Jman Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 An Optometrist (and shooter) saw me a few weeks ago. He set me up with glasses specifically for shooting my pistols with my eyes. Started wearing them soon after. Uhh, WOW. Good news is I see my sights AND target better than I have in ions. Bad new is that I no longer have the vision excuse. That's some bulls#it right there. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 An Optometrist (and shooter) saw me a few weeks ago. He set me up with glasses specifically for shooting my pistols with my eyes. Started wearing them soon after. Uhh, WOW. Good news is I see my sights AND target better than I have in ions. Bad new is that I no longer have the vision excuse. That's some bulls#it right there. Jim Does your dominant eye have a stronger lens set specifically for the front sight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 An Optometrist (and shooter) saw me a few weeks ago. He set me up with glasses specifically for shooting my pistols with my eyes. Started wearing them soon after. Uhh, WOW. Good news is I see my sights AND target better than I have in ions. Bad new is that I no longer have the vision excuse. That's some bulls#it right there. Jim Does your dominant eye have a stronger lens set specifically for the front sight? Yes. My non-dom tries hard but is pretty much along for the ride (astigmatism). I'm VERY impressed that I have clear vision at distance with them too. With both eyes. Was expecting that aspect of the correction to be blurry. Not so. It's a well balanced prescription. I will say that seeing this much is a little weird and is going to take some acclamation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 I have to take time to get a pair made specifically for shooting. Been saying this for 5 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scout454 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Merlin, do it! I bought the first set 4 years ago as an experiment. Finally switched to Decot's and I have one lens for the left eye and two for the right. I'm right eye dominant so I have one lens specifically for shotgun and the other for handgun. The left eye has a mild correction for distance. The handgun lens will work for handgun, scope and shotgun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 I have to take time to get a pair made specifically for shooting. Been saying this for 5 years... Yes you do! A couple years back, I tried a pair with the dominate eye focus on the front sight. It worked fine for target no more than 15 yards or so. Unfortunately, at the matches that I shoot there are always longer shots out to 50 yards some times. I had a chat with Robert Lewis at the 07 Area 2 Vendor Tent (Decot) about iron sight glasses and he suggested a focus between the targets and the front sight. So, I took my limited gun over to my eye doc who also teaches and loves doing new things . He put his lab glasses on me and we built a prescription with a compromise focus between the front sight and a target that I set up at the end of a hallway. With that script I was able to hit a mini-popper at 30 yards with my Cz. This year I had Decot* make a pair of glasses for open (both eyes distant) and an extra lens for limited. I shot SS last Sunday and had no problems with the far targets on this stage You really should give this a try. Be warned though, you will then have rely on excuses other than vision! Later, Chuck * It turns out that the experimental prescription that we developed was the same as what Robert at Decot would of recommended. I recommend him highly, He was able to build two prescriptions for my eyes which are farsighted, astigmatic and have prism. I also thought that I would never need the adjustable bridge that they sell but I have wound up making adjustments at almost every match I have used them to adapt to low ports and stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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