What is hot in shooting glasses?

You don't need to go to a dealer.....all you need to do is get a prescription from a local eye doctor ...and there is one dimension that DeCot needs that an optometrist doesn't normally put on a prescription ..and ask DeCot, they'll tell you what it is.

You can get your eyes checked at Costco ...and then just send the info to DeCot and they'll make up the glasses.

For my pistol shooting ...DeCot made up an extra lens ...for my dominant eye - with a different focul length ...so I can see the front sight of my handguns / left lens stays the same ( and that handgun lens / has a little groove on the side so I can identify it ) vs the other 2 light yellow lenses I use for Skeet, Sporting clays...
 
Decots would be the leader for dedicated shooting glasses, and I talked with them the other day and the additional mesurement they need along with my RX is the "pupilary distance", but I am leaning to the Ranger Engineering RX Sports which allow me to order what look like regular glasses to which I can snap on tinted polycarbonate lenses.

http://www.randolphusa.com/products-ranger-sporter.htm

The one thing about that is I believe shooting glasses are best if they are monofocal and what I am talking would be varifocal or at least bifocal.

What is kind of funny is these glasses will run more than I paid for the 870.
 
No, they are not cheap ....

on my DeCot's - they put a bifocul lens in the bottom / so I can still read to sign in, look at score cards, etc - without pulling my glasses off and going to my street glasses that are progressive lenses.
 
I like the Beretta glasses, they're cheap and very clear. They also have some very large frameless models. I do find that they scratch easier than the Decot, but I like the clarity and color shades better.
 
I will likely contact that Randolf Engineering dealer that Oneounce suggested. From what I can tell the Beretta's are not prescription. It would be nice to actually see a pair before ordering and I will see if there isn't a dealer further out then Triple B Clays, which turned out not to be a dealer for Randolph Engineering.
 
Since my cataract surgery, I've had 20/20 vision at distance but still have a little astigmatism and need something up close. So, my shooting glasses have the correction built in but not the bifocal at the bottom. Aviator frames like I've worn since the 60s. Polycarb lenses.

They work for me. Light yellow for overcast, medium grey for sun. Best for you may be different.
 
Tom from TexasShootersOptical responded promptly to an email I sent him about the Randoph Engineering RX Sporter. I asked if he recommended varifocal or bufocal if I wanted to wear them as my regular glasses and then clop on a tinted lense for shooting. He responded that the varifocals are not only very expenseive, but just a little movement of the head up or down can cause visual problems. Also, if I understand him, you of course want to choose an appropriate color for the basic lense if you are going to drive a vehicle.

Folks keep mentioning aviator style glasses from a regar optician. I think the Randolph Eng Sporter is basically that on steroids, since it has an adjustable nose piece and clip on tinted shooting lenses. I think Decpts are the way to go if you want the top of the line and are willing to pay for separate prescription colors, but I am far from that class of a shooter and am thinking that the RE offers a lot for the money.
 
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