PRS Talk Target acquisition

[firefighter1178]

I have been shooting PRS for a number of years now, I have always struggled with target acquisition. I am color blind so when the target gets beat up it’s hard for me to find it. Looking at tinted glasses to maybe make the targets pop more. Anyone else have similar issues.

I have tried better optics and that didn’t change anything Nightforce ATACR but currently running a Burris XTR Pro. 

 

[hlee]

Better optics may help, but you’d need to spend into tier 1 (ZCO, TT, etc) for a hope of an appreciable improvement.

I also have some red/green color blindness, and blood trailing an animal mostly turns into quartering an area until I trip over it.

Regardless of anything else, color blindness correction glasses are 1000% a scam.

Target acquisition starts with getting the gun pointed in the right direction before looking through the glass. Find the reference points. Sight over the optic to the target. Some people use a top mounted RMR for this purpose. Then drop into the scope. Just like finding that big buck in a tangle of underbrush, you’re looking for shapes.

That said, a beat up Grey target in an earth tone background can be hard for anyone to spot quickly. There’s nothing better than practice.