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Shooting glasses question.

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Do thy make glasses that help you see the sights as well as the target? Im having a hard time focusing on the sights. I can with reading glasses but then cant see the target.
 
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You could take a pair of reading glasses and pop the lens for your dominate eye out. Ok for targets, not so ok for self defense.

That is what I did when I wore contacts. If you have prescription glasses the eye doctor can make a pair like that for you.
 
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I have the same similar problem the old eyes ain't what the use to be!
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So I ordered a set of Trijicon Pro Sights for my Glock 19 that I will use to qualify with each year for my Pres. 218. I have a set of Heine Brand Figure 8 sights on my Retirement Pistol which are fine sights for most who still have good eyes. Very fast target acquisition! They are on my retirement pistol which is a Glock Model 22 40 Cal. But for the Qualification each year I will be retiring it for the easier shooting 9mm. And because I did not want to take the Heine Sights off the Model 22. And that Orange Front Sight should stand out with no problem! You just rest the Orange Dot in the "Radius Cut Cradle on the Rear Sight. They are also Night Sights should I ever need them for that application.
There is Optometrists that specialize in shooting glasses but as you probably guessed, fairly expensive to make specialty glasses. Glad you resolved your issue! Been there and done IT!:rolleyes:
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The last time I was at the optometrist I had her write a prescription for left eye focus at infinity and right eye focused at 30". I have not filled it yet, but with the price of cheap prescription glasses from Zeni, I should.

She told me that some people could wear glasses made like that and other's couldn't tolerate them. As it stands, I take off my glasses to shoot.
 
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To me, the most important factor is to focus on the front and rear sights aligned with the target point!!
Even with 20/20 the target is always blurred when you pull the trigger.
 
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The basic problem is that the human eye can only focus on one thing at a time. Young shooters can actually switch from rear sight/ front sight/ target fast enough that they don't realize they are doing it. As we age, well ...lots of things get harder to do. Peep sights enable a shooter to focus on only two things - front sight/target because the smaller hole naturally aligns the rear sight. When shooting a pistol, the target will be blurred, as will the rear sight if concentrating on the front sight - your best bet for combat pistol shooting.

The longer the distance between the rear sight and front sight, the more accurate you will be able to shoot. Hence, my 38" muzzle loader is more accurate than one of my plains rifles with a shorter barrel - both with open rear sights and identical loads.
 
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One casing from a semi auto to an eye is enough to convince anybody to wear eye protection.

I had "computer" glasses made (where the reading portion is larger area than normal).
They allow the front sight to be clear and the target to be "fuzzy". For those times when I may be without glasses in a self defense situation, I practice with regular safety glasses with no vision correction. Indexing a firearm on target at 3 - 21 yards is easy to learn. I usually use the sights when I am hunting or trying to show the younger crowd how to shoot.
 
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One casing from a semi auto to an eye is enough to convince anybody to wear eye protection.

I had "computer" glasses made (where the reading portion is larger area than normal).
They allow the front sight to be clear and the target to be "fuzzy". For those times when I may be without glasses in a self defense situation, I practice with regular safety glasses with no vision correction. Indexing a firearm on target at 3 - 21 yards is easy to learn. I usually use the sights when I am hunting or trying to show the younger crowd how to shoot.
That's a very profound statement. When shooting any firearm, ear and EYE protection is a sensible practice.
We have absolutely no control over how ammunition components are manufactured. If a primer blows up, or a cartridge case splits, and they do, even though it's rare, a piece of shrapnel in an eyeball can be a very serious issue. Shooting a firearm is no time to emulate "Macho Man", eye protection over prescription glasses is a safe bet.

I use a Merit Adjustable Aperture that has a suction cup on it to stick on my prescription glasses. Dang thing works great to help my right eye focus on the front sight. Another thing that helps me, especially when dealing with black sights on a black bullseye, are colored inserts in my front sight and a white outline rear sight blade. At an indoor range, at least the one I go to once in a while, there's not enough ambient light for a fiber optic front sight to absorb.
 
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I have bifocals and needed shooting glasses. I went to Bud Decot at Decot Hy-Wyd in Phx Az on 36th st. They made my shooting lenses the same as the distance Rx in my glasses. It has worked for me for nearly 20 yrs. I won my world championship skeet medal with this combo.
Give em a call and tell what you need or want. Great people with shooting glasses background for every discipline of shooter in the industry and they do not break the bank
I’m fairly certain they have made more shooting glasses than any other manuf in the industry.
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Went to the optometrist today for my check up and something interesting occurred that I did not know it could happen. As we age we all get cataracts and mine got worse from last year but my eyesight got better for long distance. Doctor said that last years prescription were to strong and had to write up a new one. He stated that the cataract is bending the light in such a way that allows me to see better but I will eventually need surgery but not at the present, it could be a few more years. I am hoping my cataract gets so bad it returns my vision to the same clarity I had as a teenager.
 
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Read the Cataract Surgery thread. Pretty sure your improvement is temporary.
 
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No, they don't. No glasses can change focus dynamically and reflexively like the human eye (before it gets presbyopia). For short range pistol use reading glasses to prioritize the front sight. At longer ranges you may need weaker glasses, or the target may totally disappear from view. I pack three pairs of readers to cover for different combinations of lighting, caliber, target material, etc.

Don't count on special inverted asymmetric trifocals etc, they will likely induce eye fatigue from constant refocusing and head tilting (once it sets in, the range session is over)
 
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The target should be in focus and the sights should be blurred if you want the best accuracy.
Interesting. Every time I try that, my accuracy is "okay", but if the sights are in focus, I seem to be more accurate. I must be doing something incorrectly. (I have to tell the NRA that their technique is incorrect, also.)
 
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Interesting. Every time I try that, my accuracy is "okay", but if the sights are in focus, I seem to be more accurate. I must be doing something incorrectly. (I have to tell the NRA that their technique is incorrect, also.)
Well Dan, if you're doing something wrong, so am I, but if the method we're using seems to work for both of us, I'd say we should keep it a secret, and out-shoot the others. ;)
 
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It only took one percussion cap to convince me to wear eye protection with any of my antique M/L's . The hammer was eroded but I gave it no thought until a piece of the primer embedded itself in my forehead. Likewise, shooting up old .22 ammo, the firing pin split the rear of the cartridge case in a nylon 66. Never found the operating knob.

It wasn't until I had Lasik surgery and no longer wore glasses that I discovered how much protection glasses provide the eyes.
 
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