best foresite for ageing eyes

[rollingblock]

I have a 32.20 Browning 53 with a lyman receiver site and the standard front bead. The front site is starting to look a little fuzzy to me now and was wondering if I should replace it with maybe a square post. Anyone else had experience with this problem and come up with a fix other than an eye transplant.

[fecmech]

A post would be more visible and a smaller aperture on your peep sight will sharpen it up.

[jh45gun]

Red Fiber optic sight it stands out in dark situations as well as light.

[flounderman]

an aperture front sight will eliminate the need to see the front sight. just center the target in the hole

[jh45gun]

an aperture front sight will eliminate the need to see the front sight. just center the target in the hole


Great for target shooting not good for hunting.

[missionary5155]

I have found painting the front sight bead Gloss White enamel helps. I generally sharpen a wood match to a point and use that as my applicator. The paints will last a while as long as you do not get it oily.

[pietro]

I started using fiber-optic front sight beads on my hunting rifles 20 years ago, and now ALL my iron-sighted rifles carry one, as soon as I get one home from purchase.

They're available in red or green, and in small/large bead diameters like Ivory & Gold bead sights, from Williams, Hi-Viz, T/C, and Tru-Glo.

For those who use their rifle to literally bust brush, and thereby needing sight protection, it's EZ enough to cut a hole in the roof of a front sight hood to admit light if one didn't want to buy such a hood ready-made from Williams.

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[rollingblock]

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll think I'll try the paint to start with cause its the simplest and move on up to a fibre optic if I think its necessary.

[Tom-ADC]

I used one of the grandkids white fingernail polish to highlight mine made a big difference, I have the old eye syndrome also.

[Ben]

This may not be ideal for hunting, but for target work, it gets high marks in my opinion :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/haysb/Marlin%2038%20Special/PICT0005-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/haysb/Marlin%2038%20Special/PICT0001-2.jpg

[Hardcast416taylor]

I have experimented with different model paint colors and have settled on blaze orange made by Testor`s. I clean the sight with alcohol and use a pointed tooth pick for applying. I agree with Ben on the Williams Twilight peep sight for drawing the eye to the center in weak light.Robert

[Dobetown]

At 3 score plus with eye surgery twice now I had Skinner make up some wider flat posts which works for me. Even for hunting. Of course I have a lot of back ground with military post front sights. I put a Bill Bentz Marine Corp front on my 03A3 which works great for me.

[405]

Ya know that hindsight is always 20-20. So foresite should be so good!

Seriously, now for the front aimer question, us with aging eyes all face the same issue. Couple of ways I've done a little better with all long guns.... may not agree with everyone's opinion but hey, works for me. I try to put aperture rears on all my long guns. Next, I use either a globe front or if not practical for the globe a much thinner blade front sight. With the front blade, no matter how thin or thick, I've gone almost exclusively to the 6 O'clock hold. Seems the blurry image of a thin front blade is still more precise than the blurry image of a thick front blade :)