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Old 10-13-2018, 10:00 PM
SylverCANADA SylverCANADA is offline
 
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Default Red Dot/Astigmatism

Greetings,

I am hoping to use a red dot on a handgun as this is now becoming a popular trend and want to try out new things.

The problem I am having is when looking at red dots they are fuzzy...I have discovered I most likely have starburst astigmatism.

Checked by the optometrist; things seemed fine. I am curious if anyone else had encountered this and had glasses prescribed and if they helped with the problem; or if there are any other solutions.

Otherwise sticking to iron sitghts I suppose.

Thank you for your feedback.
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Old 10-14-2018, 08:02 AM
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I notice the same . Try changing the brightness it helped me
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Old 10-14-2018, 08:10 AM
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Try a higher quality red dot. Maybe on a lower intensity too. My Burris fast fire 3 is better than my weaver rds. Also with my handgun I find with both eyes open it's more of a dot than it is with one eye closed.
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Old 10-14-2018, 08:32 AM
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I have starburst astigmatism...i turn the brightness setting as low as possible and use both eyes open. Doesn't fix the issue entirely but I've learned to manage
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Old 10-14-2018, 11:58 AM
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I tried checking out multiple red dots - there was a Leopuld Deltapoint that seemed ok. But even it being ok, it was really hard to bring the picture together as the fuzziness is quite distracting.
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Old 10-14-2018, 01:04 PM
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I found it worse with some brands than others, also I found using sights/scopes with a luminated etched glass reticle better than a projected dot.
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Old 10-14-2018, 01:34 PM
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I found it worse with some brands than others, also I found using sights/scopes with a luminated etched glass reticle better than a projected dot.
Yeah, wish I could go that route however, I am looking at this for a handgun. So options are limited...more than likely it will be iron sights I have to stick to
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Old 10-14-2018, 08:24 PM
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I was reading that the dual illuminated rmr by Trijicon worked for a few people as it uses tritium and fibre optics.

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Yeah, wish I could go that route however, I am looking at this for a handgun. So options are limited...more than likely it will be iron sights I have to stick to
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Old 10-14-2018, 08:59 PM
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Yeah, wish I could go that route however, I am looking at this for a handgun. So options are limited...more than likely it will be iron sights I have to stick to
Have you checked out a peep sight?
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Old 10-14-2018, 09:05 PM
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Hey bud,
I used to where glasses which helped with stigmatism and red/green deficiency. I’ve have since had my eyes laser corrected which fixed everything.
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Old 10-14-2018, 09:50 PM
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Hey bud,
I used to where glasses which helped with stigmatism and red/green deficiency. I’ve have since had my eyes laser corrected which fixed everything.
LASIK never did anything for my astigmatism
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Old 10-30-2018, 07:45 PM
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Have you tried a Holo sight. They run around $500 at Bass Pro but you can find some for less on ebay. Try one at BP to see if it's any better than red-dot.
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