Shooting With Glasses:

[wrench]

I've worn glasses almost all of my life, nearsighted. Once I got over 40 I needed a correction for reading as well like so many others.
On my shooting glasses I use a stick on diopter like this, pick the right magnification to get your front sight sharp. They stick to your glasses with a little water to apply. You can trim them, and move them around until you get it right for you.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=stick-on+...sl_r4kkucfkz_b

[MostlyLeverGuns]

Nearsighted, wearing glasses since I was 13(?), 72 now, I have progressive lens with a bifocal at the bottom, the progressive lens allows me to find a spot in the lens that gives me the focus I want by moving my head a little. I've had the progressives lens for a very long time and have avoided the 'arms to short to focus' syndrome that usually comes to 'older' folks.

[gunther]

Progressive bifocals help as much as anything. Astigmatism, lazy (20/200) right eye, right handed. Handguns are fun, rifles give me a headache, shotguns are frustrating. Enjoy what you can.

[BD]

This will sound odd, but it works. I am 66, near sighted with significant astigmatism. I wear trifocals for general use. I compete in action pistol events using bifocals in which the upper right hand lens, (dominant eye), is front sight focus, the upper left hand lens is distance, and the bottom lenses are both reading so I can see the iPad to score. I put these on when I first get to the match and in about two minutes my brain makes the adjustment. I often forget to change back until I get home. I've been using this setup for 20 years now with good success. I have fair focus on the targets as I move from target to target and excellent focus on the front sight. It is often difficult to see the boolit holes in the paper, but that's tough for me even with my regular trifocals. I wear these for iron sighted rifles as well. I wear my regular glasses for hunting with scoped rifles, mostly because the oddball bifocals do not work at all using binoculars.

[iomskp]

Earlier this year I got my first set of progressive lenses, I was so impressed I went and had my cataracts done and lenses fitted now I can see again, both front and rear sights and the target all at the same time, the glasses can stay in the bottom draw.

[kevin c]

I have vision issues like BD with a contact lens solution similar to his upper lens corrections: sharp front sight focus in the dominant eye and sharp distance focus in the other. My optometrists call it monovision. Off the range I have bifocals I wear over the contacts that correct the dominant eye to 20/20 distance for driving in the upper Rx (plain glass in the other since it's already there), and correct both eyes for reading in the lower Rx. Works for pistol post and notch irons, fails utterly for rifle irons. There I have to use glass or a dot sight.

[Idaho45guy]

I've been wearing glasses since I was 8 years old. Nearsighted. I had to get bifocals when I turned 45. When I was 47, I got progressive lenses that are trifocals. No lines, but different areas of the lens have different strength. That pair had what the doc called a "computer user" profile in that there was a small area at the bottom of the lens for reading, a larger medium power area in the lower and middle section, and the long distance part on the upper 50%.

It was perfect for seeing my sights clearly and I could get great groups with iron sights.

Then, I got cheap and went to Costco when I turned 50 and the prescription they gave me was also a progressive trifocal, but the ratios of the different strengths was different and my sights became blurry and my groups got bad. Drove me nuts the past two years.

Just went back to my original optometrist and ordered the same lenses and frames from six years ago. Doc said my prescription was nearly identical, which means my eyes haven't hardly changed in six years, which is awesome.

[country gent]

Keep in mind when shooting your looking thru a different area of the lenses than reading or other things. This affects how you see also. I used a set of the adjustable Knob blocks for high power they could be adjusted to where the lenses needed to be for position

[44MAG#1]

There is NO DOUBT that Varilux is the way to go. I have used Varilux and bifocals at different times and now stick with Varilux. Glasses can be made with the Varilux or Bifocal part put anywhere you want it if you pay for it.

[Conditor22]

Keep in mind when shooting your looking thru a different area of the lenses than reading or other things. This affects how you see also. I used a set of the adjustable Knob blocks for high power they could be adjusted to where the lenses needed to be for position

adjustable Knob blocks for high power???

Do you have a link


I've heard people say they have good results just using reading glasses for hand gun shooting.

[slohunter]

I can see fine, it's just that my arms got shorter!

[Cowhide]

I have been trying to explain to my eye doctor at the VA about this and so fare no luck. Is there a link I can give my eye doctor that would let him read up on how to write a prescription that would allow my handgun sights to be in focus with my current eye degeneration? The lets try this is taking to long and we only get to try next attempt a year later.

[wv109323]

On the Bullseye pistol forum there was a doctor by the name of Norman Wong that had a write up about how an optometrist should fit you with shooting glasses.

[Conditor22]

On the Bullseye pistol forum there was a doctor by the name of Norman Wong that had a write up about how an optometrist should fit you with shooting glasses.

Would you happen to have a link please.

[jsizemore]

Norman Wong read

https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nra...ndex.php#/p/24

champion's choice for knobloch

You may also find stuff on targettalk.org

[Conditor22]

thankyou for posting Dr Wongs stuff

[Cowhide]

+1 Thank you for posting that link to article.

[bangerjim]

I try to keep my glasses at least 1/2 full of single malt scotch whenever out shooting.

[sharps4590]

What wrench said, or do this, blue painters tape....inside edge for rifle shooting, more toward the center for handguns.

[.429&H110]

There are all kinds of eye doctors.
You would not be the first person to ask about sight picture,
and some eye doctors do know what you are asking.
I was totally nearsighted when I had the cataracts out, lenses implanted.
In two days I went from near- to far-sighted.
So I asked about sight picture.

Eye doctor had a wooden pistol traced from a 1911
with sights and a thin plastic ruler glued to the top.
The game is to see the sights, ruler, and eyechart.
You can make such a toy easily, and bring it along.
Be sure to paint it orange.

Your thumb and index finger will also serve for sight picture,
although it's illegal to point at people in New Jersey,
you'll maybe have to paint your finger orange?

There is a progressive lens that will work fine for you,
you just have to find your unique combination.
We took all of ten minutes to find mine, it wasn't his first rodeo.
A similar problem is computer-screen-distance bi- or tri-focals.

I am amazed how much better I can see with lens implants.
My motivation was I could not see to drive at night at 54 yo.
Cataract test?
While you are watching TV, shine a flashlight at your ear.
If the opaque cataract lights up, you can't see the TV anymore, just white.
(Try this test on an old dog, side light his eye.)
When you meet cars at night, their headlights do the same glare,
and I was driving blind like everyone does in Green Valley.
You might think about that, when you're driving along with them.
They really can't see you, or bicycles, at night.
The lens of your eye was born clear, UV turns it yellow
it's like wearing dark yellow sunglasses everywhere.
It's a slow process, like old age, inevitable.
All those years I thought I was just a lousy shot.