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Crossfire wrote: Oh, and the Advantage Tactical Sights - can't beat 'em! They are great!

I use Trijicon Night Sights right on my EDC XD, but will order a set of the Advantage when i get home for my other XD and see how I like it.

Right now I can still hit a target at handgun common fighting distances... But I'd prefer to not wait till i cant, to find a course of action.

Crossfire wrote:

bronco78 wrote:It was not till i had a night time red light vision issue reading a map, I discovered I was having problems.

Night vision loss and color loss are not a normal part of the process. For me, that was one of the first signs of early onset cataracts. It took about a year of constantly changing prescriptions, as I became more and more near-sighted, before I finally had the surgery. Now I wish I had done it sooner. I have worn glasses all my life, literally, since kindergarten. Now, I have a pair of glasses, but I seldom put them on. I finally know what it is like to wake up and be able to see without fumbling for my glasses first!

While this may not be your problem, you should know the possibilities. BTW, I had my cataract surgery at 50.

Oh, and the Advantage Tactical Sights - can't beat 'em! They are great!

Thanks, I guess told the story in part only.

3 years of teaching collage at University of OR, had no need to read a map, or a FBCB2 display in a M1151 HMMWV.
PCS to FT Hood, the command Sergeant major asks me to go check on training that night at the gunner range.
0100 I hope in, get down the road, driver asks me which way at the upcoming road split.

I look at the FBCB2 display that in a M1151 is all of 18 or so inches away from your face.. And everything is blurry, the heater is blasting me in the face, I look over at the GPS, and it is blurry as well. What the heck... Pull my map from a cargo pocket, turn on my red light.. and,,, It's blurry as well, I'm sweating bullets now (forgot about the heater) had no known issue with vision, so it never came to mind, Im hot, sweating and have blurry vision. For a sec, I was waiting for the the pain in my left arm, and the rest of the signs of a heart attack to kick in. I actually thought i was really down for the count.. then i realized... as I looked at my driver, I could read the small safety sticker, pasted above his head on the left side of the truck.. PERFECTLY, talking a 3 x 2 " decal,, with size 10 font or so. No light other then form the dash Humm, ok, so Im not dying and can only not see up close

hence, I discovered I could not see up close one night while trying to read a map under red light, and a back light FBCB2 screen, or GPS.

The right eye corrected , left eye not is a thought. doc did that with my wives contacts.. she hates it, but I might try it with shooting glasses.

Texas Dan Mosby wrote:How about some glasses?

My vision took a hit once I turned 40. Literally. It was like I jumped across a "your vision will now suck" line around my birthday. Such is life. I got the inserts that work with issued eye pro / shades, so you don't lose any cool points when the sun is up at least.

After all the wear and tear I've managed to survive, I figure I've earned the right to start falling apart.

Have um, wear um for finger tip and less distances. But cant see a darn thing with them on past 10 FT.

I can do bi focals Im sure, glass on top, corrected on bottom. May have to try that

It is with heavy heart.. I type the words that confirm my fears for many a year... My eyesight is finally effecting my shooting...only a little, but it will only get worse.

From 3 feet and out I have 20/20 vision.. literally, on all standard yearly eye test I register as having perfect vising uncorrected. It was not till i had a night time red light vision issue reading a map, I discovered I was having problems. Arms length and less, my vision is a bit blurry.. That of course includes weapon sights.

I can still shoot well on rifles with optics, XM110 to or standard M4 at work and all my rifles at home. The trouble is handguns.

Sights are just at that blurry range, I can still point shoot at close in ranges no issue, I can still use weapon sights on my hand guns to decent ability.. BUT it will get worse.

What have others done to compensate? Site types? Brands? Models?
My wife suggest longer arms,, but Im thinking that elective surgery may not be covered by TRICARE
So what say you... What has worked for you?