Second try with Skinner sights..BINGO!!

[Nam Vet]

This is my 2nd try with Skinner sights. My 1st was not so good.The target was not the right one. A gray human torso at 30 yards there was no real point to aim at. Using my trifocals did not help either. So this time I taped the bottom part of the trifocals so no more bobble head trying to get the right sight picture. Now I used a Birchwood casey 8x8 target at 25 yards so I could actually aim at the bullseye. Even with 73 year old eyes I love the Skinner Sights. Here are the results.

[North Country Gal]

Great shooting. Amazing how such a simple fix can sometimes make all the difference.

[GFK]

Nice shooting! Yes, shooting with different focus of glasses is not fun. Have been thinking about going with progressive lens. Yes, cost more money. But, might be worth it. During practice, covering up glasses of different focuses that has lines may be okay. During other times, that may not be an option.

[Headhog]

Great shooting Nam Vet. It's very hard to beat Skinner sights. They make one heck of a difference.

Paul

[BrokenolMarine]

I put a skinner sight on my 357 carbine, made all the difference. I also Floated the Ball, (6 o'clock on the black) rather than trying to aim center mass. You adjust and overcome.

[daytime dave]

Nice shooting. I like the fix for the glasses too.

[Sir Henry]

Great idea with the glasses.

[Bake]

I always throw an extra pair of "Last Years" reading glasses in my shooting bag, which works well for the short barrel carbines, and the 2 hand pistol shooting. For full-size rifles, and single-hand pistol shooting I drop down another diopter. Of course, I only shoot at an indoor range (25 meters). No guarantees, but they did keep me competitive for a couple of more years . . .

[Nam Vet]

One thing I didn't count on was the weight of he Golden Boy. Haven't lifted any weights in over a year, so that 7lb started to feel pretty heavy after about a hour. So it's back to the weights to my strengthen my arm muscles. At 73 I went from abs to flabs.
Thanks for all the info and well wishes.

[markiver54]

Great shooting NV!!
Great improvisation on the glasses.

[zara_puppy]

Great shooting!

[Chris74]

Thats a nice group. Its a good thing you didn't give up after the first attempt. I've heard many say that aperature sights are the way to go, although I have not tried them. Yet.

[Nam Vet]

Chris,took awhile to get used to it but once I did their great even with old eyes. If you know someone who uses them ask to try, you might just might be surprise how great they are.

[markiver54]

Skinners/aperature sights are the way to go, short of an optic.

[fortyshooter]

I bought a pair of the SSP shooting glasses that have the focal area placed higher on the lenses. Work really well!
https://www.amazon.com/SSP-Eyewear-Inte ... 6442&psc=1

[JEBar]

So this time I taped the bottom part of the trifocals so no more bobble head trying to get the right sight picture.

GREAT IDEA .... I've never thought of taping a lens .... please keep posting updates

[Nam Vet]

I bought a pair of the SSP shooting glasses that have the focal area placed higher on the lenses. Work really well!
https://www.amazon.com/SSP-Eyewear-Interchangeable.

Thanks for the link I just ordered a pair. Let you know how it goes.

[Nam Vet]

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I bought a pair of the SSP shooting glasses that have the focal area placed higher on the lenses. Work really well!
https://www.amazon.com/SSP-Eyewear-Inte ... 6442&psc=1
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I just sent a pair back. The focal area placed higher did not work for me, it was giving me a stiff neck. Should get the ones with it lower tomorrow.

[Nam Vet]

I bought a pair of the SSP shooting glasses that have the focal area placed higher on the lenses. Work really well!
https://www.amazon.com/SSP-Eyewear-Inte ... 6442&psc=1

I just sent a pair back. The focal area placed higher did not work for me, it was giving me a stiff neck. Should get the ones with it lower tomorrow.

40 Shooter, I got the ones with the focal area lower on the glasses today they work fine. Thanks for the info on the glasses.