Nimitz Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 just go see your optometrist and get a set of progressive contact lenses ... if you can get a glasses prescription to correct your vision to 20/20 or you already wear contacts you'll be able to get a set of these and see 20/20 near & 20/20 far. Add your favorite pair of shooting sunglasses and you're good to go ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowsure Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Has anyone tried the near and far lens correction in 3 gun? What happens when you look through a scope with "messed up on purpose" vision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I had lasik done to both eyes which made distance vision great but anything front sight and in is not crisp at all. I had a pair of glasses made with my dominant eye +1 and non dominant eye Plano. Works fine in 3 gun. I just focus my scope for the glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4540 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I just recently had a pair of glasses made for shooting( dominant eye front sight, other distance) and I have to say it is quite an adjustment. I have not shot them in a match yet but it is nice to have a crisp front sight again, my groups look a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster02 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Trifocals, my attempt to achieve a sharp front sight; right handed and left eye dominant. Optometrist was delight I came to him with actual measurements for a pair of shooting glasses. Left lens prescription was written as a normal trifocal. The right lens had the normal reading power at the bottom and the rest of the lens was filled with the middle power of my trifocal. Still adjusting to the shooting glasses but, I am pleased with the glasses. Focus range from hand gun to long gun works well for the front sight. Targets are not as sharp but, as a senior shooter I can continue to enjoy the sport and challenges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomZoom Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Trying something new, reading correction contact in my non dominant left eye and small distance correction contact in my dominant right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geekbus Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I have gone the "mono-vision" approach to contacts (one lens corrected for reading, the other for distance) too. My brain was able to put together a reasonable "reality" pretty quickly, but shooting has taken some work. On a good day, I can somehow split the target and sights between eyes and see both crisply, but I still haven't quite been able to master sustaining this state of vision, especially at greater distances. It seems very possible with work. Even now, it beats what I can do with progressive bifocals. In fact, I suspect this is an ideal solution if I can just lock in this "brain state." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halimar Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I first heard about the mono-vision approach when reading "Be Fast, Be Accurate, Be the Best", by Bill Rogers. He writes on page 102, "With a new pair of light weight polycarbonate shooting glasses corrected so that my dominant eye could see the front sight clearly, my scores immediately improved and at age 59 I actually shot the first, and at the time, the only perfect score at my range." I anyway planned to sign up for the Bill Rogers Basic Handgun class this year, so I decided to go that route. Then, while researching the advantages and disadvantages of Rx inserts v. contact lenses v. single-lens correction, I came across a blog reviewing lenses manufactured by a company nameed Tactical RX: http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/06/19/tactical-rx-custom-prescription-shooting-eyewear/ I called them up and asked for several frames...and then several more, until I ended up with just about every reasonable option. I finally picked the Rudi Project Rydon Stealth, which is extremely light and has an unobstructed field of view. They recommended "Almost Lens" inverted bi-focal solution for the frames, but I stuck with mono-vision. Man, was I in for sticker shock: $829 with options, including the lighter of the two available ranges of variable-tint lenses. That's about what I paid for my regular glasses, with Varilux lenses. I'll try them out in the next couple of weeks and hope I can get the hang of seeing everything as one, and don't have the headaches some are reporting here. I'm wondering if that could be at least partially attributable to the degree of correction? One more thing. If you do order shooting glasses you might want to ask for the non-prescription lenses that come with the frames (if the lenses are interchangeable) in case you want to pass them on to some else at a later time. I did and got them at no additional cost, but I was told that they're normally not included with a prescription order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDW174 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I'm pushing 70 and shoot IDPA. I'm also farsighted. As one earlier poster suggested, I purchased a pair of "readers" with a large aviator-style lens and suddenly all was well. However, cheap readers aren't necessarily safety glasses, so I talked to my eye doctor (also a shooter), and he had me actually bring my G34 into his office where he experimented with different setups in lenses. I ended up with a good pair of shooting glasses that not only lets me see the sights, but I can also plainly make out the targets to almost 50 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadeslade Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 I had to get lens implants because of injury. Did you know there are leaves on trees? It's not just a wash of green. I can just see the front sight in focus and actually see .45 hits at 50 yds. Haven't seen this good since I was five. After a few years of every contact lens possible and lots of misery I am not squinting or getting headaches and asking other people to read my texts. It has been awesome. For what it's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerome Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 As a grade schooler, I remember the car ride home after getting my first pair of glasses. I was thinking the same thing - I can actually see leaves on trees. It sounds like your implants corrected both near and far vision. Correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Bird Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I don't care about the 55yr olds, it's the 60s I want to keep out !!! Hummmm, I am 69 and your worried about 60 How is that working out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Hard to tell since I'm 75. Actually I wanted to keep the 60s out. Technically I'm a Super, Super Senior ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ES13Raven Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Check out www.optx2020.com You "stick" these on the inside of your basic shooting glasses...with water. This allows adjustment in any direction. Find the magnification that brings that front sight into focus and blast away. I want to try these out. My regular Rx for contact lens in my dominant eye is -1.00. What power magnification will work for mono-vision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadeslade Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 As a grade schooler, I remember the car ride home after getting my first pair of glasses. I was thinking the same thing - I can actually see leaves on trees. It sounds like your implants corrected both near and far vision. Correct? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry625 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I'm 59, I got to where the front sight was just this blur on the front of the pistol. When it came time to get a new prescription filled, I asked to the eye glass place to help with my inability to see the front sight. The place was locally owned and the owner listened to me and suggested that we take my "tri-focal" glasses and basically turn them upside down where the magnifier part was on the top of the lens, I had him make me another pair of glasses in this configuration, it worked. I can see the dust on the front sight, but I do sacrifice clarity at distance. I only use them in USPSA matches as most of the targets are within the range that even with the fuzziness on the distant targets, I can still make them out good enough, I can't see any "perfs" for the scoring zones though, I just shoot center mass. After 35 years of playing this game, I did finally give in to "Open Division" this year, but I regularly shoot the other divisions and use my "special" glasses for that. Go Seniors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isurg Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Monovision with contacts have worked great for me but vision does suffer in dry, windy conditions, then glasses set the same way works better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I normally need +2 readers for computer and reading work but for shooting open sights I found that it depends how far away my sights are... ended up getting a range of cheap diopter safety glasses and can experiment depending whether I'm shooting a pistol or iron sights on a rifle. Also for red dots. Generally I shoot most guns with no diopter but I found some bifocal shooting glasses so I can peer down and get a +2, very useful for loading and working on guns while on the range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric4069 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Hard to tell since I'm 75. Actually I wanted to keep the 60s out. Technically I'm a Super, Super Senior ! I prefer the term I heard from an older shooter: Super Duper Senior! Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcalero Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 So, at 56 and being blessed with ageing eyes and astigmatism I go a couple of routes. One is Peep hole sights. On a pistol you ask? Nope, on my shooting glasses. There is a product out there you have to place on your glasses, dominant eye, and acts just like a peep hole sight, which makes everything clear . Option two is I had my Optometrist provide me with lenses at the exact focal length of my Glock 34 I shoot with Iron sights. For me it is exactly 26 inches. You take your shooting stance, with an unloaded, and twice verified gun or your preference, extend the gun to your shooting position and move to a wall. Best way, have someone measure form your nose bridge to the wall or front post and now you have your focal length. Readers had worked at 1.5 and the Optometrist said it would help but it did not account for my astigmatism. I tried the two eye bit but was too blessed with headaches and vertigo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robport Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I've heard that peep sight works well for Bullseye, but because of the constantly changing angles with the targets in action shooting, it may not work so well. Before you spend a whole lot of money, try some full lens safety readers (no transition, all reader). I got some off Amazon for about $14. Another shooter pointed me at them and I always use them to shoot now because both of my sights are in perfect focus. I still have some problems with some cataracts in low light and no, it doesn't help astigmatism, but you might be able to tell if you want something like that before spending the big bucks with the doctor...Just a suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcalero Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 By the way, the prescription safety glasses at Walmart were $40. Readers at $14 and I have crisp edges, money well invested. On the peeps, I do use for IDPA and so long as I am aware of them can acquire pretty fast. It takes practice, like everything we do in the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 So, back to scope...we all use something to correct vision, but what works for looking through a scope or is it a short distance thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocrrhbow Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I went with the dominant eye in focus on the front sight and distant focus in the other eye. I have to put them on an hour before I shoot and have to take some time to adjust after I take the off but they work very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Bird Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Well at 69. I fought the sight, and the sight won. You cant fix stupid, so went dark and saw the light again/. Now where did I put that gun, it was right here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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