I’ve been reading a thread over on Accurate Shooter where some people wear only safety glasses without correction. Using only the Diopter to focus. Anyone here doing this for BR?
Anyone here shoot without your corrective lenses?
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I know of some people who do this, but I think it would only work if you are far sighted and able to see distance. Personally, I am near sighted and if somethings any farther in front of me than a foot I have trouble seeing it, so while I could correct whatever I needed to through the scope, I do well to read the meter on my first flag. Therefore I just wear my corrective glasses because if I don’t I would have no clue what the wind was doing.
I’m near sighted. I shoot with out glasses because with any scope I see fine up close.
I can shoot with glasses and have but I feel I prefer no corrective lenses shooting. Now shooting shotgun, clay birds I have decott safety glasses with my prescription in them. I actually asked my eye doctor to detune my prescription because I don’t need see the pores in someone’s skin. He said no nobody has ever asked him to do that before. Like I need a little help at distance but I don’t need to see that well. I’m used to seeing what I see and don’t need or want more. lol.
I can shoot with glasses and have but I feel I prefer no corrective lenses shooting. Now shooting shotgun, clay birds I have decott safety glasses with my prescription in them. I actually asked my eye doctor to detune my prescription because I don’t need see the pores in someone’s skin. He said no nobody has ever asked him to do that before. Like I need a little help at distance but I don’t need to see that well. I’m used to seeing what I see and don’t need or want more. lol.
Do you normally wear two contact lenses?
My room mate from college wore just one all the time, and i wore contacts back in my younger days, but having just one in just didn't work for me at all. LOL
Before cataract surgery last year, I wore tri-focals all the time, even when shooting, no issues. I actually could see the wind flags better and my scores reflected that before the surgery, so I'm considering getting some glasses for distance (50 yds or so) when shooting RFBR. I don't need glasses for everyday activities except cheaters for pill bottles and such.
I’ve worn progressive bifocals for years. I’m never really satisfied with what I see through my scope, and the inconsistency of my shots. I’m going to give this a try, what the heck. Maybe it’s just these 80 year old eyes.
I normally wear glasses but did not like either my progressives or a single prescription for shooting. After finding the diopter could make the correction I needed I lost the glasses and got contacts for seeing the flags. So much of this sport is finding what works for you personally.
No, always with them.
I shoot with both eyes open, so I need to see correctly the flags.
I shoot with both eyes open, so I need to see correctly the flags.
I wear glasses for seeing clearly at distances, when driving, for example. I don't wear them for reading. When shooting, I have my glasses on but don't look through them when looking through the scope. I look over them. As much as required I can see my flags clearly by looking through the glasses.
I would have a hard time finding my rifle without them. 
I wear bifocals and shoot with my glasses on. I don’t find it difficult looking through the scope and I can also see the flags. Even if I was to ditch the glasses I’d still have to wear glasses for safety. I also have trifocal shooting glasses for cowboy action shooting that lets me see the front sight clearly but I don’t like them for looking through a scope.
I was in that same boat for awhile and your point on flag viewing is spot on. I never was able to make it work right for me with my glasses but felt great using both of my normal contacts. The Ocular side of my scope was adjusted differently than many of the other people that I shot with but no issue there. Especially in the world of fast focus we are in now with scopes of about all price ranges.
I got Lasik/PRK done in both eyes a little over a year ago now and the scope adjustment/glasses/contacts dilemma is over for me thankfully. Scores are not any better but at least I can see on my own now lol.
Tad
I have what is called "binocular vision" which basically means my right eye looks down and to the right of my right eye. That and getting old has required bifocals. I use progressive lenses for my normal glasses, but I found early on I couldn't shoot with them (scope). Because I shot with my left eye closed, I shot without glasses for a long time, because I could never find shooting/safety glasses that worked for. A few years ago Accurate Shooter had several articles on guns blowing up. I had a "come to Jesus discussion with myself one day and ordered a set of bi-focal shooting glasses from Decot (high-wides, in "bronze") - AMAZING! Expensive, but worth every penny. Today I shoot both eyes open and feel much better about my safety.
Been struggling with my bifocals shooting lately. Either can see the bull or the flag, but not both. My optometrist gave me some contacts that he said might work. Hoping to try at Ky. State Factory and Unlimited matches this weekend at Barren River.
I shoot booth eyes open with progressive lenses that are purpose made. Contact Hunters Gold and talk with Brian or any of the doctors that work with the company. info@huntershdgold.com
leej
leej
Few months back had cataract surgery and had relatively new “ light adjustable lenses” so now no glasses for anything…except shooting.
Dr put different lenses in each eye….left biased for reading but made me near sighted in left eye.
I wear Decot shooting glasses and got a prescription lens only for left to clearly see flags, socsimple fix.
Dr put different lenses in each eye….left biased for reading but made me near sighted in left eye.
I wear Decot shooting glasses and got a prescription lens only for left to clearly see flags, socsimple fix.
I used to shoot with both eyes, until I lost my dominant eye. I will always use some sort of lens, corrected or not. Stay safe.
could you expand on the "light adjustable lenses"?? Similar to eyeglass lenses that darken in sunlight??
Sure. These are new implants, been around for about a year.
done like regular cataract lenses, when you heal, you return for anywhere from 1-5 adjustments.
The lenses are made up of different silicone molecules, each sensitive to different UV wavelength, After you heal you return, get your head against a special machine that has 10 or so UV led lights and when the turn them on, they excite certain of those molecules….they bond, and change the shape of the lens's inside your eye. i needed only one. Now….no glasses for anything requiring normal vision. Two different lenses….rt for overall, lft biased for reading.
Light, dark, small print…..zero glasses.
While this is all going on over few wkks, heed to wear special UV glasses. When you finish you then return….same machine….2 final treatments with UV light which then locks in the lenses……done.
Lenses themselves have UV protection in them, I am told.
Only downside….out of pocket expense is high but , hell, only one set of eyes.
As I said, with 2 different lenses, Dr. made me nearsighted in lft eye which resulted in prescription lens only for that eye to clearly see flags.
Currently shooting weekly in CFBR 200 yard matches and see flags clearly.
Every day use, you’d never know you have different lenses
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