Sight For Sore/Old Eyes.....

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Slowpoke

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I think it was last month I read someone was having trouble seeing their front sight in the woods. I was having the same problem shooting targets, my black sight would get lost in the bullseye. (I know, I should shoot 6 o'clock on bulls eye targets but I'm not good at it yet). Anyway, a buddy of mine came up with something interesting I thought I would share with the group. It a sight with a fiber optic insert. He get it front Brownells and it's the smallest size available. He drills through the sight, mills out 2 areas, insert the fiber, and melts both ends. Melting the ends is important because it covers up the upper part of the sight, so when you look at the target you don't see a orange dot beneath the top of the sight. I used it yesterday for the first time and after I got my rifle re-sighted in, it was great. I placed in 6 of the 10 matches and brought home a sack of stuff, anyway thought I would share. For those of you that have to much time on your hands, try it, you might like it.

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What ever works, do it, I would hate to have to give up shooting because I couldn't see the sight on the target...

Is it me, or is the front sight installed in backwards?

I'm use to a incline blade with the high point towards the muzzle...
 
It's you.... :crackup: The highpoint of the sight "should" be away from the muzzle. Like it really matters one way or the other.

All my other rifles have normal sights. Honestly, I have young eyes and can see most targets fine, but at 50 and 100 yards a thin black front sight can sometimes get lost.

SP
 
I have used fiber optic sights for hunting for the past 5 years. I find them VERY helpful in the woods. I totally lost the vision in my left eye a few years ago and it really made it hard to see in dark areas like the woods. Hi-Viz makes a thick front sight that is replaceable and very sturdy. I found that most of the finer ones, especially the plastic ones, break very easily. Williams sells a metal one that holds up okay but nothing like the Hi-Viz.
 
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