It may even be downright difficult to get a decent sight picture with your handgun at all.
Lets go over the best options for pistol sights old eyes.
Hopefully, we can find something that works.
As we get older, our eyesight diminishes its just a fact of nature.
This is especially difficult for pistol shooters.
So, even with corrective lenses such as readers, bifocals, contact lenses, etc.
you still cant see both your target and your front sight the way you could when you were 20.
Most standard sights today are vastly improved over those of our youth.
A perfect example of this is theU-Dot configurationof the Hellcat handgun.
These pistol sights are much faster to acquire and maintain under stress.
Simply changing the fixed sights on your handgun can make a world of difference for diminishing eyesight.
Front sights are available with a variety of bright colored dots, squares, circles… even triangles.
Many include a tritium insert that will self-illuminate in total darkness.
If youre not comfortable changing them, most gun stores offer the service for just a few bucks.
The most common colors used are red and green, though orange and yellow are also used.
For a lot of people with older eyes, these colors can really pop and be easy to see.
This works only with sufficient available light however and would be virtually invisible in the darkness.
They can also be a valuable tool for aiming a firearm.
A laser is essentially just a very finely focused beam of bright light and is therefore perfectly straight.
Once sighted in, a laser sight literally becomes a point and shoot proposition.
Most commonly seen in red, they are also available in green laser.
Green lasers are much easier for old eyes to see in even bright lighting conditions.
They tend to be more expensive to manufacture, however.
Also, red dot sights used to be much larger than they are today.
Consequently, you could use them to replace normal pistol sights.
Unlike the laser, the dot is not projected to the target, but is superimposed on it.
Most, such as the HEX Dragonfly and HEX Wasp are sealed systems that resist moisture.
They also include easy activation or always-on technology to ensure that the dot is there when you need it.
Your Choice?
Which is the best pistol sight for old eyes?
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