Prescription Shooting Glasses Survey

[TonyK]

Hi Friends,

This is my third tread concerning Prescription Shooting Glasses in the series:" Tip: Perscription Shooting Glasses Option".

Since I started these threads a friend of mine raised an interesting question" " How many folks who have purchased prescription glasses just used their normal prescription with out going to the optometrist as you described in the second thread"? Good question; I have no idea. Let's run a survey.

If you have purchased  Prescription Shooting Glasses did you simply use your reading prescription or did you (Answer: "I used my reading prescription") or did you get an Optometrist to create a custom shooting  prescription as I described in the second article (Answer: "My Optometrist designed a shooting prescription").

FYI:

The first article can be found at this URL:  http://www.czfirearms.us/index.php?topic=82491.msg606331#msg606331
The second article can be found at: http://www.czfirearms.us/index.php?topic=82499.0

Thanks,
Tony

[MontanaCZ]

Answer for me is both, in a sense.

My first set I sent of my regular prescription to a place that made shooting correction glasses, and they extrapolated. I am still running that set (sight distance right eye, distance left).  I also have a set made by SSP, that has bifocals (reading style) on the top portion (so upside down).  Both work, with a preference to the first pair I had made.

[TonyK]

Thanks Montana,
Tony

[Polyandsteel]

I used my reading prescription as a start, then adjusted based on what gave me the clearest front sight. Bought my shooting glasses off amazon for $9 per pair

[1SOW]

Like others above,  started and stayed with my regular bifocal prescripts for several years.
I've since had the reading portion modified to focus most clearly at front sight distance.
VA prescripts and glasses.  Picked large lenses to maintain a clear peripheral view for shoot 'n scoot.

Next prescript I plan to add a small reading prescript at the bottom and to pay the extra money for no-line lenses. I'll then use the prescription to buy another pair without the reading prescript ---- my shooting glasses.

[DenStinett]

I went with Wire Frames with a large PolyCarb Lens area with "Transition" coating
The major portion of the Lens is my normal, day to day, distance prescription
Had my Opthamologist work-up a mid (4' +/-) range prescription and had it ground into the inner, upper corners of both Lenses
Can see the Target and even drive using the main Lens and the "BiFocal" sees the Sight Picture
These have worked very well for me, for years

[Otto N Sure]

I wear tri-focals every day. I could not get used to the "progressive" lenses, everything was a blur!

For shooting I had a pair of glasses made up in my "middle" prescription. That's the one that's for arms' length or so. They've worked great for me for more than 10 years.

Otto

[dominic135]

I started with my bifocals. The distance lens was very fuzzy when trying to look at the sights. The target was too fuzzy when focused on the target.
From there I purchased 1 x 1.5 magnifying glasses and it helped a bit but not enough.
Then someone on this forum recommended an ad they saw in "theshootersbox.com" called The Merit Optical Sight. It's just a small aperture with no lens. It allows you to be focused near AND far at the same time! I have been told by other shooters that this aid would not be allowed at competition heats. It seems the optic sight, would aid shooters with perfect vision too. Regardless of how hard we try to steady our vision, the human eye will constantly cycle from near to far, often several times per second. It's a lot of eye strain.
OK by me!

[TonyK]

Hey Guys,
Thanks for the detailed comments. I've had several dozen off line conversations about this subject & will create a new post with my observations & conclusions.
All the best,
Tony

[painter]

I wear tri-focals every day. I could not get used to the "progressive" lenses, everything was a blur!

For shooting I had a pair of glasses made up in my "middle" prescription. That's the one that's for arms' length or so. They've worked great for me for more than 10 years.

Otto

I do this also, but need to get the astigmatism part adjusted for my right (shooting) eye to cure the distorted dot.

[MontanaCZ]

I should have been a bit more clear.  The SSP ones are "off the shelf" with a +2 bi-focal top. Not bad at $35, and you can change lenses. The second set the send you do not have any correction. Need to try them without correction in my left like my other ones. For my face they are odd, in that the split is darn near in the middle of my vision, so I find myself tilting my head back to look "out" beyond 50 feet or so.

[johnhunter44]

So far, I have had two separate Rx for shooting glasses from my optometrist, neither of which I am happy with.  Gets expensive. The first one, my optometrist allowed me to take my gun in his office and he measured to my front sight.  It is a single distance lens that seems more focused on front sight than on distance, but both seem a little blurred.  Didn't like it.  The next year I tried one where the lens focused sharply on the front sight only and no correction for distance.  I see two targets with those, but my front sight is very sharp.  I thought about getting my left lense set for distance and keeping the right lens for the front sight. Haven't decided yet.  I may just get my full Rx put in those glasses and say to hell with it.

[frgood]

What has worked best for me may seem a little different. I have contacts made. The contact for my primary eye has the front sigh at the near edge of my focus. my non-dominant eye has best focus loner range. This affords a normal vision when not shooting and a natural clear focus when shooting. I do carry 'reading glasses'.

Originally this fitting was to replace my normal glasses. But I find myself still using my regular glasses during the day and the contacts a few days before the range. All in all I am happy with the arrangement and I am offering for your consideration.