Good article! Advantage 4: You can focus on the target and see the dot even when you have old eyes. As I've gotten older (age 48), in the last year my eyes just don't see things close to me as well as they used to. If I'm trying to focus on the front sight of iron sights they get a little blurry. However, with a red dot, where I can stay…
Good article! Advantage 4: You can focus on the target and see the dot even when you have old eyes. As I've gotten older (age 48), in the last year my eyes just don't see things close to me as well as they used to. If I'm trying to focus on the front sight of iron sights they get a little blurry. However, with a red dot, where I can stay target focused and just overlay the dot, I see just fine. I also like that compared to iron sights, when you're looking through the window of the optic, you can see more below your target, so that gives you more room to see if someone is reaching for their waistband, etc. It's taken me a ton of reps to learn to present correctly with the red dot, (compared to iron sights), but now I can present out and pick up the dot quickly and consistently.
I’m with you Matt on reason number 4. I’ve got 67 year old eyes and I find the red dot so much easier to overlay on the target. It does take time to adjust to the red dot, but once you do, it is much better. I did a lot of practice draws, with the gun empty of course, to train my hands and eyes to transition to the red dot.
Good article! Advantage 4: You can focus on the target and see the dot even when you have old eyes. As I've gotten older (age 48), in the last year my eyes just don't see things close to me as well as they used to. If I'm trying to focus on the front sight of iron sights they get a little blurry. However, with a red dot, where I can stay target focused and just overlay the dot, I see just fine. I also like that compared to iron sights, when you're looking through the window of the optic, you can see more below your target, so that gives you more room to see if someone is reaching for their waistband, etc. It's taken me a ton of reps to learn to present correctly with the red dot, (compared to iron sights), but now I can present out and pick up the dot quickly and consistently.
I’m with you Matt on reason number 4. I’ve got 67 year old eyes and I find the red dot so much easier to overlay on the target. It does take time to adjust to the red dot, but once you do, it is much better. I did a lot of practice draws, with the gun empty of course, to train my hands and eyes to transition to the red dot.