My dad recently purchased his first AR as he wanted a rifle to go shooting with. He is 65 and once he decides he wants to do something he does it. So he purchased a Bushmaster and then purchased a UTG 4x32 4.5in. long eye relief scp-m432l1wq located here. Last night we took it to BA so he could finally shoot it ( i know only 25 yards but he wanted to shoot it) and after i sighted it in he shot it. After a couple shots he asks me is it blurry to me and i was like no it is fine. So he now wants me to get him a different scope. I am new to this so please be kind. lol

 

I assume he needs a scope that is not fixed power that he can adjust the focus to on. Against my better judgement i think he will be shooting mainly at 25yards so something for that distance. Personally i will be taking when i want to shoot it to CJRPC as i plan to join next Wed the 29th.

 

So any assistance is greatly appreciated.

 

If i was not clear please let me know

 

Ed

I have never shot 25 yrds under any magnification... eye sight is subjective.. so it will be hard for others to really give advice.. but if you are %100 sure it is not blurry to you.. then unfortunately it might be his eyes? and if that is the case I am not sure a scope will fix it..

 

granted my eyes are young... but I find a red dot to work just fine even out to 100 yards... just put the dot on the target and pull.. it eliminates the intricacy of irons (lining up front and back) and creates a single illuminated point to place over the target.. you can get an offering from primary arms that is of good quality without a ton of financial investment..

maybe something like this?

https://www.primarya...20red%20dot.htm

 

again without being able to look at something with someone elses eyes it is really hard to say.. you know..

According to Amazon... that scope has a fixed parallax at 35yds. Does it have a separate adjustment for focusing the eyepiece? That might be why it's "blurry" to him at 25yds. (Don't hold me to it... I'm just guessing here.)

Cheap scope but it works decently - I have one but decided not to put it on my AR15.

http://www.opticsplanet.net/ncstar-compact-rifle-scope-2-6x28-scope-blue-sc26287b.html

He needs to adjust the diopter. There should be instructions with the scope, and if it is not adjustable... well wrong scope. With serious prescriptions, the diopter might not have enough adjsutment, and you ahve to start messing with eye relief with some negative compromises. Also, 65.. does he have bifocals, progressives, etc? There are a lot of things that can make it suck. If he can't make a page in a book held about a foot away form the face clear with whaterver eyes+glasses combo, he isn't going to have much lufck with a scope without seeing the eye doctor first.

He needs to adjust the diopter. There should be instructions with the scope, and if it is not adjustable... well wrong scope. With serious prescriptions, the diopter might not have enough adjsutment, and you ahve to start messing with eye relief with some negative compromises. Also, 65.. does he have bifocals, progressives, etc? There are a lot of things that can make it suck. If he can't make a page in a book held about a foot away form the face clear with whaterver eyes+glasses combo, he isn't going to have much lufck with a scope without seeing the eye doctor first.

 

He wears bifocal's to read normally, and he tried with the glasses and and without. I am not sure if he tried looking through the bifocal portion of his glasses i will ask him. I know he is far sighted and can see fine with distance just up close is an issue.

According to Amazon... that scope has a fixed parallax at 35yds. Does it have a separate adjustment for focusing the eyepiece? That might be why it's "blurry" to him at 25yds. (Don't hold me to it... I'm just guessing here.)

 

The scope is a fixed sight and couldn't be adjusted unless my dad,myself and the RO didn't notice it.

That may be it then. He may need a higher quality optic with a focusing adjustment for the eye piece (is that the same thing as "diopter," like raz said? If so... I learn something new every day! ).

He needs to adjust the diopter. There should be instructions with the scope, and if it is not adjustable... well wrong scope. With serious prescriptions, the diopter might not have enough adjsutment, and you ahve to start messing with eye relief with some negative compromises. Also, 65.. does he have bifocals, progressives, etc? There are a lot of things that can make it suck. If he can't make a page in a book held about a foot away form the face clear with whaterver eyes+glasses combo, he isn't going to have much lufck with a scope without seeing the eye doctor first.

 

I just talked to my dad and had him look through his bifocal specifically when looking through the scope and he said def no go. Also when he watches TV he doesn't need any glasses no matter sitting from 8 feet away or 3 ft away.

 

So can anyone recommend a variable scope lol. Prices really isn't an issue but i prefer not to spend to much of my inheritance lol.

Try out Primary Arms. They have a bunch of low cost optics. Take a look at the 1-4x scope for $120. Or even the 3x Compact.

Not to bring up an old thread but i was able to resolve my dads issue. Got him a new scope that allows adjustable focusing for the eye piece and also figured out he needs to use his reading glasses. So i am having him pick up a pair of cheap magnifying glasses from the pharmacy that matches his prescription.

 

Thanks all