There were only 5 of us on the line at Gonzales Sunday morning for the practice high power match at 200 yards.
Turned out to be very frustrating for George and for me--neither of us could see the bullseye decent enough to get an acceptable sight picture! The rising sun was backlighting the targets, leaving them in a shadow with a halo effect around the black bullseye from the center cut-out of the frames. For the most part I was just aiming at the center of the target and frame, as I could barely make out a smudge of a bullseye sometimes...sometimes could not see it at all.
And I could not see any of the POIs, so I could not make adjustments until between stages and seeing the target up close...well, I did see a couple when the light shined through, but they were in the white! Could not see anything in the black. I think that was a combination of the lighting and a cheap scope (mostly the latter).
My new vermillion shooting glasses didn't help. Tried slanting them to bring up the power, but that didn't help. Finally switched to my regular glasses at full power, and still could not see the bullseye. That told me the problem wasn't that the prescription wasn't strong enough...rather, my 58 year old eyes just weren't getting enough light in to see decently!
Everyone else was seeing the targets OK, but we were the "senior" shooters, and that undoubtedly had alot to do with it.
George quit shooting about 1/2 way through, but I shot off all my rounds just on principle. When I told my wife she chastised me for wasting ammo and $$$.
I had experienced this once before, at Tallow Creek in the morning.
Any advice, besides buying a better spotting scope and getting an eye transplant? Or just not shooting at ranges that face anywhere near the East in the morning or toward the West in the afternoon?
Bill Sims
Turned out to be very frustrating for George and for me--neither of us could see the bullseye decent enough to get an acceptable sight picture! The rising sun was backlighting the targets, leaving them in a shadow with a halo effect around the black bullseye from the center cut-out of the frames. For the most part I was just aiming at the center of the target and frame, as I could barely make out a smudge of a bullseye sometimes...sometimes could not see it at all.
And I could not see any of the POIs, so I could not make adjustments until between stages and seeing the target up close...well, I did see a couple when the light shined through, but they were in the white! Could not see anything in the black. I think that was a combination of the lighting and a cheap scope (mostly the latter).
My new vermillion shooting glasses didn't help. Tried slanting them to bring up the power, but that didn't help. Finally switched to my regular glasses at full power, and still could not see the bullseye. That told me the problem wasn't that the prescription wasn't strong enough...rather, my 58 year old eyes just weren't getting enough light in to see decently!
Everyone else was seeing the targets OK, but we were the "senior" shooters, and that undoubtedly had alot to do with it.
George quit shooting about 1/2 way through, but I shot off all my rounds just on principle. When I told my wife she chastised me for wasting ammo and $$$.
I had experienced this once before, at Tallow Creek in the morning.
Any advice, besides buying a better spotting scope and getting an eye transplant? Or just not shooting at ranges that face anywhere near the East in the morning or toward the West in the afternoon?
Bill Sims
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