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For those who wear prescription glasses;

When practicing at the range do you include some time where you swap out prescription glasses for a regular pair of safety glasses and practice a few shots that way?

I’m thinking of including this in my practice. I don’t expect to be without my glasses but have to consider the possibility of that happening (if they break or get knocked off) due to a struggle or something.
 
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Sure do. Well, I should say I've done it, but not routinely. I suppose I should.

Often, when I go to the range, I put in my contacts so that I can use standard safety glasses (and I sometimes wear my contacts on the weekends or evenings out, but not as often as I once did).
 
my prescription glasses are safety glasses so...

if i am wearing my contacts, i have safety Oakleys that i shoot with.
 
Perscription Glasses

Great suggestion, likely some of us have neglected to expect this to happen and have failed to prepare for this situation. Personally I've had a pair made especially so I could see both the sights and the target at the same time, tough to become accustomed to and ever tougher to do without them now!
 
ArmyCop said:
For those who wear prescription glasses;

When practicing at the range do you include some time where you swap out prescription glasses for a regular pair of safety glasses and practice a few shots that way?

I’m thinking of including this in my practice. I don’t expect to be without my glasses but have to consider the possibility of that happening (if they break or get knocked off) due to a struggle or something.
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No-I shoot can sized targets at 25 yards and without my glasses the target isn't there :-)
 
ArmyCop said:
When practicing at the range do you include some time where you swap out prescription glasses for a regular pair of safety glasses and practice a few shots that way

I wear contacts. If I lose them then I'm in a really bad shape as I'm nearly blind without them. I can see and track movement but that is about it.
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I found out early that any thing beyond 12 yards produces less than excellent results so I put my prescription in one pair of my shooting glasses and left the other alone so I'm constantly switching out safety glasses during a session.
I alternate distances to not get too comfortable with a certain yardage and found that also switching between prescription and non keep me on my toes if not always in the 10 ring.
 
Pecos Bill said:
Funny you should ask that! Without my glasses the front sight on my handguns is in focus and the target is a blur, with the front sight is a blur but the target's in focus. Go figure.
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Same here . That's why I have to close my non sights eye.
 
I don't do it regularly, but that's a good suggestion to do so. If I did loose the glasses in a situation, it'd be time to go to point shooting, rather than aimed fire, for me. Point shooting is worth practicing at the range, even with the spectacles on.
 
at the range I will wear high impact safety glasses over my prescription glasses.
 
My glasses have poly-carbonate lenses so they're essentially as strong as the safety glasses, although they don't wrap around the side. If I'm without my glasses I would be hard-pressed to identify friend from foe at more than 10 yards. My nightstand gun has a laser on it for target acquisition and the pump shotgun in the bedroom closet doesn't exactly need much of a sight picture. If you're in my house uninvited at night, you're a foe.
 
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ArmyCop said:
For those who wear prescription glasses;

I’m thinking of including this in my practice. I don’t expect to be without my glasses but have to consider the possibility of that happening (if they break or get knocked off) due to a struggle or something.
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Yes, I do....I often practice without the aid of corrective lens, just clear safety glasses.

I might not have corrective lens available if and when I might be caught by surprise.


Su Amigo,
Dave
 
Without my corrective lenses I can focus at 4 inches, period. And this doesn't even begin to take into account my astigmatism! So, I can't really function without them. I do practice with both my shooting glasses (dominant eye corrected so that I can focus on my front sight and other eye corrected for distance) which I use for matches, and my regular glasses, which are progressives and force me to raise my head in an annoying way to focus on the front sight. If I lose my glasses in a fight, I will have some problems.
 
One of the agents in the famous FBI/Miami shootout some years ago was apparently an excellent shot, but he lost his glasses at the beginning of the fight. Things did not end well for him. I only occasionally wear glasses, usually to read, and I almost always shoot without them. First, i don't really need them to see and, second, it's very unlikely I would have them even if I needed them in an emergency.
 
Not sure why one would reduce their vision intentionally at the range. I wear glasses because I can't see a target at 10 yards - a white blur perhaps at 7 yds or less. If I take my glasses off and shoot in the general direction of the target I can't see what do I gain? I could leave my glasses on and just close my eyes and shoot.

If you are suggesting a scenario where someone is close enough to attack me and intentionally knock my glasses off then they are close enough for me to see them, and perhaps close enough to stick the muzzle in their gut.
 
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