older eyes and pistol shooting
As another member posted I mainly practice for self defense so I shoot with what I wear normally.
I have replaced the sights on most pistols with night sights that also have an orange front blade and a more open rear slot. Helps a lot.
Although the front sight is not sharp like it used to be I still try to focus as best I can on it rather than the target. When the blurriness first came about my accuracy went to pot. I was all over the target. But with continued practice I am getting a better sense for how the blurriness should align and I am back to being close enough for defense (6" steel gong at 20 yds).
I have also switched from practicing on paper targets at 25 yds to shooting reactive targets like clay pigeons and steel plates at 7-20 yds. The audible feedback helps me get in tune to which sight picture is correct.
For rifles I am adding optics to mist of them but find the longer barreled ones I can still see front sight sharply such as on the Garand and recently discovered the 28" barrel of a Mosin Nagant has a wonderfully sharp front sight for me. Love it.
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