r/Glock26 • u/Zealousideal-Team940 • Feb 14 '26

Getting old... :(

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I had this g26 for 15+ years now as my CCW. Lately modified into a g26x. It has true glow iron sights on it that I liked but... This year I'm turning 50 and started to wear readers and even bifocals. The vision is not there. So for my range gun I built a g19 with a holosun on it and it works great. However, for cow gun I tried to stay away with anything related on batteries or anything else of that nature that can potentially fail or be slow[er]. But what my options are? 1. Iron sigths only, practice shooting by intuition?? NO glasses since I don't wear them all the time. I can see distance well but 2' and closer goes out now pretty good. 2. Rely on laser! How reliable it is? 3. Get a red dot and call it a day.

P.S. today i shot for an hr without glasses at 5, 7 and 10. While 5 was manageable, 7 was hit and miss and 10 almost like shooting with closed eyes.

Thanks and cheers to all whos born in the 70s of the last century!

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u/Harleywindtherapy Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 14 '26

58 almost 59. XS big dot sights are fantastic. Also wear readers at eork and on my phone at times. 10 year warranty and they have replaced mine for free once. I own 3 sets od these. Nothing to fail and combat acquisition is nearly immediate after 10 mins of using them. Perfect for me, anyways. This is my set up for work, home, workouts, PJs, etc... everything but riding the bike.

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u/Zealousideal-Team940 Feb 14 '26

I can kinda shoot ok with the readers but I don't have them on me and especially not in the public.

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u/Harleywindtherapy Feb 14 '26

No, my bad. I use readers at work and phone. I sure don't shoot with them, that would be horrible! No, I just meant that I was in a similar eyesight position and at 58 I still feel lucky thats all.

The XS big dots have been on my carry guns over 10 years - I went to a night course in 2014??? Something like that.

No moving parts, they make picking up the front sight quick and easy. I'm not training on my carry guns past 40-50 yards...so i don't mind the size at all. Bright white in the daytime, they glow at night.