I've known that I had astigmatism since I was a kid and it never really bothered me.
That is till I got a decent red dot. I have a couple cheap ones in the drawer that I thought had fuzzy dots due to being cheap.
Nope, the Sig Romeo 5X is funky as well and that was kinda disappointing at first.
After thinking I was sold a defective optic I searched good Google for a fix.
A few quick tests and yep, all red dots I have are fine, it's me that's defective.
At least the Sig isn't a blurry mess but rather a dot in the middle of a bunch of shooting stars.
I have several different prescription glasses that make a big difference.
My regular no frills, no coatings work bifocals don't work so well.
My new Varilux progressives tone it down a lot.
The Oakley polarized prescription sunglasses I have seem to work the best at focusing the light.
By using the low mount and co-witnessing the dot I can flip up the rear sight and get a nice clear and crisp dot if I need to get MoA shots instead of MoM.
The 4x magnifier of course made it even worse until I adjusted the aperture and then it's a clear and sharp dot with no fuzz, which would of killed the whole deal if the magnifier was also a muddy mess.
Then I would have had to sell the package and get a prism scope of some sort because as I found out, I need a bit of help in seeing dept. as I'm getting older.
200 yd milk jug shots with the irons ain't happening anymore for me.
Red dots and astigmatism is workable if you are willing to compromise a bit and willing to train around it.
That is till I got a decent red dot. I have a couple cheap ones in the drawer that I thought had fuzzy dots due to being cheap.
Nope, the Sig Romeo 5X is funky as well and that was kinda disappointing at first.
After thinking I was sold a defective optic I searched good Google for a fix.
A few quick tests and yep, all red dots I have are fine, it's me that's defective.
At least the Sig isn't a blurry mess but rather a dot in the middle of a bunch of shooting stars.
I have several different prescription glasses that make a big difference.
My regular no frills, no coatings work bifocals don't work so well.
My new Varilux progressives tone it down a lot.
The Oakley polarized prescription sunglasses I have seem to work the best at focusing the light.
By using the low mount and co-witnessing the dot I can flip up the rear sight and get a nice clear and crisp dot if I need to get MoA shots instead of MoM.
The 4x magnifier of course made it even worse until I adjusted the aperture and then it's a clear and sharp dot with no fuzz, which would of killed the whole deal if the magnifier was also a muddy mess.
Then I would have had to sell the package and get a prism scope of some sort because as I found out, I need a bit of help in seeing dept. as I'm getting older.
200 yd milk jug shots with the irons ain't happening anymore for me.
Red dots and astigmatism is workable if you are willing to compromise a bit and willing to train around it.