for the over forty crowd

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coondogger

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I used to just shoot with contact lenses and polycarbonate safety glasses. Now, I have difficulty seeing the sights on the gun. So I started wearing my glasses instead. This may seem a little over-the-top, (but then again, I wear earplugs AND muffs) but does anyone out there wear polycarb. safety glasses over their regular glasses?
 
Getting old bites! I'm wearing glasses too, just 1.75 drugstore for the 'puter, prescription for everything else.

I do wear shooting glasses over my regular glasses at the range because my optomitrist went out of business and I can't verify that I paid extra to meet every possible criteria. I also ride and they meet the ANSI standards.
 
Maybe this will help

The key difference between dress glasses and shooting glasses is the
modification of the distance Rx of the shooting eye. Plus needs to
be added to allow/force the eye to focus at the ideal distance for
optimum sight alignment and sight picture. Opinions vary, but the
maximum plus added to the lens that allows a clear front sight with
an identifiable hold point/zone is the best competition lens.

As far as tints go, look to the shotgun shooters. Blue blocking
lenses in the yellow to orange range are quite comfortable and they
reduce the effects of haze.

LTC (ret.) John C. Heiby, AUS
Former Optometry Consultant
Army Marksmanship Unit
 
I wear my progressive multifocals. I don't bother with safety glasses in front of them as the lenses (I buy crizal lenses) themselves offer just as much or more impact resistance safety.
 
if i was a target shooter i would use some optical assistance, but im not that good. i do fine with my reading prescription, but i tend to just practice with the fuzzy sights since that seems to be a better reality.
 
Computer Glasses

I found that using my "computer" glasses really improved my accuracy when using open sights on pistols. They are not a strong as "reading" glasses. They are sarety glasses.
 
I found a pair of sigarms shooting glasses that fit over my regular eyeglasses. My ear muffs hold in place. Its not the greatest but really doesn't bother me or enterfear with anything.
 
Over 40 crowd?

Over 40?
I will be 70 in March and I still enjoy shooting.
I have cateracks, tri-focals and, have trouble lining up the crosshairs on a rifle. As for ear protection...I pack the inside of 29 ear muffs with styrofoam.
 
Man,I used to have laser beam eyes.

My Dan Wesson and me used to tear the heart out of a target at twenty five yards but now?

I can't see xxxx if I step in it.

Really depressing but hey,everyone gets older.

I''m going to take a break for things that stress my eyes like this computer,recheck my health and see if I can reverse this can't see do-do nonsense.

On again,off again eyesight.:rolleyes:
 
I just wear my glasses when shooting, but I actually took a hot brass directly to the eye the last time I went shooting. Now I'm looking to find some shooting glasses that will fit over my prescription glasses. I can't wear contacts (too uncomfortable in my eyes).
 
I'm 77, so I think I am the Grey Eagle on this thread. I wear my bifocals at the range, nothing over them. Never mind that, when I was a Naval Aviator, I had 20/10 vision. Now, without my glasses on, I cannot see the sights on my handgun, even when I try to focus just on them. My interest in shooting now is strictly SD/HD. Almost certainly in a HD situation, I will not have my glasses on. That is why my handguns have Crimson Trace laser grips on them. I can see that red dot on my target 5-10 yards away. I can see it just fine, thank you very much. And I can see when a black hole appears in that target where a red dot used to be. Warms an old codger's heart to see that.

Cordially, Jack
 
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