Reading Glasses good enough?

Super Dave

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Hi everyone,

I'm just getting into reloading. Will my standard Chinese made reading glasses be sufficient to protect my eyes during reloading (Dillon 550)?

If not, what do you suggest?

Thanks,
Dave
 
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NO! Safety glasses are just that Safety. I wear them over my readers.

I supposed better than nothing but you only have 2 eyes.
 
I would not use over the counter readers but my regular bifocals are metal framed with polycarbonate lenses and I admit that I wear them for reloading and general shop use. The lenses aren't as thick as safety glasses but the material is the same and I trust them more that the cheap $3.00 throwaway safety glasses you can find at the hardware store.
 
My lens are safety rated ,but I add the side wings for good measure.

As stsated before better than nothing , but probably not safety rated.

If ya got a brand name on em maybe goggle it & see if they have specs on em ???
 
My regular glasses are metal framed with polycarbonate lens. They are safety rated. I also have some shooting glasses (same construction) with a different prescription (my ophthalmologist is a shooter too). As has been said, don't cheap out on the eye protection, either when shooting or reloading.
 
Will Carry, you and I have the same visual problem. I'm 67 and if I wear my normal eyeglasses, I cannot bring the sights into focus but the target is crystal-clear. If I invert my glasses and look at the sights through my bifocal or use drug store readers, the sights are crystal-clear but the target's bull is a blurry football standing on end. But there is a solution.

I am a contributing editor for Shotgun Sports Magazine and mentioned this in a column. Dr. Harold Morgan from Morgan Sports Optical in Olean, New York emailed me saying that he could make glasses with which I could see BOTH the sights and the target with clarity. I had doubts but furnished him with my lens prescription and the distance at which I usually shoot my handguns (25 yards).

He did it! Using the glasses Dr. Morgan made for me, I can see both the sights and the target with about 95% clarity and my handguns suddenly became a lot more accurate. Morgan Sports Optical can be reached at 800-594-0175.

Ed
 
Thanks guys for the suggestions.

I might try these also...
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I see Amazon raised their limit for free shipping up to $35.

AverageEd, your shooting glasses sound awesome. I have been using the Decot glasses with the magnifier at the top of the lens. Decot Sport Glasses - The Best Shooting & Sport Glasses Under The Sun!
Great small business. I was real happy with that set up but the target is blurry...

I'm curious how your lenses allow you to focus on both the sights and target. Where is the magnified portion of your lens located? Thanks,
Dave
 
Dave, they look just like normal eyeglasses - they even have a bifocal in the bottom of the lenses. I don't know where or what the Rx in the main portion is as Dr. Morgan sent me a frame and several lenses to try, each in a very slightly different Rx and with a number written on them with a Sharpie marker. Number five was the winner.

He made me one set with a very light yellow tint. I really like what that does to glare on your sights and the target.

Give them a call for more info - if Harold is out shooting, his son Wayne can take care of you just as well.

Ed
 
I like to wear THESE. You can get them with any diopter power you want, and in clear, smoke, or amber.
 
FWIW, I went to my guild optician who is a shooter. He made my daily glasses as no-line bifocals in photo-grey then had the extra hard coat added (this is popular in factories around here.) I had told him I wanted to put them on when I got up in the morning and not take them off until I go to bed at night. I were the same ones to read, reload, shoot (including black powder percussion.) and am quite pleased and feel well protected. BTW, I looked for the biggest frames/lenses I could find on his wall... I'm better "covered" than some dedicated safety glasses I see folks wearing.

Froggie
 
My doctor explained to me what he did to make my shooting glasses. I normally have no line trifocals, the problem I was having was that I had to tilt my head back to get the front sight in focus with the middle part of the lens, but then my left eye couldn't focus on the target so he left the left lens as the normal trifocal but changed my right side (I'm right handed) to a bifocal that has close and medium prescriptions but no distance prescription. This lets me focus on the front sight with my right eye but still be able to see the target with my left. It makes driving a little strange, not impossible but my non shooting distance vision is a little blurry, consequently I change glasses when I shoot and then change back when I'm done shooting. I do make a point of using my normal glasses at least 2 sessions a month just to make sure I'm not hurting my SD accuracy(or comfort).

Edit: I'm not sure why the work "sight" came up as a link to an list of ebay auctions on "sight's". It wasn't by choice and I can't figure out how to deactivate it. :eek:
 
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For reloading, I wear whatever glasses are handy.

For shooting, I wear prescription safety glasses. Not often, but over the years, I have fired a pistol, and felt some type of blowback on my face (both revolvers and autos), so I want good eye protection.

:)
 
I bought some of the Edge safety glasses (4 pair) and really like them. I tried various shades/colors and like the blue for general use and the yellow/orange (Red Mirror) coating for shooting here in the desert - they were about $15 or less each!

ShopEdgeSafetyGlasses.com

Amazon.com: edge glasses
 
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Super Dave said:
Hi everyone,

I'm just getting into reloading. Will my standard Chinese made reading glasses be sufficient to protect my eyes during reloading (Dillon 550)?

If not, what do you suggest?

Thanks,
Dave
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The only piece of life saving equipment that is Made In China that I trust is the Chinese copy of the AK47 made by Norinco or PolyTech. Reading glasses? Absolutely not.
 
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