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Old January 17, 2012, 10:36 AM   #7
FlyFish
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For NRA or CMP indoor bullseye shooting today, you'll see 5 red-dots on the line for every "iron-sight" guy. I think that aging eyes have a lot to do with that.
My experience shooting in about 5 different Bullseye leagues here in New England over the last 30 years is that it's more like 50 to 1. Some guys drag out the iron sights every once in a while as an experiment more than anything, but I don't know a single person who uses them in serious competition. Sure, there are shooters out there who can score in the 290s with iron, but they are few and very far between - for the average-to-good shooter it's a huge competitive advantage. I agree that aging eyes are a big part of it - in fact, I think one of our big challenges as Bullseye shooters is to try to get more young people to take up the sport. The average age on my current team is probably late-50s, and that's not good.
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