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Hey all,
New guy here. I've already posted on the New Member Introduction section, so now I have a question.
Is anyone else a rifle shooter struggling with Macular Degeneration? I was diagnosed with it about 2 years ago, and it has slowly begun to steal my eyesight.
As you may have read in my Intro, I love doing rifle target shooting (as well as plinking and casual shooting, of course), and I'm trying to figure out ways to maximize the time I have left that I can still shoot.
Right now, I see well enough to use scopes and SOME iron sights. With both, I need to "scrunch around" to get the scope image/sight picture into the clearest area of my eye, but it's doable. I'm sure as my sight gets worse, that area will become smaller and harder to find. Some iron sights are better for me than others, and I have to use a bit of guesswork as well.
One of the things that I can recommend to anyone else in this situation is trying different targets: different colors, different shapes, different backgrounds. I've been experimenting with printing some targets and modifying others, making my own reactive "ShootNC" targets, using brown paper grocery bags as backers, etc. I've found that my eyes see diamonds better than bullseye circles, that certain line thicknesses are easier to see, that certain colors are easier to distinguish, and that I need a lot more contrast than before the Mac Degen.
So...anyone else in this situation? Any tips/techniques to share?
New guy here. I've already posted on the New Member Introduction section, so now I have a question.
Is anyone else a rifle shooter struggling with Macular Degeneration? I was diagnosed with it about 2 years ago, and it has slowly begun to steal my eyesight.
As you may have read in my Intro, I love doing rifle target shooting (as well as plinking and casual shooting, of course), and I'm trying to figure out ways to maximize the time I have left that I can still shoot.
Right now, I see well enough to use scopes and SOME iron sights. With both, I need to "scrunch around" to get the scope image/sight picture into the clearest area of my eye, but it's doable. I'm sure as my sight gets worse, that area will become smaller and harder to find. Some iron sights are better for me than others, and I have to use a bit of guesswork as well.
One of the things that I can recommend to anyone else in this situation is trying different targets: different colors, different shapes, different backgrounds. I've been experimenting with printing some targets and modifying others, making my own reactive "ShootNC" targets, using brown paper grocery bags as backers, etc. I've found that my eyes see diamonds better than bullseye circles, that certain line thicknesses are easier to see, that certain colors are easier to distinguish, and that I need a lot more contrast than before the Mac Degen.
So...anyone else in this situation? Any tips/techniques to share?