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Offline quattro

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Help-I'm near sighted
« on: October 25, 2005, 05:51:59 PM »
First time post on forum and I'm not quite sure where this question belongs. Been reading forum since first of the year. Have owned P-01 since April. Over 1,200 rounds. The majority of my distance at the range has been at 25 yards. I've tried shooting with glasses and I've tried without. I seem to have the best results without glasses...ie: being able to see the sights clearly, but not really being able to see the target with perfect clearity.

I can see the target ok, but the red dot and the black zone around it are blury. But my question is: has anyone developed any cleaver technique to compensate?

As long as I'm on a roll, I"ll offer a second point....this gun shoots left. As I mentioned, I have a fair number of rounds, but I consistently shoot 3-4 inches left. My targets have no holes to the right of red. Do you think my trigger pull is the cause? I've been shooting with bags and free hand. Can sights be adjusted to compensate?

Open to suggestions.

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Help-I'm near sighted
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2005, 07:27:10 PM »
First, do you shoot left from a rest?  (Use sandbags, rice bags, etc.)  And squeeze the shot of very slowly.  That will show whether its the sights misadjusted or technique.

Second, for most of us, having glasses that will let you see the SIGHTS very clearly -- maybe cheap reading glasses from the drug store -- may be your best alternative.   (That's what my eye doctor, an opthamologist recommended.)

Until my last eye visit, I had a special set of glasses with the right lense (my dominant eye) set so that I could focus on the front sight, and my left set for the distant target.  I'd use the left eye to acquire, and the right eye to "set."   But my left eye has a small cataract right in the middle, and its thrown everything off.   Now I just use reading glasses.

Its far more important to see the sight clearly than to see the target clearly.