I am pushing 60 (darn that seems so weird to say). I have always had really bad eyesight and have worn glasses all my life.
In the past couple of years being able to see my sights has become problematic. All black sights do not work for me, especially black ramped front sights like on my revolvers. Patridge front sights are slightly better but not by much for me.
Also, I purchased a couple of Sig Sauer Romeo 5 red dot sights, one is on my AR-15 and one is on my Ruger PC Carbine. I got them for an excellent price. I was very happy with my purchase.
Before that I had installed a red fiber optic Williams Fire Sight on my Ruger 10/22 to replace the brass bead stock sight and when I bought my S&W model 63 it came with a red fiber optic front sight.
What I found was all the red sights, red dot and fiber optic, all blur out on me in use. The red dot looks like a blob.
Around the same time I had purchased Tru-Glo TFX sights for my Glock 45 and my Glick 26. I noticed that the green fiber optics and the green tritium night sights do not blob out on me.
So, I decided to “up my experiment” and I ordered a green fiber optic front sight for my 10/22 from Ruger. They were having a sale. I installed the sight yesterday (and yes, I know this is Handguns: Gen’l Duscussion forum) and I took the 10/22 to the indoor range and I was absolutely please with the results. I had to do some tweaking to the rear sight as the red sight was .570” from top to base and the new sight was .420”, a difference of .150”. So I installed the front sight, did some creative measuring with my calipers and adjusted the rear sight (note the pencil marks on the sight in the picture) and I tried 5 different .22 LR ammo brands at 20 yards shooting off-hand. I am not a great shot when free standing, wearing a mask that’s causing my glasses to fog and wearing a pair of non-rifle-friendly ear muffs but I was very happy with the results of my quick green sight test.
I do believe I will be switching to green dot sights and using green paint on my black front sights.
Oh, almost forgot. On my S&W model 63 that came with a red fiber optic front sight I replaced the sight with a gold dot blade sight like in the link here:
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1005958054/
That was a waste of money. The gold bead blurs out in low light and in bright light for me. I guess I will be going to a green fiber optic sight on that one.
I have found that aging eyes and trying to find what works can be expensive and very frustrating. I hope I am on the right path now.