Sucks to get old, don't it

ceb · Post by **ceb** » Thu May 21, 2015 6:31 am

Yesterday I attended a local match of the Illinois Police Association, this was just a form of the old PPC course I used to shoot back in the day. Reminded once again on just how bad my eyes have got. I used to average a score in the upper 580's out of 600 on this course of fire. Now if wearing my normal progressive lenses I can see the scoring rings but not the sights, if I put on readers I can see the sights nice and sharp but the scoring rings disappear. Particularly at the 25yd line. And black on black sights and target didn't help any. Yep, sucks to get old.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu May 21, 2015 6:46 am

ceb wrote:Yesterday I attended a local match of the Illinois Police Association, this was just a form of the old PPC course I used to shoot back in the day. Reminded once again on just how bad my eyes have got. I used to average a score in the upper 580's out of 600 on this course of fire. Now if wearing my normal progressive lenses I can see the scoring rings but not the sights, if I put on readers I can see the sights nice and sharp but the scoring rings disappear. Particularly at the 25yd line. And black on black sights and target didn't help any. Yep, sucks to get old.

Why I put an orange insert in the front sight of my mdl 65 S&W! I don't think I could ever see the scoring rings @ 25 yards... our dept used the silhouette target with a max value of "5" ~ the size of the 9 ring on the "10" value target and an "X" ring the size of the "10" ring... with the S&W I could get about the max 300 points and about 25X, with the 1911, I generally scored a high 290s and Xs in the 22-25 point range... seems at 25 yards those military sights were just too small to see well.

And while gettin' old may suck, it beats the alternative!!!

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Thu May 21, 2015 9:34 am

My 66 year old eyes have the same problems, maybe this is why buckshot was invented!!

jnyork · Post by **jnyork** » Thu May 21, 2015 10:01 am

It sure as hell aint for sissies, is it?

Booger Bill · Post by **Booger Bill** » Thu May 21, 2015 10:39 am

Ya think that's bad? I have developed a tremor to the point I have thought about taking up gold panning. I only would need to attempt to hold the pan!

Malamute · Post by **Malamute** » Thu May 21, 2015 11:26 am

Griff wrote:
ceb wrote: ... And black on black sights and target didn't help any. Yep, sucks to get old.
Why I put an orange insert in the front sight of my mdl 65 S&W!

In the past year or so I've taken to using bright orange fingernail polish on all my front sights. It really helps see the front sight in all sorts of conditions, especially on towards dusk. I've used it on some carbine sights also.

I'd heard that using a white undercoat helped the orange to be as bright as possible, its what I did, and it seems to work real well.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Thu May 21, 2015 2:29 pm

.

I'm fortunate enough that, @ 72, I don't need glasses for shooting, but a few of my friends do - and had the same focusing troubles you're having.

I say "had", because their optometrist (eye doctor) fixed them up with the proper glasses for shooting - and they do pretty well now.

Their doctors were either shooters themselves, or were familiar with the issues (some may not be, or be anti-gun).

.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Thu May 21, 2015 2:53 pm

I've been using bright yellow paint from Testor's model paint kits for years. Even before my eyes got old.

soon 2 retire · Post by **soon 2 retire** » Thu May 21, 2015 3:23 pm

Booger Bill wrote:Ya think that's bad? I have developed a tremor to the point I have thought about taking up gold panning. I only would need to attempt to hold the pan!

If'n that ain't taking lemons and making lemonade, then I don't know what is.

It reminds me of the punchline of an old joke where the old guy in a nursing home who just got dumped by his equally old girlfriend for another asks her "What does old man Jones got that I ain't got?" She answered, "Parkinson's." You fill in the front part of the joke; I donT want to get censored.

Bob in Friday Harbor

jnyork · Post by **jnyork** » Thu May 21, 2015 4:24 pm

Old age comes at a really bad time. Just as we get smart, we get old.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Thu May 21, 2015 4:47 pm

.

R U kidin' ?

When I was a teenager, I was the smartest person in the world.

.

Lassiter · Post by **Lassiter** » Thu May 21, 2015 8:17 pm

Gettin' old does suck! But I guess it's better than the alternative. Can't see, can't hear and nearly everything I've got hurts but I'm still kickin' and that's what counts

jnyork · Post by **jnyork** » Thu May 21, 2015 9:35 pm

Lassiter wrote:Gettin' old does suck! But I guess it's better than the alternative. Can't see, can't hear and nearly everything I've got hurts but I'm still kickin' and that's what counts

I know what you mean. Reminds me of a terrifying experience I had just the other day, I woke up in the morning and nothing hurt, thought I had passed away during the night.

M. M. Wright · Post by **M. M. Wright** » Thu May 21, 2015 9:57 pm

Old men shouldn't laugh so much. Makes my belly sore the next day.

GoatGuy · Post by **GoatGuy** » Thu May 21, 2015 11:41 pm

I don't really feel old, but one look in the mirror confirms that I am old! Oh well, bound to happen to everyone ...if we live long enough.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Fri May 22, 2015 9:54 pm

ceb wrote:Yep, sucks to get old.

But it is better than the alternative!

spaceman spiff · Post by **spaceman spiff** » Fri May 22, 2015 10:50 pm

jnyork wrote:
Lassiter wrote:Gettin' old does suck! But I guess it's better than the alternative. Can't see, can't hear and nearly everything I've got hurts but I'm still kickin' and that's what counts
I know what you mean. Reminds me of a terrifying experience I had just the other day, I woke up in the morning and nothing hurt, thought I had passed away during the night.

that's some funny s#*t there

.............

made my day.

spaceman

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Sat May 23, 2015 10:30 am

Went to ghost rings on handguns I can get them for. And, now use some sort of optics on most of my long guns. But then my sig line explains it all. Darned kids!

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Sat May 23, 2015 3:45 pm

gamekeeper wrote:My 66 year old eyes have the same problems, maybe this is why buckshot was invented!!

Hmmmm , might explain why I've gotten interested in loading buckshot for my old Damascus guns the last 4 or 5 years !

JohndeFresno · Post by **JohndeFresno** » Sat May 23, 2015 4:12 pm

I quit getting older, but several chums who were my age once are now around 69-70 years old! It does seem kinda strange, checking the obituaries just to see how my old friends are doing... oh, well...

new pig hunter · Post by **new pig hunter** » Sat May 23, 2015 10:00 pm

the way I "see" it: any old excuse to move that target closer so I don't have any trouble hitting it works for me. And I ain't talkin' about the bullseye, I'm talking about the entire 10" target.

Cheers,

Carl

45-70marlin · Post by **45-70marlin** » Mon May 25, 2015 10:24 am

I just installed a new skinner brass front sight on my 94 win. 30-30 because of the same problem. It made a big diffrence with the rear peep sight.

Alan in Vermont · Post by **Alan in Vermont** » Fri May 29, 2015 3:47 pm

jnyork wrote:It sure as hell aint for sissies, is it?

I sure hope to tell ya!!

Poohgyrr · Post by **Poohgyrr** » Sun May 31, 2015 10:03 pm

jnyork wrote:It sure as hell aint for sissies, is it?

Absolutely true! Ya gotta be tough to be old!

GonnePhishin · Post by **GonnePhishin** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 3:00 pm

No, its just wonderful.

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