Question for Experts

[slabbandit]

I am new to handgunning and have a M&P9. I shoot long guns well and am a seasoned bowhunter mainly.
I think that I want to shoot IDPA and I have a prescription for glasses to get filled. I was mainly talking with my eye doctor about shooting my bow and he said most guys want to see the sights sharply and the target a little fuzzy. I opted for better vision out at a distance.
My question is for the competitive shooters who wear prescription glasses can you see your sights as well as the targets clearly or is there a preference for one over the other?
Thanks,
Dave

 

[OKFC05]

Front sight! "Computer glasses" work for me.

USPSA official magazine is called "FRONT SIGHT" for a reason:
http://www.uspsa.org/front-site-magazine.php

 

[slabbandit]

I may need to discuss my prescription with my doctor again before getting my glasses. I might have messed up telling him I wanted the sharpest vision at distance.

 

[OKFC05]

I may need to discuss my prescription with my doctor again before getting my glasses. I might have messed up telling him I wanted the sharpest vision at distance.

For sure. Been shooting at fuzzy targets for a long time.

 

[arjay]

I wear my everyday glasses to shoot with and have for years.In the last few years its become much harder to get my eyes to focus on the front sight while wearing them.Its an age thing.If you're young,they will probably work just fine.

 

[slabbandit]

I'm 54. I probably ought to give the Doctor a call Monday. He might want to tweak my script before I get them made.

 

[arjay]

Good idea! That was the age when I noticed it was getting harder to focus.

 

[H Richard]

One time I took my handgun to the eye Dr's office (with his permission) so he could fit exactly the focal length I needed. Worked great! One option is a pair of the newer shooting glasses where you can fit a Rx lens behind the interchangeable colored lenses.

 

[Bkreutz]

My Dr is a shooter, I have no line trifocals. What he did was write a prescription that had my non dominant left eye with the normal trifocal prescription and my right(dominant) eye had close and mid range prescription (no long range). This works great for iron sights (IDPA). When I shoot USPSA Open I can't use those glasses with an optic so I go back to my normal trifocals. Sometimes you have to play around to get it right. Good luck.

 

[TAROMAN]

I did something similar to Bkreutz.
Had a special set of shooting glasses made where the right eye is set to focus on the front sight and the left one is focused at infinity.
This is called monovision.
Supposedly some folks cannot tolerate this but I have no problem with it.
So much, in fact, that I'll probably get a set of "regular" glasses made the same way.

 

[Grayfox]

I wear tri-focals. I had a set of glasses made using just the middle prescription. Sights are clear, target a little fuzzy, it works for me.

 

[ric_in_or]

Olympic 30-06 Dual Segment Bifocal Safety Glasses With Clear Lens

Since I have aging eyes, and now need readers, I went with these
when you are head down on a pistol, the top reader portion has the front sight in focus.

When you are moving, you use the rest of the safety glasses to see out to distance.

And they are not expensive.


Also there is an episode on PowerFactor - youtube channel - which discusses a number of options - all of them more expensive than the above, but they may be better for your needs. (Power Factor discusses the shooting sports)
Episode 161
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvKy5KsSInE

 

[BobR1]

This is the important part. As long as you can see the target.

Bob