As I got older your experience is exactly what happened to me. Trifocals helped for a while. The midrange focus was not perfect, but it worked. A red dot is a good solution. However, if you have astigmatism, the dot might not look perfectly round. I don't have dots on all my guns. I'm also focusing on the rear or front sight and just figuring it out. Good luck. Keep shooting!
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If you can find one pick up a Keltec P17 MSRP $199 then go to the Keltec website and order the Crimson Trace red dot and slide combo for $199.99.
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My wife took mine and I am looking for another one.
P17 Slide with Red Dot Sight - KelTec
We've partnered with Crimson Trace to bring you an optics slide for your beloved P17. This combination comes as a preinstalled slide assembly. Simply swap slides, zero your dot, and you're ready to go. The Crimson Trace CTS-1500 reflex sight perfectly co-witnesses with the raised front sight...
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I'm VERY near-sighted, and wear contact lenses for distance. Have astigmatism, and, now due to age, I'm loosing my near vision (wearing reading glasses).
I had a moderately successful solution, which you can try, and that was to find a pair of reading glasses that would work for you to see the front sight the best. Then, you can get inexpensive shooting glasses with that magnification. It worked OK for me, front sight sharp, rear a little blurry, and target a bit blurry.
The issue for me, was that shooting at matches all day, my eye would get tired, as everything at distance is a bit blurry.
I finally got optics for all my guns. It is so much nicer, as I just wear un-magnified shooting glasses, and can see the target well, without fatigue. The dot is a bit of a star shape, but for competition with a good sized dot (I use 6 MOA on one) or 2MOA dot + 32 MOA circle, the astigmatism is no problem.
I wish I had done it sooner, rather than trying trifocals (had to tilt head), progressives, and 2.5x magnified shooting glasses. They worked, but only mediocre. You can always give it a try, as it may work great for you and your type of shooting,
Now, I just have to learn how to get the dot on target quickly.
I had a moderately successful solution, which you can try, and that was to find a pair of reading glasses that would work for you to see the front sight the best. Then, you can get inexpensive shooting glasses with that magnification. It worked OK for me, front sight sharp, rear a little blurry, and target a bit blurry.
The issue for me, was that shooting at matches all day, my eye would get tired, as everything at distance is a bit blurry.
I finally got optics for all my guns. It is so much nicer, as I just wear un-magnified shooting glasses, and can see the target well, without fatigue. The dot is a bit of a star shape, but for competition with a good sized dot (I use 6 MOA on one) or 2MOA dot + 32 MOA circle, the astigmatism is no problem.
I wish I had done it sooner, rather than trying trifocals (had to tilt head), progressives, and 2.5x magnified shooting glasses. They worked, but only mediocre. You can always give it a try, as it may work great for you and your type of shooting,
Now, I just have to learn how to get the dot on target quickly.
They do that. My took my stereo system, said she wanted it as part of her half. Found she put it in a storage bin and bought a cheap plastic cased turntable, FM receiver combo to use.
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We are still married and she shops in my safe. After 57 years I am used to it. Lot of duplicates in the safe. She still lets me clean them.
I make her load her own magazines to slow her down. She only likes to shoot semi autos now so her custom 17HM2 bolt went to our new grand daughter in law along with 3500 rounds.1 - 17 of 17 Posts
