shooting glasses

[VA Shooter]

Hope this is the forum for this ? I need to get prescription reading glasses I find that when I shoot with my Dollar store 1.5 reading glasses I can see the front sight of my BH but I have trouble seeing target Are there such thing as prescription shooting glasses? I shoot much better with my glasses on

 

[donut757]

Im a huge fan of Oakley.glass... u can get M frames fairly cheap but u can also get presription too... im sure they are a little more $$$.. i love M frames and the Radar styled glass becuase they are very lightweight, easily worn with a hat or hearing portection, and offer a variety of sizes for amouth of cover

 

[Major T]

Let me give you an exercise that may delay the need. This was given to me by an opthamologist a long time ago and it helped for years. Hold a pencil at arms length, focus on it with both eyes and bring it slowly to your nose while maintaining focus and then take it back out slowly-still focused. Repeat numerous times a day and your focus should improve or at least hold your own. !.5 is not a lot of magnification, but you may not recover all even with the exercise. It worked for me for a good many years then I got lazy and stopped. Things soon went to pot.

In shooting iron open sights there are three things to look at and even those with perfect vision have to choose what priority the want to have in perfect focus. Always choose the front sight, rear sight, and target in that order. If you see the rear sight, and have a perfect focus on the front, the somewhat blurred target will not matter so much. Peep sights take the rear sight out of the equasion and optics allow you to see the reticle and target equally-if the optic is properly focused. I can no longer focus up close, but a slight correction in the top of my trifocals does help both irons and optics. Be sure to get a shattreproof lens if you go glass.. jack

 

[RonS]

Yes, the most expensive option I know of are made by Hanson, called Eagle Eye glasses, they have a bifocal at the top of the lens where you look when shooting. You can also get thin plastic bifocal lenses that stick to your glasses and trim and position them where you want them to get the same effect.

For an example, I wear a distance prescription to drive or just go about the day because I see well up close but not far away. I put a stick on bifocal on the top edge of an old pair of glasses and use them for shooting. If I look through the middle of the lens the target is in focus, then I raise the gun, lower my head and when I look through the extra lens the front sight is in focus and the target is a little blurry.

If you want to try it Walmart sells the stick on bifocals.

 

[Donaldjr1969]

While I do not wear bifocals, I do have prescription safety glasses complete with snap on side shields.

If you are having trouble seeing the target yet the front sight blade is sharp, have you considered a shooter's iris? Granted those Gehmann adjustable irises are not cheap. But you could probably design your own fixed iris.

 

[Jimbo357mag]

While I do not wear bifocals, I do have prescription safety glasses complete with snap on side shields.

I have progressive shooting/safety glasses with side shields. They work fine. I have to nod my head sometimes to get the front sight into focus but after a while it comes natural. :shock: :shock:

...Jimbo

 

[VA Shooter]

Thanks I think for now I will try the Walmart stick ons and then go see an eye DR.

 

[Donaldjr1969]

While I do not wear bifocals, I do have prescription safety glasses complete with snap on side shields.

I have progressive shooting/safety glasses with side shields. They work fine. I have to nod my head sometimes to get the front sight into focus but after a while it comes natural. :shock: :shock:

...Jimbo

Although my last exam did not indicate a need for bi/trifocal lenses, I know my safety glasses are available with them.

 

[cphilip]

Keep in mind that bifocals can be corrective in one plane and no correction at all in the other. So... in actuality... from what you describe... you possibly DO need bifocals for your situation. Perhaps Bifocals that transition in the right area to be able to use both the close up correction and then to glance up and eliminate it. Typically line-less bifocals can be made to do this. And since most shooting glasses are simply polycarbonate safety glasses they do both things once you have them made. I use my safety glass, which are prescription (I need close up help but not much distance help) for shooting too. In fact I wear mine all the time. I had my Safety glasses done complete, light frames, transitional sun glass, progressive and light polycarbonate lenses with removable side shields.

 

[mattsbox99]

I think any good eye place can cut those bifocals on the top. I shoot with a couple guys that have them.

I have prescription safety glasses with the sideshields, they are made by 3M and we get them from AOSafety.

 

[snakeeyes4445]

Go to www.clear2tqrget.com and try these simple self sticking plastic film apertures in two sizes. They are made in West Des Moines Iowa. The optical science involved is simple and straight forward. I have a Merrit disc and these are comparable in performance. They can be moved to the proper place easily on your lens.
I have shot open sight revolvers for fifty years and practiced optometry for forty.
I am working mostly with the new near variable focus computer lens designs to solve this very real problem.'
I have a reply letter from Elmer Keith about this and he recommended taking a file to the rear sight and widening it a bit...also simple and solid advice.
Get your eyes checked first and consider the new ultra clear "iZon" prescription lenses for and extra hundred or so.

 

[VA Shooter]

Thanks snakeeyes

 

[Acorn]

I bought a stick on apeture from Brownells that was relatively inexpensive