Old man with reading glasses.

[PORSCHE928S4]

Reading and finding the dang number on the socket !

 

[Lazyfaire]

For reading and working on close things I use reading glasses. I don't seem to have an issue with rifles but with handguns glasses on sights are sharp and target is blurry, no glasses target is sharp and sights are blurry. I seem to shoot better with glasses on but thought I would ask if anyone else had tips or tricks.

I had LASIK years ago and only needed reading glasses occasionally. I had your issue in that the near sights were fine but then had trouble at a middle distance. I do not need glasses to drive but had trouble reading road signs and asked for glasses with a slightly longer focal point. They worked perfectly and I still use them for shooting (they're kept in my gun bag not the car! Think about it

 

[NWGlockgal]

I tried to use America's Best but they wouldn't answer the phone for days and then they canceled my appointment many times before I went to Costco.. where I was 100% happy.

Costco is great. Ordered two pairs of glass from them Wednesday and one pair is back already.

 

[NWGlockgal]

I know nothing about that business, but I know a lot of "chain" businesses are owned by investment groups, who are all about the $$ only. I worked for a company that went from privately owned to investment group owned, then got flipped a few times. The last group took an incredibly profitable business and eventually killed it. The atmosphere was toxic. Only so much blood comes out of a turnip.

The optometrist at America's Best who claimed the Costco prescription as my previous problem was a woman.

Not likely me lol. It was a long time ago I worked there and only for a short period of time.

 

[scottnorthwest]

I switched over to a ghost ring sight on my Glock 43x. It has made a world of a difference. I figured I still shoot very well with my Peep sight 03A3 and the Peep on the M1 Carbine so why not do the same on my EDC. Wow what a great idea that's been.

Here is what I use: https://www.ameriglo.com/products/details/gl-4325

I may have to try that.

 

[Ironbar]

For reading and working on close things I use reading glasses. I don't seem to have an issue with rifles but with handguns glasses on sights are sharp and target is blurry, no glasses target is sharp and sights are blurry. I seem to shoot better with glasses on but thought I would ask if anyone else had tips or tricks.

Look into getting progressive bifocal lens glasses.

 

[orygun]

Look into getting progressive bifocal lens glasses.

If you do, ask lots of questions.
Things may have changed, but when I tried progressive bifocals, I took them back. Many types have what is called the "keyhole" effect where the lower part is fully corrective, but only the center of the upper part is corrective. In my instance I noticed it when I was sitting where I was looking at a TV off to my side and up. If I turned my head enough to see, it was blurry. If I turned to where I was directly facing the TV, it was in focus.
This translated to looking thru a scope in an uncorrected portion of my lenses.
This was probably 15 years ago.

 

[Certaindeaf]

If you do, ask lots of questions.
Things may have changed, but when I tried progressive bifocals, I took them back. Many types have what is called the "keyhole" effect where the lower part is fully corrective, but only the center of the upper part is corrective. In my instance I noticed it when I was sitting where I was looking at a TV off to my side and up. If I turned my head enough to see, it was blurry. If I turned to where I was directly facing the TV, it was in focus.
This translated to looking thru a scope in an uncorrected portion of my lenses.
This was probably 15 years ago.

I think they're different now.. the whole lens is exactly the same everywhere but because of magic they are not.








not really

 

[ob1]

I am thankful, I still seem to see reasonably well at most distances.
Strange though, my wife tells me that she thinks I have considerable hearing loss.

 

[titsonritz]

The human eye can only focus on one thing at a time, therefore if you are target focused as you should be the front sight will naturally be blurry, it's normal.

 

[Certaindeaf]

The human eye can only focus on one thing at a time, therefore if you are target focused as you should be the front sight will naturally be blurry, it's normal.

View: https://youtu.be/RyU99BCNRuU?feature=shared

 

[b2bsw4me]

If you are able to see the front sight without reading glasses, consider getting a contact lens prescription for distant vision. Then wear a contact lens in your non dominant eye to see far away (the target) and no contact lens in your dominate eye that focuses on the front sight. With only one contact lens, you can see far away and when you look at something close, your other eye can see it without glasses. This has worked well for me for years.

 

[crstrode]

I've worn bifocals since the fifth grade. Without correction, I am legally blind. A new prescription has been needed every two years since the 1960s. Never used a scope until about 10 years ago. To this day, I still prefer iron sights. My favorite guns include J-frame snubs, Ruger Blackhawks, 1911 45s,AR-15 format rifles, and TC Contenders. All of which have been used to compete and place in sanctioned competitions.

Suck it up, buttercup.

 

[Oxygen Mask]

I too have reached the point that the sights blur but the target is sharp. Looking thru my reading glasses was a disaster. Instead I worked on my grip, it is now at the point my grip and presentation put me on target so the sights arent as essential. I watch the target then switch focus to the blurry sights momentarily to verify, I can tell if the dots line up or see the front dot in the vee - doesnt need to be sharply in focus.
I scored 98 on my last 50 round final (advanced firearm class,) so it's working....

Problem is when I use an unfamiliar gun. Never took a liking to optics on handguns but might have to try a red dot. How does a red dot solve the reading glasses problem?

 

[oremike]

I have an astigmatism so my glasses correct that and then I need bifocals for up close work. When I got new glasses I had them set the focal length of the bifocals to the same distance as the front sight on a pistol. So now the front sight is clear and sharp and the target is the same by looking thru the upper and lower halves of my glasses.

 

[1911Fanatic]

For reading and working on close things I use reading glasses. I don't seem to have an issue with rifles but with handguns glasses on sights are sharp and target is blurry, no glasses target is sharp and sights are blurry. I seem to shoot better with glasses on but thought I would ask if anyone else had tips or tricks.

Get a dedicated pair of RX shooting glasses. I had to do that for awhile. I took my gun in with me to the eye doc, and he flipped the lenses on the thingy till I had a crisp sight picture.

If your doc is squeamish just take your slide. I took my 4 1/4 inch 1911 in and the results were pretty much the same when I shot my 5 inch or my 4 inch. My doc at the time was a shooter, so he understood. He knew me from the local gun club. Too bad he retired.

The target area was still not as focused as the sight picture, but wasn't really blurry. I have astigmatism and without glasses, everything is blurry. Of course without glasses I see a picture of an image focused in two spots, looks like a double image and the two images are somewhat close together.

My son had LASIK so he could fly Apache's. But then they found out his hearing was really bad, and they didn;t let him.