As I crowd in on 60 years of age and wear trifocals, I have finally admitted to myself that I don't pick up the front sight as fast as I once did. To compensate, I have been using a stick-on 20/20 Optix lens on my shooting glasses. This actually does bring the front sight into focus for me. However, yesterday at the range something rather obvious dawned on me. In a self-defense situation I am quite unlikely to have these shooting glasses on. I will either have my regular trifocal glasses on or no glasses at all. Shouldn't I be training, then, in my regular glasses and/or in clear shooting glasses?
That being the case, maybe it's time I consider an alternative to the excellent Heine Straight-8 sights on my pistol. XS big dot sights come to mind. I have them on a J-frame. It may be time to put them on my other pistols. Anyone else come to these conclusions?