Rifleman1776
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I use the Merit disc on the range that sticks onto my glasses. Kinda akward but works very well. Would be useless for hunting.
Red dot is fuzzy and out of focus? Eye problems?
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I use the Merit disc on the range that sticks onto my glasses. Kinda akward but works very well. Would be useless for hunting.
Rifleman I totally missed your question. I am 26 and my GF is 22. I've seen the discs that you can wear over you eye I am thinking about getting one just for long range pistol shooting. hitting 6" steel @ 100yds with a sharp dot like that would be much easier.
Does anyone know of a dot like sight that uses an illuminated reticule that's etched in to the glass, like the IL crosshairs on a scope? I doubt they would have exactly what I am looking for but I would be good to know in case I do need something like that down the road.
Does anyone know of a dot like sight that uses an illuminated reticule that's etched in to the glass, like the IL crosshairs on a scope? I doubt they would have exactly what I am looking for but I would be good to know in case I do need something like that down the road.
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I'm pretty sure the OP is asking about dot sights such as the Ultra Dot or Aimpoint, not laser "sights" that project a dot like the Crimson Trace grips. The perceived location of the dot in those sights is the same as for the holographic sights, i.e., downrange toward the target.
Actually it isn't.
A non laser type red dot sight has a lens system that creates a "virtual plane of focus" at infinity. Thats why you look through the sight to the distant target & they appear in the same optical plane. That negative lens could be incompatible with the glasses worn by the shooter.
A holographic sight, not a projecting laser, has an interference pattern lit by laser light within the sight that the eye interprets as being several feet beyond the actual physical glass. This could, when coupled with corrective lenses behave qquite differently.
To be really clear I'm talking about sights using red dots with LED dots, or holograms, not lasers projecting a dot onto the target with a laser beam fired away from the unit.
A non laser type red dot sight has a lens system that creates a "virtual plane of focus" at infinity. Thats why you look through the sight to the distant target & they appear in the same optical plane. That negative lens could be incompatible with the glasses worn by the shooter.
A holographic sight, not a projecting laser, has an interference pattern lit by laser light within the sight that the eye interprets as being several feet beyond the actual physical glass. This could, when coupled with corrective lenses behave qquite differently.
To be really clear I'm talking about sights using red dots with LED dots, or holograms, not lasers projecting a dot onto the target with a laser beam fired away from the unit.
actually I am speaking about difficulties seeing Red Dot sights. Holo sights are even worse actually for my eyes. I returned my EoTech because I thought it had been damaged. 
I am thinking of something along the lines of a true 1x optic that uses a method similar to the accupoint scopes.
I am thinking of something along the lines of a true 1x optic that uses a method similar to the accupoint scopes.
from an optometrist-
Lots of poor info in this thread. If your red dot is fuzzy and you are younger than, say, early 40's, you have an uncorrected refractive error - farsighted (hyperopia), nearsighted (myopia), or astigmatism. Any one of these is simply a matter of the size and shape of your eye, which stays stable after about your late teens or so. Astigmatism means your eye is not round (spherical) like a baseball, it's more like a sideways football, with a steeper curve and a more gradual curve. That "football" can be rotated 360 degrees, so the axis can be any where from 1-180 (0=180, you don't need to specify further, since 1= 181, etc.) Sorry, sweet shooter, your method would only (maybe) identify a vertical or horizontal astigmatism. Anyone who currently drives legally without correction who saw a doc who suggested LASIK should run, not walk from that shyster. Everyone loses near focusing ability as they age -early to mid 40's. That's due to a stiffening of the lens within the eye -same one eventually gets cloudy, that's a cataract. Bottom line - get a complete eye exam from an optometrist, including a complete dilated retinal exam. Any eye doc who practices standard of care should be doing a complete vision AND ocular health evaluation for a first time patient. You don't need or want an ocular surgeon (ophthalmologist) if you don't need surgery. Ask friends or co-workers with glasses or contact lenses who they recommend - some practice will keep being mentioned. When you make your appointment, you could ask if the doc shoots, nothing wrong with that. Hope this clears up some common misconceptions. (Hey, it's health care, take care of yourself!)
Lots of poor info in this thread. If your red dot is fuzzy and you are younger than, say, early 40's, you have an uncorrected refractive error - farsighted (hyperopia), nearsighted (myopia), or astigmatism. Any one of these is simply a matter of the size and shape of your eye, which stays stable after about your late teens or so. Astigmatism means your eye is not round (spherical) like a baseball, it's more like a sideways football, with a steeper curve and a more gradual curve. That "football" can be rotated 360 degrees, so the axis can be any where from 1-180 (0=180, you don't need to specify further, since 1= 181, etc.) Sorry, sweet shooter, your method would only (maybe) identify a vertical or horizontal astigmatism. Anyone who currently drives legally without correction who saw a doc who suggested LASIK should run, not walk from that shyster. Everyone loses near focusing ability as they age -early to mid 40's. That's due to a stiffening of the lens within the eye -same one eventually gets cloudy, that's a cataract. Bottom line - get a complete eye exam from an optometrist, including a complete dilated retinal exam. Any eye doc who practices standard of care should be doing a complete vision AND ocular health evaluation for a first time patient. You don't need or want an ocular surgeon (ophthalmologist) if you don't need surgery. Ask friends or co-workers with glasses or contact lenses who they recommend - some practice will keep being mentioned. When you make your appointment, you could ask if the doc shoots, nothing wrong with that. Hope this clears up some common misconceptions. (Hey, it's health care, take care of yourself!)