Shooting With My New Bifocals

[HughD1]

I am beginning to adjust to wearing glasses. I am still not where I want to be when I go out to 25 yards but it does help when you can see the target better. Five out of six is pretty good for me at 25 yards. At 7 yards I can keep them pretty close. I just try to get a little quicker on the follow up shots at that range. Now if I can just get up and down steps without breaking my neck!

Hope y’all have a great weekend!

Hugh


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[moosedog]

That's good shooting in anyone's book.
I have a pair of "blended glasses" for distance and reading that I should try.

 

[Onomea]

I wear bifocals. Had not been shooting in quite a while and as part of obtaining membership in a local range had a new member shooting evaluation test. (Pretty simple as in keep five shots on an 8x10 piece of paper at 50 feet.)

What I found is with my bifocals I can focus on the front sight if I tilt my head back uncomfortably, then check the target by bringing my head back down to normal. Or, I can wear non-prescription safety glasses and see the front sight fine, but then I can't see the target.

I'm gonna buy prescription shooting glasses. I think I need trifocals, with front sight at the top, normal prescription for distance in the middle, and then reading distance (or simply a clear lens, no prescrip) at the bottom.

 

[zeke]

When the doc was saying trifocals or progressives, went with the progressives. The last 2 pairs i had the "progressive part" raised slightly. This keeps the head tilt at a minimum. Course that lead to a different pair for reclined on couch tv watching.

 

[Onomea]

I thought you could have either lined bi or trifocals, or progressive bi or trifocals, with the difference being with progressives one a) cannot see the lines and b) they cost a bunch/more expensive than lined.

Am I wrong?

I was thinking to go with the lined because they're cheaper, and since I intend for these to be dedicated shooting glasses, I don't think I care that the lines are visible.

I also want to get protection on the sides.

 

[riverrat38]

I asked my doctor for progressive glasses for computer work, like reading glasses, but for a little further away at the center. They work well for shooting, because I am looking near the center, and don't need to tip my head back, like I do with regular progressive glasses. I can easily find the sweet spot with the best overall sight view. Holding the gun further out makes it easier to focus the sights and the target at the same time. This favors a one hand hold, maybe using my off hand to support my wrist. Then, I don't need to see close up!

73,
Rick

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I have a pair of glasses that the left lens is normal Rx bi-focal. The whole right lens is the reading Rx with the focal point at 36" instead of 18". No straining my neck! (My F-I-L is a 2-time National Champion Police Combat shooter, and twice Distinguished Marksman. That's what he uses.)

When I got new glasses, I just had the right lens changed in my old pair. Cost wasn't bad at all!

Ivan

 

[Narragansett]

I have bifocals for shooting. My regular glasses are progressive. Eye issues are what stopped me from shooting trap. My absolute favorite sport. I tried live pigeons which is like going from marijuana right to the needle, but I can't compete. I use Decot glasses. I am going real soon for new glasses.

I used to have an optometrist that used to grind glasses for the Army trap team. He knew what it took to hit a moving target.

I need to go shoot and just be aware that it is for fun and never compete in a AA class. I do miss it so. Still have my comp guns. I will see if I can do glasses within the next 2 weeks

 

[BKLooney]

I wore lined bifocals for years and finally gave the progressives a shot, for me it really took a bit to get used to them but I did...finally...

 

[scout II]

I still can't get used to shooting with my bifocal glasses. I either get to see the front sight or the target, not both. So, I started using regular reading glasses with 2.0 power. That lets me see both my front sight and the target fairly clearly.

 

[zeke]

I thought you could have either lined bi or trifocals, or progressive bi or trifocals, with the difference being with progressives one a) cannot see the lines and b) they cost a bunch/more expensive than lined.

Am I wrong?

I was thinking to go with the lined because they're cheaper, and since I intend for these to be dedicated shooting glasses, I don't think I care that the lines are visible.

I also want to get protection on the sides.

My progressives seem to be more than just no lines. They actually progressively change, as opposed to just crossing an abrupt line. They did take awhile to get used to. And yes they were more expensive, but my eyes really haven't changed much for quite awhile.

 

[Rpg]

Years ago (before my cataract surgery) I last used progressive lenses.

My eye doc was a shooter and understood how to setup my progressives for shooting. I never even noticed the glasses while shooting: no head adjustment for different ranges, no fussing trying to decide which level to use.

 

[URIT]

I've used lined tri-focals with the middle focus point being set at one inch beyond my outstretched arm and pointed index finger for years.

They work perfectly for front sight picture and computer work; and they perform double duty when I slip an inexpensive pair of safety glasses over them when shooting.

 

[Nightowl]

I have shooting glasses set to see the front sight in focus. When I got my second pair, I added bifocals at the bottom to see up close for gun inspections, reading etc. Left lens in not corrected.

 

[johngalt]

Monovision.

 

[TX-Dennis]

Good shooting.

I went to bifocals (progressives really) 20 years ago, and I do remember the first few days were challenging until I got used to them. Now I'm waiting for the cataracts to get dense enough to qualify for the surgery, so I can see better again.

 

[JohnRippert]

I've been thinking of taking some of my old shooting glasses and getting prescription bifocals put in them. I would get the usual setup flipped upside down so the close magnification would be at the top and the far on the bottom to make it easier to see the front sight in normal aiming mode.

 

[Golddollar]

I'm gonna buy prescription shooting glasses. I think I need trifocals, with front sight at the top, normal prescription for distance in the middle, and then reading distance (or simply a clear lens, no prescrip) at the bottom.

This might be an over the counter solution for everyone's issue that I found to work before I pretty much went to optical sights. One day I was in Staples and was looking at the rack of reading glasses. I found a brand of reading glasses called Optitek Select-A-Vision that is set up with three vision bands. The top band is half the rated power of the reading band. The top band is designed to focus at a distance of across a desk. With a little mental calculation I realized that this worked out to the location of the front sight on a handgun. When I went to the range what a difference it made in the clarity of the front sight.

Now this will cost more than regular reading glasses but if it works for you it will be worth every penny.

 

[Cdog]

For almost 50 years I was blessed with a near perfect dominant eye. When my vision changed, it was fast and dramatic.

I've been battling seeing sights or target ever since. My latest glasses were prescribed by a Doctor that also shoots. His prescription has indeed helped my shooting. Still, it ain't nothing like when I could actually see!

It looks as if you're adjusting well to your glasses.

God has a sense humor for those of us that live long enough. Vision changes were only the beginning...

 

[Mercury]

I have a pair of glasses that the left lens is normal Rx bi-focal. The whole right lens is the reading Rx with the focal point at 36" instead of 18". No straining my neck!
Ivan

I also struggled with using bifocals and hit upon something similar to Ivan's solution. My dominate eye has a reading lens focused to about 36" and my other eye has a script for distance.

It now takes just a couple of minutes for my brain to adjust after I put them on, it took about 10 minutes when I first started using this set up.

The front sight is in focus and so is the target. I use flip down non prescription sunglasses instead of having a dedicated set made.

I tried this idea out with an old set of cheater reading glasses. I removed the lens from the non dominant eye (my distance Rx is very mild) and let my brain adjust. I was delighted to see how well it worked and then had a pair made with my correct prescriptions.