I favor red-dots or holographic sights for handguns to minimize the parallax effect promoted by extended eye-relief optics. Very few of these sights offer magnification, probably because it reintroduces parallax. You might be stuck on the idea of a magnified scope...but let your 51-year old eyes at least TRY a red-dot or a HWS. The dot in these sights offers a much more specific place to aim as compared to open sights. Borrow a friend's before you decide against 1X magnification.