
Default

He just had his eyes checked. He needs new ones.
Nothing they can do.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 02-10-2019, 09:29 AM
fps plus fps plus is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 1,815
Default

That’s a bummer , a scope should help . There are lots to choose from these days .
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 02-10-2019, 09:55 AM
sgill808 sgill808 is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 1,449
Default

Glasses
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 02-10-2019, 09:56 AM
Boogerfart Boogerfart is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Thorsby
Posts: 598
Default

I would think a decent scope would make a world of difference. Doesn't need to be high power or variable, just good quality. Spend some time getting it tuned in to his eyes and you'll probably both be amazed.
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 02-10-2019, 11:01 AM
glen moa glen moa is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 970
Default

I’ll have him try a bright scope.
Is that the best option. Only need 20y max
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 02-10-2019, 11:35 AM
urban rednek's Avatar
urban rednek urban rednek is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 3,377
Default age related macular degeneration?

Quote:
Originally Posted by glen moa View Post
He just had his eyes checked. He needs new ones.
Nothing they can do.
AMD? If so, speak with a specialist before you do anything too extreme.
Good luck.
__________________
“One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.” - Thomas Sowell

“We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.”- Thomas Sowell
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 02-11-2019, 10:50 PM
Back Country Hunter Back Country Hunter is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Central Alberta
Posts: 104
Default

Go with a red dot sight, they are accurate and simple to use. Even a scope with basic crosshairs requires adjusting to get the crosshairs clear and then there is eye relief and parallax to consider. A red dot is clear, unlimited eye relief, no worries about parallax and relatively inexpensive. We have used Bushnell TRS 25 and Vortex Venom red dots with good success on rimfire rifles. Best of luck to you.
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 02-11-2019, 11:02 PM
nivlac nivlac is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: mountains
Posts: 21
Default target

I move the target closer. lol
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 02-11-2019, 11:02 PM
260 Rem 260 Rem is offline
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: East Central Alberta
Posts: 8,315
Default

Red dots are good ... but I am told those with astigmatism may see a fuzzy or oblong dot?? Under certain conditions, I wonder if a laser would work?
__________________
Old Guys Rule
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 02-12-2019, 11:03 AM
6.5 shooter's Avatar
6.5 shooter 6.5 shooter is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Medicine Hat
Posts: 4,205
Default

If he wears glasses there is a peep device that sticks on the lens so the eye is forced to focus and the sights on the rifle will clear up and they are cheap. If he doesn't wear glasses a set of safety glasses would work just as well. Shot gunners (trap) use them the most.
__________________
Trades I would interested in:
- Sightron rifle scopes, 4.5x14x42mm or 4x16x42mm
especially! with the HHR reticle. (no duplex pls.)
- older 6x fixed scopes with fine X or target dot.
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 02-12-2019, 12:19 PM
Boogerfart Boogerfart is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Thorsby
Posts: 598
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by 260 Rem View Post
Red dots are good ... but I am told those with astigmatism may see a fuzzy or oblong dot?? Under certain conditions, I wonder if a laser would work?

This is true, it happens to me. I've tried a couple different ones with the same effect. That's why I recommended a scope. Just a simple low maginifaction should be fine I'd think, works good for me.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 12:37 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.