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Are high powered scopes really necessary for hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 1558798" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>I still don't believe I would pass that requirement now, nor when I was 19. I can only speak for myself.</p><p></p><p>I was a combat engineer in the SADF in 86-87, they never checked my vision, nor did they care that I couldn't see targets at 200 yards, let alone hit them. They for sure didn't offer to get me a pair of glasses... They figured that so long as I could deal with what was at my feet, or within reach of my mine detector, I was good to go...... If I had a way to put any kind of scope or red dot on my service rifle, I would have done it, but the galils that we carried had no feature for attaching optics of any kind. Officers who may be issued starlight scopes had a mount fitted to the receiver by a unit technician, but that didn't extend to NCO's in the engineering corps.....</p><p></p><p>Edit: I did some google searching and found this <a href="https://www.thebalancecareers.com/military-medical-standards-for-enlistment-and-commission-3354022" target="_blank">https://www.thebalancecareers.com/military-medical-standards-for-enlistment-and-commission-3354022</a> and it contains this section:</p><p>Current near visual acuity of any degree that does not correct to 20/40 in the better eye (ICD 367.1 to 367.32). Current refractive error (hyperopia (ICD 367.0), myopia (ICD 367.1), astigmatism (ICD 367.2x)), in excess of -8.00 or +8.00 diopters spherical equivalent or astigmatism in excess of 3.00 diopters. </p><p>So it seems there are limits to the amount of correction allowed, especially on astigmatism.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 1558798, member: 35183"] I still don't believe I would pass that requirement now, nor when I was 19. I can only speak for myself. I was a combat engineer in the SADF in 86-87, they never checked my vision, nor did they care that I couldn't see targets at 200 yards, let alone hit them. They for sure didn't offer to get me a pair of glasses... They figured that so long as I could deal with what was at my feet, or within reach of my mine detector, I was good to go...... If I had a way to put any kind of scope or red dot on my service rifle, I would have done it, but the galils that we carried had no feature for attaching optics of any kind. Officers who may be issued starlight scopes had a mount fitted to the receiver by a unit technician, but that didn't extend to NCO's in the engineering corps..... Edit: I did some google searching and found this [URL]https://www.thebalancecareers.com/military-medical-standards-for-enlistment-and-commission-3354022[/URL] and it contains this section: Current near visual acuity of any degree that does not correct to 20/40 in the better eye (ICD 367.1 to 367.32). Current refractive error (hyperopia (ICD 367.0), myopia (ICD 367.1), astigmatism (ICD 367.2x)), in excess of -8.00 or +8.00 diopters spherical equivalent or astigmatism in excess of 3.00 diopters. So it seems there are limits to the amount of correction allowed, especially on astigmatism. [/QUOTE]
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