Old Eyes

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Squirrelman said
"I had lasik eye operation done 1.5 yesrs ago. It was the answer to my shooting problems. Shoot iron sighted rifles ok now."

Ain't it grand?

I had the lasik surgery done 9 years ago, in both eyes at the same time. I was legaly blind at the time of surgery and all of my guns had a scope or optical sight of some kind.

Six weeks after surgery I shot an International score in silhouette with Iron sights, without sight settings. It had been so long since I shot an iron sighted gun, I lost my sight settings. Today I shoot in the 90s at clays and can easily shoot 1 inch groups with my 458 Lott at 100 meters (just in case some were wondering about the flap issue) with express sights. Handguns with open sights are a snap. I have 15/20 vision in my shooting eye.

The only folks I have ever heard talk in a negative way about the surgery were people who have not had it done and have no real understanding of what is involved. The surgery has, within the past 12 months, been approved for pilots, both civilian and military.

I wrote a published article about the surgery, which some of you may have seen. Lasik, unlike all of the prior eye corrective surgeries can be corrected if an error is made and is quick to heal. Basicly, the process involves 3-D images of the eye being made by a digital camera attached to a computer. The "off" areas of the eye are mapped, a firing solution is made by the computer based on the surface maps. A flap is cut to expose the cornea. The laser, attached to the computer, then reshapes the cornea surface to the exact demensions needed to give 20/20 to 15/20 vision in your eye. The actual "cutting" by the laser takes about 15 seconds.

If you are thinking about it, just go see a doctor that does a thousand or more prochedures a year. Your % of a good outcome, first time, are increased.
Ed