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Red Dot "Meteor Tail" - Astigmatism
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Site Supporter   Location: Index Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 Posts: 12963 Real Name: Jeff 
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snozzberries wrote: jukk0u wrote: How old are you? If you are over 40 it's almost a sure thing you need glasses. 39 It'll be a whole year before you need glasses!  _________________ -Jeff How can I help you, and/or make you smile, today? You are entitled to your opinion. You are not entitled to tell me what mine must be. Do justice. Love mercy. “I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” ~ Richard P. Feynman |
| Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:40 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Tacoma Joined: Sat May 4, 2013 Posts: 6216
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Maybe stick to shotgunning
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| Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:23 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: King County Joined: Thu Oct 16, 2014 Posts: 4012
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Arisaka wrote: Maybe stick to shotgunning Yeah I should probably just give away all my guns. Anybody want them? |
| Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:26 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Index Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 Posts: 12963 Real Name: Jeff
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snozzberries wrote: Arisaka wrote: Maybe stick to shotgunning Yeah I should probably just give away all my guns. Anybody want them? Flamethrowers are legal.... _________________ -Jeff How can I help you, and/or make you smile, today? You are entitled to your opinion. You are not entitled to tell me what mine must be. Do justice. Love mercy. “I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” ~ Richard P. Feynman |
| Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:28 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Lynnwood and at large Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 21291 Real Name: Vick Lagina
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Unless you're trying to hit something very small at 200+ yards, that comet shoudn't be a big deal IMO.
CQB red dots are marketed up to 7 mils in size. A 2 mil dot with a comet will still allow you to place fairly accurate shots (at least center mass) on big targets at close ranges (even up to 200 yards, I'd wager.) _________________ “Finding ‘common ground’ with the thinking of evil men is a fool’s errand” ~ Herschel Smith "The “A return to First Principles in a Republic is sometimes caused by simple virtues of a single man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. Before all else, be armed!” ~ Niccolo Machiavelli Láodòng zhèng zhūwèi zìyóu FJB |
| Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:37 pm |
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Location: North Seattle Joined: Sat Nov 26, 2011 Posts: 604 Real Name: Paul
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I also have astigmatism and have this issue with my Aimpoint and Primary Arms red dots. I find that turning my red dot down in brightness and focusing more on the target than the dot solves it. Also, wearing polarized glasses makes the starburst go away entirely.
Also, at my last range trip to the WCA North range, the fella in the lane next to me let me pop a few rounds through his tricked out competition AR, and he had a Holosun HS510C mounted on it. It had the crispest reticle I've ever seen! No blurriness (which is what I see when I look through Eotechs), and no starburst at all. |
| Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:31 pm |
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Location: Chehalis Joined: Fri Aug 11, 2017 Posts: 949 Real Name: Jason
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PMC wrote: I also have astigmatism and have this issue with my Aimpoint and Primary Arms red dots. I find that turning my red dot down in brightness and focusing more on the target than the dot solves it. Also, wearing polarized glasses makes the starburst go away entirely. Also, at my last range trip to the WCA North range, the fella in the lane next to me let me pop a few rounds through his tricked out competition AR, and he had a Holosun HS510C mounted on it. It had the crispest reticle I've ever seen! No blurriness (which is what I see when I look through Eotechs), and no starburst at all. I too have an astigmatism. I got tired of seeing the comet (or sometimes the dot looked like a peanut). Got rid of all my red dots in favor of mostly TA33 Acogs. Shot my buddy’s AR 9 pistol today with a Holosun HS510c. No blur or distortion of the dot. Of course, I was wearing my polarized fishing sunglasses (Smiths chromapop lenses) because we were shooting in the snow and it was bright. I’m actually impressed with that red dot. |
| Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:06 pm |
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 Location: Puyallup Joined: Thu Aug 16, 2012 Posts: 9065 Real Name: Richard Fitzwelliner
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Red dots always look like a grain of rice to me, eotechs are horrible for me. I think I need to do to a different eye dr cus glasses dont help it.
Can you get non tinted polarized lenses? _________________ If she sits on your face and you can still hear, SHE'S NOT FAT. I'm going to type out 3 paragraphs and wax eloquently about a similar story in my life. Pm me if you figured it out. |
| Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:21 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Everett, WA Joined: Sat Aug 4, 2012 Posts: 2798 Real Name: Snek on de ladder
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Mediumrarechicken wrote: Red dots always look like a grain of rice to me, eotechs are horrible for me. I think I need to do to a different eye dr cus glasses dont help it. Can you get non tinted polarized lenses? You may have irregular/mixed astigmatism or higher order abberations, which are not as correctable via lenses. |
| Sun Mar 10, 2019 4:03 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Burien Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2011 Posts: 3308
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Stop trying to focus on your front sight or the red dot and you won't have an actual problem.
_________________ Slow is smooth and smooth is fast. |
| Sun Mar 10, 2019 9:01 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Lynnwood and at large Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 21291 Real Name: Vick Lagina
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UpDog wrote: Stop trying to focus on your front sight or the red dot and you won't have an actual problem. Exactly. Binden Aiming Concept. This is what BAC represents. _________________ “Finding ‘common ground’ with the thinking of evil men is a fool’s errand” ~ Herschel Smith "The “A return to First Principles in a Republic is sometimes caused by simple virtues of a single man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. Before all else, be armed!” ~ Niccolo Machiavelli Láodòng zhèng zhūwèi zìyóu FJB |
| Sun Mar 10, 2019 9:02 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28190 Real Name: Ace Winky
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AK with open sights. Generally fuzzy "groups", matches my generally fuzzy vision.
_________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck? Because the eagle sounds like a hawk. |
| Sun Mar 10, 2019 11:29 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Oregon, for now anyway... Joined: Wed Jul 27, 2016 Posts: 643 Real Name: Pete
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The daily shooter just did a video on this very subject.
https://youtu.be/R4efcFVQdag _________________ Pete ___________________________________ NRA Member NRA Range Safety Officer Good guy with a gun |
| Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:47 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Not Seattle Joined: Wed Nov 2, 2016 Posts: 698
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Mediumrarechicken wrote: Can you get non tinted polarized lenses? Nope, polarization filters by their very nature filter out any incoming light with a polarization perpendicular to the current orientation of the lens. They aren't re-orienting the light, so you can't have a polarizing filter that doesn't reduce transmitted light. _________________ Cognitive dissonance kills |
| Thu Mar 14, 2019 5:31 pm |
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