---
title: "New Technology for Iron Sights"
description: "Called the MicroSight, this is a brilliant idea for shooters who want to keep using iron sights but are limited by deteriorating vision. While it looks like this concept would work great in competitive shooting (assuming the rules allow for it) and in an arid environment when hunting or in combat, I wonder how well it would function in the snow and rain. Would snow, rain or fog haze up the image to the point where you couldn't see the target?"
date: "2010-06-28"
modified: "2021-04-20"
authors:
  - name: "John B. Snow"
    job_title: "Shooting Editor"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/john-b-snow/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gun-shots/2010/06/new-technology-iron-sights/"
categories:
  - "Gear"
  - "Shooting Gear"
---

# New Technology for Iron Sights

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/TM37I7EWKERVAZNZHAMEGBYI2M.jpg>)

Called the MicroSight, this is a [brilliant idea](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOJYYwytD8g/>) for shooters who want to keep using iron sights but are limited by deteriorating vision. While it looks like this concept would work great in competitive shooting (assuming the rules allow for it) and in an arid environment when hunting or in combat, I wonder how well it would function in the snow and rain. Would snow, rain or fog haze up the image to the point where you couldn't see the target?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOJYYwytD8g//

Regardless, I want to give it a try. It would be fantastic if it worked for pistol shooting as well. I would love to incorporate this into one of my bullseye guns.

--John B. Snow

## Author
John B. Snow is Shooting Editor of *Outdoor Life*, where he oversees the publication’s firearms and shooting coverage. This includes gear reviews, features on technical innovations, stories on shooting techniques and general hunting coverage with the occasional fishing story thrown into the mix. Originally from Seattle, he has lived all over the country, crisscrossing it by car and truck no fewer than 10 times as he’s moved from one location to the next. Since 2010 he has lived in Bozeman, Montana where he currently resides with his bird dog, Roo.

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