Thread: Iron Sights for 60+

A big bit of this is in your head. I'm 60 and have worn glasses for short sightedness since I was 20 or so.

Recently I started shooting my Dads 303 with open sights again with it's open sights. It was always an accurate rifle for a SMLE and nothing has changed apart from the fact that I removed the scope I added (Dad always shot it with open sights).

Remembering my small bore training of 45 years ago when we won several national Interschool shoots due mainly to a superb instructor whose name I don't recall . . . His mantra was "don't try to focus at all on the rear sight, let your eye do it naturally. I have been very pleased to find that advice is still sound at 60. The less you think about the rear sight whether it's a diopter or notch, the better you'll shoot.

Itll take some practice to get you mind round it though!