I have had cataract surgery that has been great for me. Still need reading glasses. Even with a good backing on targets I can’t see bullet holes at 300 yards especially when there is some mirage. Using Nightforce scopes. The Dr. said my shooting eye could use a small correction with glasses. Most of my competitors can see their holes. It seems to me if your parallax and focus are set for your eye, you should see as good as possible. Would glasses even help? Anyone had this experience?
Side note- Dr. recommended good lubricant eye drops the day before and the day of shooting. He said when you get excited tear production goes down, eyes dry slightly and some blurriness occurs.
Doc -
Howdy ! I fell your pain, man....
I too developed trouble seeing .224" cal bullet holes @ 300, when using a 2X-boosted T-36. I shoot groundhog and some target shooting competition on occasion. I use the same rifle for both disciplines.
To address the vision challenge for myself, I switched over to use of a 6mm wildcat to meet my shooting needs. It wasn't a radical swtich at all, as I had been shooting my " .22-35 " remingon wildcat for over 20yr when I converted over to shooting 6mm calibre.
I had cataract surgery on both eyes 2yr later.... could see things like individual leaves on tress and such.
The larger 6mm cal and eyeball upgrade helped me a whole bunch.
Upon reaching retirement, I decided to treat myself to a gift, and had myself absolutely talked into finally springing for a big magnification.... top-end scope. Looked over the NF, Leupold, and March offerings.
Came to find out, Weaver offered a ( new ) T-36 XR, which had a third knob; used for parallax adjus
Found out they had both the silver and the black versions for sale on Wally World's national website.
The black scope was cheaper, so I bought it. Wife was happy with my choice, too !
I had already decided to go w/ another optical booster for the new T-36. When I read the booster's website directions for determining how much " boost " my eyes needed, I found that my current eyeballs would be better served by a 2.5X booster, so I ordered one.
Put the booster on the scope, and sat down to level scope, set eye relief; and all that. I was using the knot hole in a neighbor's wood fence 100yd away. Hazzah !!........ I was able to make out individual fissures in the knot hole, screw head pattern; and all mammer of detail ! Found veiwing' optical clarity of the glass to be superb, no aberations along the edge; and I was happy w/ the 1/8 MOA dot, which was the same reticle I had in my classic T-36.
I DK how often I might have to inoput an adjustment to the thrid knob on my XR scope, but it fer sher
did / does what it is supposed to do. And now I shoot a 3-knob scope.
I realize T-36XR has a 1" tube. However, for my use on a rifle for shooting groundhogs or paper targets out to perhaps 1,000yd; the XR gives me plenty of elevation adjust ( I am shooting a 6mm wildcat of my design)
Am I claiming the T-36 rivals an NF or March scope overall ? No. At the same time....for the money, features, and optical clarity; the T-36XR does acquit itself well ! Also will add....optical boosters ain't for everybody. But, mine does work for me / my eyes; and gives me some 52X of magnification, using optics math. That is magnification similar to what can be found it top-tier benchrest scopes; and has proven enough for me to see things as best I can.... along w/ the calibre change and eyeball upgrade.
YRMV
With regards,
357Mag
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