Learning to deal with uncommon eye issues and choosing optics.

[FTRshooter]

Kiwikid I was not going to go this year now I may have too.

Kiwikid is very correct. March Canada will be at the AACCA in April. March Canada is located in Calgary and is headed by my Friend Douglas Wright. He knows his products really well and he's a great guy. He was with me in the March booth at SHOT 2020. If you go visit with him, let me know and I'll send him a note ahead of time to look for you.

Looking through scopes is the best way to compare; doing so on the internet is pointless.

 

[FTRshooter]

Wild Bill,Youll hear this on here all time on optics,what your eye sees.My mark 5 leo is much clearer than my March 52 vrs 56.March 6 years old leo new.I can see the small barbes on fence 1/4 clear with leo not with March. In normal light my SS is just as good.My vortex 15x50 are better for glassing than my 10x32 el,better at detail and better at low light for a fraction the cost,but size and weight Ive carried my els long as they been out 10-15 years? Friend that shot record setting bench tried a S&B went back to his NF.He has multiple world records.The lower or mid range have really improved over the years.I have leo,swaro,ziess,vortex,bushnel,SS,march,lieca,and Kowa,and vectronix. My old ziess classic 10x42 I thought ran with my same 10x42 swaro el at time.

I don't mean to be disrespectful in any way, but your writing is atrocious and virtually incomprehensible; I can't follow whatever point you're trying to make.

What is a "leo"? Are you talking about a Law Enforcement Officer? I thought for a second that you were trying to write Leupold, but that can't be right as it's not "Leopold."

What are you trying to say here? What is your point?

 

[FTRshooter]

I forgot to address 2 questions posed by WildBillG. It was 6 years between getting the March-X 5-50X56 and the March-X 10-60X56 HM. I still have the 5-50 and it is now my backup scope for my F-TR Match rifle, replacing my NF NXS12-42X56 in that role.

The 5-50 is an awesome scope for F-Class and most anything else. March had a demo gadget at SHOT that easily transforms a riflescope into a spotting scope, and it can revert back in an instant. I'm going to get one of those gadgets when they finally release them and use it with my 5-50. You don't remove the rings; it's a neat gadget.

 

[WildBillG]

FTRshooter I wondered this because without the old scope it would be hard to compare. We all know how new stuff always looks better. I kind of figured though you had them both to compare side by side.
One of the brightestscopes I have is a LEUpold 6.5-20x56 with the half moon cut out. It is I believethe long range model. I took it off my hunting rifle because I figured 6.5 was to much for the low end. For my eyes and shooting off hand I like 3 or 4 power on the low end. It was replaced with a Swarovski 3-18x50 it is clear but not as bright to my eyes.

 

[sp6x6]

Sorry Ftr Yes meant Leupold Point is I spent a lot of high dollar on optics and have spent much less on optics that outperform them Some my posts from phone and eyes not so good and literature is not my gift My wife is a gifted writer not me

 

[WildBillG]

FTRshooter who should I saytold me to talk to Douglas if I can make it down to the show. To me that show is huge and 1 day even 2 is not enough time to see every thing and chat a bit. At least this time I will have one table I want to see for sure.

 

[kiwikid]

Oh how I wish I was going to that show!

 

[Riflehunter1776]

Got chatting with FTRShooter on the sticky in this section and mentioned my vission issues. He suggested I make a thread about eye issues and picking optics. A little history I have had diebetes for 45 years now and suffered some of the long term issues it brings. One of them it effects your vision if you are not as careful with your blood sugars as you should be. Well when you are 10 yrs old who wants to test their blood and watch every thing you eat. Then you turn into a teen and a young adult male bad news all around. At about 23yrs old I was diagnosed with retinopathy. Which means I had blood vessels growing onto my retina. Had them removed and all was good all of a sudden my left eye was hard to see through. More laser surgery but the vessel was over the main vision part no more being a left handed shooter. Several years later my right retina was falling off the DR said to wait but I wanted a second opinion. Before I could get it retina detached and I was sent to a specialist who attached it right away. My vision actually picked up and I was happy and actually watching my diabetes closely. How ever with all the laser surgery I have lost a lot periphial vision. Along with that my night vision is sliding too.
I have learned now that I need to pick higher end optics to see what others can see with a lot lower quality glass. In this time I have learned to set up my optics to tgeir best. In fact now it frustrates me when others assume their optics come preset set from the box to match their eyes. Not all assume this some are just afraid adjust them in case they wreck them. An example a friend got got a Nikon bino scope package deal at Cabela's he was so proud how clear his binos were. I looked through them and even with my bad left eye I could see they were not set up right. He went to the bathroom and I set them so both eyes focused the same. When he came back I said what do you now his answer they are twice as clear.
There must be other here that have vision issues how do you deal with them and choose your optics.

I'm sorry to hear this, both for your sake, and also because my son has been type 1 since he was 2 yrs old, and hearing about these long term effects concerns me greatly.

In terms of binos, I have had Leicas and do not think much of them. Leupold, Nikon, Meopta and Vortex fall in that same category. Swaro ELs and Zeiss victories are fantastic; I have never looked through anything that surpasses my ELs. Just remember that when it comes to the big names, they have cheaper lines and that stuff is not the same quality.

For riflescopes, Again, the top tier zeiss victory is incredible glass. I have high and low end zeiss, kahles, some NF and S&B, high and low end Meopta, and of course the overrated Leupold brand. You won't be disappointed with a Victory or even an older diavari-V .

 

[WildBillG]

Riflehunter1776 as long as your son takes care of himself and you help him his chances are lowered. Long periods of time with sugars running high are the biggest cause of diabetic complications. I have learned our bodies can become comfortable with high or low sugars if left that way. Wen high feels normal dropping a few points can make you think you are low and you may even get shaky. Here in Canada we are to try and average around 6.1 to 6.8. I am not sure what numbers you guys use but I know they are higher but there is a preffered range to average. Your job will be to help your son stay in that range. They do pancrease transplants but I don't think I would recomend that to any one. I have had 2 both failed and the last one I almost died litterly I guess I bled out. Just be there for your son and understand some days just won't go right for him no matter how hard he tries. A couple of days above normal is alright you guys can work through it. Tell him my story and let him know that what happened to me some of it was my fault but I was too stubborn to listen. Thhat said every thing wrote in the book does not fit every person we all need to tweek things a little to fit our lives. The books are made for people that do every thing the same every day great if you have no variance in your day to day life.