In 1994 the National Small-bore Rifle Association obtained a sighting system made by an Austrian Company called Swarovski Optik which enables blind shooters to achieve a level of accuracy very close to that of sighted shooters.

To the casual observer the sight, which is designed for use on an air rifle at a range of 10m looks like a conventional telescope sight and is mounted on the rifle in the same way. However, that is where the similarity ends. The sight is designed to collect and measure the level of light reflected from the target using a photo-electric cell which is then converted into sound. The centre of the target is brilliant white and then moving outwards from the centre increasingly darker levels of grey are encountered until off the target is matt black. The closer to the centre of the target you are aiming the greater the level of light reflected and hence the higher the frequency of sound which is heard by the shooter via a pair of headphones. The sights are adjustable in the normal way to alter the mean point of impact.

A short video, done by Felixstowe TV, of the 2007 annual match between Felixstowe and Lowestoft can be viewed here.