Best Pistol Sights for Old Eyes
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2023
- What are the best pistol sights for old eyes? Rob Pincus stresses that you need to have good sights you can use reliably in a defensive situation. That means those sights need to be able to help you put the bullet where you need it to go very efficiently in the context of defensive firearms use.
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AGING EYES
As you age, you may experience near-sightedness, far-sightedness, cataracts, poor night vision, or any other number of problems as your eyesight degrades. Rob feels that as his vision has changed as he’s gotten older, it’s been more important than ever to stick to the fundamentals that make a good defensive pistol sight: to have a large front sight post inside a very large rear sight notch.
Rob designed the claw sights with Ameriglo to be exactly that: a big, bright front square (not a circle) that sits inside a relatively wide rear notch. That allows you to pick up the front sight cleanly and easily when using self-defense weapons, even if your up-close vision has degraded.
TRADITIONAL SIGHTS
The traditional handgun sights, which were common for decades even on defensive pistols, have a very narrow front sight post and a narrow rear notch. Because this setup gives less tolerance for error and higher potential for precision, it is good for competition and bullseye shooting as well as law enforcement qualification courses.
But with defensive shooting and its related handgun training, we simply do not need that level of precision. Nine to 15 feet is the range of the majority of defensive shooting situations, and we are aiming at the chest or sometimes the head, so the large square front sight and wide rear notch are the best setup of pistol sights for old eyes, and in fact for any eyes.
OTHER SIGHT OPTIONS
Rob offers his opinions on the large circular front sight sitting in a wedge, and red-dot sights, and explains why these are not his preferred choice for defensive pistols. To sum up, Rob believes the best pistol sights for old eyes for defensive use are the bright front square and wide rear notch, such as the Ameriglo claw sight or other similar sights. - Спорт
Is the Ameriglo Claw sight still available?
Rob, great report as usual but I've been looking for the claw sight by ameriglo and I believe it has been discontinued. I may be wrong, but is there any other alternatives you can recommend?
Honestly the ONLY thing keeping me from putting red dot on carry piece is that I just have it stuck in my head that with my luck when I need it I'm going to pull it and there's going to be something on the screen since that's always a possibility until I can afford an enclosed red sight, I'll be sure to use the wider irons such as Ameriglo CAP.
Red dot will work for some people. Near sighted it's going to bloom, but might be usable at close ranges. Astigmatism makes it worse. With iron sights, if you're near sighted with astigmatism, the sights will be so blurred that you're just point shooting. Red dot might still work. Laser can still work for close ranges. The dot may look like it's a couple of inches, but you can still get that on a chest.
X-S Big Dots. I favor the green ones.
Yeah he seems a bit contradictory to push his own sights over the XS style
You helped me in my quest for old eyes sights. Ordered the same.
Thanks Rob, I have found that the Trijicon RMR is my solution with co-witness sights and lasergrip 329. Semper Fi!
Thank you for watching!
I think Ameriglo stopped making the claw sight. I emailed them to ask and if the have an equivalent.
I switched from the XS BigDot to the Ameriglo GL-434 for my Glock to be able to handle more precise shots @ distance,I went w/the orange front sight my eyes pick it up better in bright sunlight. I don't run a red dot because for me it's just another system to maintain. XS sights are good but they're kinda like a shotgun bead on your pistol.
I need that❗💯🎯
Good content. Personally, it's RDS or bust. Industry standard.
This. Just bought a rmr lol
IN A DEFENSIVE SITUATION YOU NOT EVEN SEE YOUR SIGHTS... SIGHTS ARE USELESS IN A DEFENSIVE REACTION.