Prescription Eyeglasses and Shooting

[Rekrab]

I've had the same eye glasses since before I started shooting a little over a year ago. Now I'm really due for some new glasses and wanted to know if the collective wisdom on Calguns can yield me any suggestions for a new pair.

Is there anything I should be looking at in terms of lenses? I avoid the glass lenses because they tend to be heavier. Is there anything specific I should ask or let the doctor know?

I don't even have an eye doctor at the moment, but I'll be needing a new pair quick-like because of how terribly jacked up my old ones are. The lenses are literally falling out of the frame and the anti-scratch coating is peeling off.

[Ruiner]

I've had the same eye glasses since before I started shooting a little over a year ago. Now I'm really due for some new glasses and wanted to know if the collective wisdom on Calguns can yield me any suggestions for a new pair.

Is there anything I should be looking at in terms of lenses? I avoid the glass lenses because they tend to be heavier. Is there anything specific I should ask or let the doctor know?

I don't even have an eye doctor at the moment, but I'll be needing a new pair quick-like because of how terribly jacked up my old ones are. The lenses are literally falling out of the frame and the anti-scratch coating is peeling off.

Interested in this as well as I'm in the same boat.

[Rekrab]

And, just in case anyone is thinking this: contacts are not an option.

[kmca]

Look for an optician that shoots. They'll know exactly your requirements. As for the glasses themselves, Decot makes a good lens, but it can get expensive. I used to shoot a lot of trap, so that required several pairs of different colors. With pistol, rifle and shotgun shooting I use NYX with the prescription insert (I have a wide head). It's a good system. If I were to do it over, I would get the glasses that have 2 separate lenses instead of the one. The flaw with the one lens is, the cutout for attachment to the frame is the weak point and if you're not careful, that's where it will break.

[mjsweims]

I've been shooting a bit longer than you I guess. When I first started I didn't wear glasses. I began wearing glasses about 35 years ago and the plastic ones were too expensive so I went with glass. Now I have to use tri-focals - they're plastic with lenses that change their tint in the sunlight. Whatever you are comfortable with should work. BTW I don't use the side guards.

[Cnynrat]

You might want to consider polycarbonate lenses - basically a harder more durable plastic. Pretty sure it is the most shatterproof of the 3 common lens materials (glass, plastic, polycarbonate). It also makes for a light lens, especially compared to glass. The downside is that polycarbonate scratches pretty easily, so you need to make sure you clean them carefully.

Talk to your doctor or optician and get their recommendation.

[-hanko]

I'm using plastic lenses with a non-reflective coating...had 'em 9 months, not particularly careful with them, but no scratches.

Find a doctor who shoots (mine was a state silhouette champ for a year or two)...he recommended bringing in both a long gun and pistol, which I did. He measured from my right eye to the FS on all of them. Rx is perfect.

-hanko

[UserM4]

ESS Crossbow. They're ballistics rated safety goggles that come in smoked and clear in a kit or smoked, clear, and yellow in a kit. They're compatible with their Rx inserts that you can take to your local optometrist to have your prescription filled. So if you're indoors or shooting in low light, clip the Rx insert into the clear or yellow goggles and in daylight transfer the insert into the smoked goggles.

http://www.esseyepro.com/Crossbow_detail.html

MUCH cheaper, maybe 1/3rd the price of my Oakley Radar w/Rx lens.

[Rekrab]

Haha, OK, so who knows a doctor in Orange County that shoots?

Good advice all around. Thanks guys.

[Woodworker2]

Shooting glasses

If your local Doctor is not aware of the requirements for shooting glasses, there are several articles by Dr. Norman Wong here: http://www.starreloaders.com/edhall/nwongarts.html He has a practice in San Francisco and knows his stuff (being a Bullseye shooter helps too).

If it is a matter of just finding another pair of glasses, most welding supply companies have single power safety glasses (whole lense, not just the bottom). One brand is either "MagSafe" or "Mag-Safe", and they sell for about $15. http://www.envirosafetyproducts.com/...ety-glass.html

[Jonathan Doe]

I went to the Kaiser Permanente and had my eyes examined. The doctor totally understood the requirements of the shooter. I even had my gun in my hand to demonstrate what I needed, and the doctor was cool about it.

[glockman19]

If you qualify I recommend Lasik.

[bigwhitetruck]

Before I started wearing contacts, the lenses on my prescription glasses were always scratch resistent and shatter proof.