iratecaller wrote:
jckstrthmghty wrote:
You seem a bit more on the serious side and I know you have a 3d printer so I'll make a suggestion. Printing off an iris and attach it to a clip on blinder for your glasses. Here's the one I use.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2852266You can find clip on blinders on amazon for a reasonable price. You are on your own for the paper clip. Makes a world of difference over squinting one eye.
You could just buy a proper set of 10m shooting glasses but that would cost more than your pistol.
You are the man. I was looking at something like the "Merit Optical Attachment w/ Suction Cup", but for what they are, it's a bit steep and hard to get. I do wear eyeglasses, so clip-ons are great.
Thank you! This is perfect, and simple enough to try in no time at all.
I appreciate this.
Just received my el-cheapo flip-up blind this weekend and installed an iris on my existing eyeglasses. Tested it by simply aiming a gun with them on.
- It's nice not having to close my non-shooting eye.
- Easier to focus on the target
- The light from the sides are a bother now and it would be great to have blinds on both sides of my head.
- It looks ridiculous, but, it works.
As a wearer of prescription eyeglasses, attaching things to my glasses is fine, but getting a professional sharp shooting frame and getting a prescription lens made might be prohibitively expensive.
I wonder if there are sharpshooter frames that could just hold an iris and blinds in front of the eyeglasses.
The thought of putting on some welding goggles over my eyeglasses and punching an iris through it occurred to me. lol.
Thanks @jckstrthmghty for the advice. After practicing some aiming and getting frustrated about the shaking, I finally just locked my arm, wrist and neck and aimed with my torso instead. I aimed with my hips and back instead of arms ... and it worked wonders. It felt stable.
Live and learn.