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Title: Rifle scope for color blind
Post by: scottfrick on August 18, 2022, 08:23:35 PM
My captain at the fire department asked me recently if I would be interested in getting his grandpas hunting rifle back to hunting shape for me. He needs a scope on it and he mentioned to me he is Color blind so he needs something there doesn’t have black cross hairs. I need ideas for this one guys!! Is there anyone here that is color blind? What do you use??
Title: Re: Rifle scope for color blind
Post by: Caseknife on August 18, 2022, 09:04:57 PM
Leupold Firedot, any scope with illuminated reticle.  I have never heard of color blindness causing the inability to see black.  Maybe something more like a German #4 reticle, I think, heavy post.
Title: Re: Rifle scope for color blind
Post by: mcrawfordaf on August 18, 2022, 09:20:32 PM
I'm super color blind and use a black reticle with absolutely no issue? I'm not sure how that would be an impairment? They say color blind folks can also pickup camouflages more easily out in the field.
Title: Re: Rifle scope for color blind
Post by: Jpmiller on August 18, 2022, 09:45:09 PM
I'm color blind and have always used a black crosshair. I have those color corrective glasses but I can't shoot with them or use them with binos but I see guys with glasses do it. They'd be terrible in low light situations though.
Title: Re: Rifle scope for color blind
Post by: Fidelk on August 19, 2022, 06:50:26 AM
I have 2 Burris scopes......one is 3-9x40 and the other is 2-10x42. The clarity and brightness of the 2-10x42 is considerably better, so maybe go with 42mm or larger. And thicker crosshairs. His issue with black crosshairs might be a caused by a different vision issue. Take him to a large gun store/sporting goods store and have him look through some scopes before buying.
Title: Re: Rifle scope for color blind
Post by: HntnFsh on August 19, 2022, 07:58:00 AM
I think color blindness is different for everybody.
Title: Re: Rifle scope for color blind
Post by: Jpmiller on August 19, 2022, 10:46:28 AM
I think color blindness is different for everybody.

That's what they told me, and it's really hard to figure out exactly what everyone's seeing differently.
Title: Re: Rifle scope for color blind
Post by: ucwarden on August 19, 2022, 10:49:28 AM
My captain at the fire department asked me recently if I would be interested in getting his grandpas hunting rifle back to hunting shape for me. He needs a scope on it and he mentioned to me he is Color blind so he needs something there doesn’t have black cross hairs. I need ideas for this one guys!! Is there anyone here that is color blind? What do you use??
I'm red/green colorblind, and I don't know what your captain is talking about.  All of the reticles in my scopes are black and I can see them just fine.
Title: Re: Rifle scope for color blind
Post by: huntandjeep on August 19, 2022, 11:52:06 AM
Red / Green here ( although I can see red and green just fine , it's when they are on top of each other ie tracking  a wounded animal when I have troubles) Anyway i have no problem seeing a regular reticle
Title: Re: Rifle scope for color blind
Post by: scottfrick on August 19, 2022, 08:38:16 PM
So I talked with him a little more and decided to go with something with thicker cross hairs. I went down to the local sporting goods store and went with a leupold vx3HD 3.5-10x40. Wow what a beautiful scope. I then decided to go with high scope mounts that will allow him to still use the iron sights if he ever decided to try that out. I think it turned out awesome. All he wants to do is shoot a deer with it next year in memory of his grandfather. I will be sighting it in Sunday morning so 🤞 it shoots good.
Title: Re: Rifle scope for color blind
Post by: Alchase on August 19, 2022, 08:46:32 PM
Leupold Firedot, any scope with illuminated reticle.  I have never heard of color blindness causing the inability to see black.  Maybe something more like a German #4 reticle, I think, heavy post.

 :yeah:

The illuminated dot contrast, works well with many types of eye issues.

Title: Re: Rifle scope for color blind
Post by: Fidelk on August 20, 2022, 07:49:43 AM
Sounds like a good fix. Let us know how the rifle shoots.....and how the Captain did with the setup. On the subject of eye issues, I have a weird one of my own. When I look through a scope, the left horizontal crosshair angles downward. I thought that was a bit strange and maybe something off with the scope. Ignored it because I use the intersection of horizontal and vertical to actually aim, not at any other point along the horizontal line. Then I was in a gun store and looked through a scope.....same thing. Not my scopes.....something that my left eye is doing. Why.....no clue.
Title: Re: Rifle scope for color blind
Post by: blackdog on August 20, 2022, 08:42:19 AM
Get to an eye doctor quick!
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