Diopter target sights? - The Firearms Forum

LDBennett · 04-19-2009, 08:37 AM

Could someone please explain how diopter sights work.

I understand that they include a variable peep hole and the ability to place colored filters (polarizers as well) in them but what about corrective lens? I suffer "OLD EYES" syndrome and can not focus on the front sight all that well. My eyes tire pretty fast when shooting peep sights on my Kimber 82G.

Anyone got personal experience with adding corrective lenses to these diopter attachments for target peep sights?

LDBennett

FJF0311 · 04-19-2009, 12:16 PM

They work great!
contact
bjonessights.com

FJF0311 · 04-19-2009, 12:21 PM

http://www.meritcorporation.com

http://www.bjonessights.com

USMC-03 · 04-19-2009, 12:28 PM

LD, I have a Mo's diopter rear sight on my model 70 match rifle and have always been thoroughly impressed with it. I really only use the adjustable aperture to compensate for light conditions since my eyes still work fairly well (about the only thing on my body that still does these days) so I don't have any experience with corrective lenses.

300 H&H · 04-19-2009, 09:42 PM

LD,

I shoot with a Gehmann (German) dioapter rear sight. I removed the color filters, as they had a habit of appearing when I adjusted the appeture opening, when I really did not want them to. The diaopter will allow me to see the dust on the lens of the Gehmann adjustable front sight I use! No need for glasses, at least with my good, but older eyes. They are a big help with eye strain, as the time you spend looking through them in a match can be quite a long time, if you are straining to see the front sight. For a couple of years I wondered how the older guys shot so well, untill my friend showed me why.....I use it in a Redfield Palma rear sight, as it is made for metric European inserts, unlike the earlier rear sights they made. They by the rules use a single lens embedded in the rear appeture, with an adjustment ring to adjust focus. Best kept secret at the rifle range, for older eyes.

Hope this helps, Kirk

zfk55 · 05-29-2009, 08:31 PM

And this is the Anschutz.

I also have an adjustable front aperature so I don't have to change them manually.

Latigo

04-19-2009, 08:37 AM	#1
LDBennett Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hesperia, CA Posts: 5,711	Diopter target sights? Could someone please explain how diopter sights work. I understand that they include a variable peep hole and the ability to place colored filters (polarizers as well) in them but what about corrective lens? I suffer "OLD EYES" syndrome and can not focus on the front sight all that well. My eyes tire pretty fast when shooting peep sights on my Kimber 82G. Anyone got personal experience with adding corrective lenses to these diopter attachments for target peep sights? LDBennett -->

04-19-2009, 12:16 PM	#2
FJF0311 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mt. Airy, MD Posts: 269	Re: Diopter target sights? They work great! contact bjonessights.com

04-19-2009, 12:21 PM	#3
FJF0311 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mt. Airy, MD Posts: 269	Re: Diopter target sights? http://www.meritcorporation.com http://www.bjonessights.com Last edited by FJF0311; 04-19-2009 at 12:23 PM..

04-19-2009, 12:28 PM	#4
USMC-03 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Peoples Republic of the Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,825	Re: Diopter target sights? LD, I have a Mo's diopter rear sight on my model 70 match rifle and have always been thoroughly impressed with it. I really only use the adjustable aperture to compensate for light conditions since my eyes still work fairly well (about the only thing on my body that still does these days) so I don't have any experience with corrective lenses. __________________ Let not the rifles of good and free men be reforged into plowshares, but may they rest in a place of honor; ready, well oiled and God willing unused. For if the price of peace becomes licking the boots of tyrants, then "To Arms!" I say, and may the fortunes of war smile upon patriots. - Fortes Fortuna Javat -

04-19-2009, 09:42 PM	#5
300 H&H Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,796	Re: Diopter target sights? LD, I shoot with a Gehmann (German) dioapter rear sight. I removed the color filters, as they had a habit of appearing when I adjusted the appeture opening, when I really did not want them to. The diaopter will allow me to see the dust on the lens of the Gehmann adjustable front sight I use! No need for glasses, at least with my good, but older eyes. They are a big help with eye strain, as the time you spend looking through them in a match can be quite a long time, if you are straining to see the front sight. For a couple of years I wondered how the older guys shot so well, untill my friend showed me why.....I use it in a Redfield Palma rear sight, as it is made for metric European inserts, unlike the earlier rear sights they made. They by the rules use a single lens embedded in the rear appeture, with an adjustment ring to adjust focus. Best kept secret at the rifle range, for older eyes. Hope this helps, Kirk Last edited by 300 H&H; 04-19-2009 at 09:49 PM..

05-29-2009, 08:31 PM	#6
zfk55 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lost Prairie Montana Posts: 237	Re: Diopter target sights? And this is the Anschutz. I also have an adjustable front aperature so I don't have to change them manually. Latigo __________________ Latigo A Montanan and an actual American with a real American Birth Certificate.