Attachment to eyeglasses

[shinglesprings1]

Has anyone ever tried the Merit Optical Attachment for Handgun Shooting? It attaches to eyeglasses with a suction cup, and is supposed to increase depth of field and provide a better sight picture.

I wear tri-focal glasses making it difficult to focus on my Glock sights.

[AC Gould]

You are probably talking about the Merit eyepiece. Lyman makes one too.

http://www.champchoice.com/detail.php?item=DOA

A piece of black electrical tape with a hole in it will do the same thing.

[gose]

Attachments usually never work too well. I'd recommend getting a pair of real shooting glasses instead.

[trinydex]

what do real shooting glasses do?

[otteray]

You are probably talking about the Merit eyepiece. Lyman makes one too.

http://www.champchoice.com/detail.php?item=DOA

A piece of black electrical tape with a hole in it will do the same thing.

If you want sticky goop all over your expensive prescription lens, use the black tape.
I've tried that as well as the hole re-enforcement rings (for your three ring binder papers). I painted them black with a felt pen. Still a goopy mess; but it works in a pinch a bit better than black electrical tape.
I do prefer using the diopter aid with suction cup for target shooting instead.
I have a friend at our club who uses one and he's a highly rated Schuetzen match contestant.
"Diopter works to improve eye focus for shooter's with prescription glasses."

[22popnsplat]

The method a freind of mine uses is to take a pair of the flip down sunglasses that you can attach to reqular glasses and cover your shooting eye with black tape and then drill a bunch of holes in it and it makes it much easier to line one up with your eye and it will only cost you a couple of dollars .my description may not be the greatest but you get the idea

[maxicon]

These approaches do improve depth of field, but at the cost of lowered light levels. If you're shooting in bright light or don't have problems with contrast in low light (another drawback of aging eyes), they can be a big help. When the light levels are low (dimly lit ranges, dawn or dusk), they can be troublesome, and you end up practicing in a way that's not practical for self-defense.

I've tried a wide variety of solutions (and I'm just at bifocals), and have had the best results using a red dot or holosight, but that's not always practical on a defense gun. My second best results are from using shooting glasses with the right prescription - something that lets me see the sights somewhat distincly without totally blurring the target.

At the range, I switch glasses - higher mag for smaller groups, as it lets me line up the sights better (but the target's a blur), lower mag for defense practice (sights are a blur, but I can see what I'm shooting at, which is pretty important). My defense guns are all ones I can point shoot well without using the sights.

[otteray]

I usually use my prescription safety glasses (transitional, progressive lenses.) They work great for me.
Are your tri-focal glasses not the progressive lenses?

[shinglesprings1]

Nope.... just regular, old fashion, tri-focals. I've been told that it's easier to get used to progressives if you start with them. I've used tri's for over three decades. I've tried progressives, but can't get used to them.