Dumb Question on Sig Sights

[Blindpig]

John, I really know where you're coming from on the blurry vision thing. I wear bifocals and they are a monumental pain in the rear for shooting. It's only my close vision that's poor so the top of my lenses have no correction in them. The front sight is always blurry unless I tilt my head back to get it in focus on the bottom half of the lenses. I partially solved the problem by having my optometrist put a small area of close correction in the top of the lenses on one pair of my shooting glasses to allow me to get the front sight in good focus. Of course, that makes the target blurry. The real answer, on my Mark II at least, was a red dot. Those babies make you a real shooter again! Won't work on your Sig, of course, but I assume you only want it to put down the bad guys, right? Don't really have to see the sights too well for that.

[Bullseye]

When you focus on the front sight, it is normal for the target to be out of focus. Your eyes cannot focus at more than one distance at a time. However, there is a such thing as too blurry. One thing I've found is wearing progressive lenses, these have bi-focal lenses but no lines. That area between the near vision correction lens and the far vision correction lens is transitional and can be used for an in-between or mid-range region of sight.

R,
Bullseye

[DancesWithSquirrels]

I wear bifocals and find them to be a bit of a pain. But the one time I tried the transitional type I just could not get the hang of them. It seemed like no matter what I did I was looking through the wrong part of the lens at any given time. I guess I am one of those folks who can't deal with more than two choices

But one thing I tried once which seemed to help was one of those irises which you attach to your glasses. You look through a tiny hole which increases your depth of field to where you actually get a pretty clear sight picture. They make these things with adjustable apertures or with multiple sized holes to choose from depending on lighting conditions. For bullseye competition where you are shooting from the same stationary position all the time they can work great. They do take some getting used to though. You have to keep your head rock steady while shooting or you can suddenly lose the entire sight picture.

DWS

[Bullseye]

I have to agree with you on that DWS, those progressive lenses take quite a bit of getting used to for a wearer. Mine nearly drove me crazy but I finally got accustomed to them. Like you, I didn't like having to point my nose directly at something in order to see it clearly. I tried conventional bi-focals but those were even worse for me. At one time, I even considered exchanging my progressive for a second pair of conventional lenses. But now since I've gotten used to the progressives, I don't wear the conventional lensed bi-focal glasses anymore.

The fixture that you've mentioned is called a Merit Optical Disk. I have one in my shooting box. I won it in a competition many years back. I don't use it all that much but I saved it because I knew my eyes would someday need a little extra help focusing on the sights. I does force you to use just one position with your head, but in Bullseye style shooting you don't want to be changing your head position while shooting anyway. For action style shooting limited head movement can be a problem.

R,
Bullseye

[John Crow]

I entered my first Pin Shooting Event today. I used the MKIII with more success that the P239. I have the MKIII's sights adjusted real well and I was suprised a bit but how readily the .22 knocked them over. THere was no problem if you hit the pin low. Great fun. There were some pretty good shooters there. The regulars use the .45 a lot which sure moves a bowling pin pretty good.

Judging from the kick, I think I'll stay with .22's & 9's. My 9mm kicks about as much as I want in a pistol. (OK.....call me a wimp.) The Pin Shooting is good practice - a bit of pressure - acquiring different targets.

I'm just glad the pins couldn't shoot back because I left quite a few standing.......

[Bullseye]

Congratulations! Shooting reactive targets, like bowling pins, can be a lots of fun. 22's are underrated by many people, they can do fairly well on these targets and still have a tame recoil. Recoil management comes with time and practice. You'll build up strength and stamina if you practice more with the bigger bore pistols.

Truthfully, I don't notice that much recoil difference between the .45 and the 9mm. Plus, I do reload my 45s down to a milder target grade charge for even more recoil control and better shot recovery. I've got some 9mm SMG ammo that's is hotter and more powerful than most standard 45 Ball loads. One time I was shooting at an indoor range and this fella comes over and asks, "What are you shooting, 44 Magnums?" Then he sees me standing there with a Browning Highpower and goes, "What do you have in there, sounds like thunder!" I don't shoot them much in pistols, they're hard on the joints and the equipment.

I saw a guy practicing the other day for a pin shoot, he took some white paper and cut out a bunch of bowling pin silhouettes. Put several up on a target backer and was practicing his form. Maybe this kind of practice might be helpful for you too.

R,
Bullseye