seeing sights with progresive glasses

[NOTABIKER]

i am interested in how other shooters cope with glasses and iron sights. All i see is a blur looking threw my glasses holding my rifles. some are almost impossible to see the rear sight good enough to line up the front sight and the target. the lower part of my glasses are for close up [reading ]. the problem is it is almost impossible to look at the sights with the lower part of my glasses in the shooting position. i thought of trying cheap drug store glasses that have the magnification in the center of the lens ,that might help. any suggestions would be appreciated. Yes a scope would be one answer but most of my rifles are C&R which i do not want to scope.

[ElvenSoul]

A little dab of fluorescent paint

[russ69]

A small rear aperture will help but a single prescription lens is also helpful.

[bigbearbear]

This might be a really strange answer, but have you considered switching to clay target sports with shotguns, like trap, skeet or sporting clays? When shooting those, you don't focus on the sight but on the clay target, so you're not trying to see a closed up tiny little object but something at a distance.

Might be more enjoyable if you were progressive glasses.

[SDCutter]

This is a problem for more than just rifles with iron sights; it's a problem with handguns too, especially for those whose eyes are getting older. While focus on the front sight is the key, our eye needs to be able to go back and forth between the rear sight, front sight, and target to at least some degree or we won't have good enough sight alignment or sight picture to be accurate.

I don't have the answer; I'm looking too. I'm wondering if learning to shoot with both eyes open might make it easier if we use a prescription for the eye focusing on the front sight so it's sharp and allow the other eye to use its normal distance vision. Thoughts anyone?

[russ69]

The target doesn't have to be in focus. On a rifle, your eye will be the fixed position for the rear sight and the front sight needs to be in focus. Sometimes you can get a better picture with plain glasses, while letting the target go fuzzy.

[sigstroker]

[Librarian]

Couple of different things:
- get the lenses created upside down - distant at the bottom, close on top
- just don't wear corrective lenses
- easier to consult with your optometrist on what 'distance' lenses are appropriate for shooting

I don't do any of those; since I do wear progressive corrective lenses, I want to learn to cope.

[sniper5]

You can also go with something like Jaeggi Novas, Knoblochs, or Champions for rifle or pistol. Or use a diaphragm like a Merit disk. I use Novas for rifle and a Merit disk on my regular glasses for handgun. Most people nowadays say F.. it and use a scope or a red dot.

[Mitch]

I wear progressive trifocals.

Since I was tired of raising my chin all the time to use the computer, my optometrist offered to make a special set of glasses that were dialed in to be in focus at three feet or whatever we decided was the distance between my eyes and the screen. Worked great, but they were a bit of a pain because it was hard to walk around in them so I had to remove them every time I got up from the desk.

I have a similar problem to the OP's when aiming. Since when aiming you focus on the front sight, I asked my optometrist to make shooting glasses that were focused about 30 inches from my eyes. I have been using these for most of the last year and they work okay.

As other have mentioned, however, painting your front sight posts is another improvement. I haven't done this yet, but I will soon.

[tbc]

seeing sights with progresive glasses

I don't use my progressive glasses. I ordered the prescription flip-on. I flip down my secondary lenses (for reading) to focus on the front sight. Empty the mag. Flip up to evaluate my POI's.


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[wild_weasel]

I wear progressive glasses myself and have had good perfomance using zero magnification red dot sights such as the AimPoint Pro.

[HighLander51]

Your prescription for rifle or pistol has to be corrected to the front sight, and no trifocals or bifocals, they cause you to hold your head at a weird angle. So find an eye doctor who will you bring in your rifle and get that fixed for you. The other popular option is to correct your weak eye to infinity so the target is not so fuzzy. And these will be your dedicated shooting glasses.

[desrt2]

I have 2 pair of DIY shooting glasses for this. I have to dig for the instructions when I get home.
In a nutshell:
I bought 2 pair of DeWalt safety glasses from Lowe's.
Can of black spray paint.
Placed the safety glasses on.
Covered my non-dominant eye with painters tape over the lens
Held up a Sharpie pen and moved it slowly towards my dominant/shooting eye.
Kept the tip of the pen as focused as possible with the one eye towards the center of my pupil.
Marked the lens.
Drilled a hole about 1/16" or smaller in the mark. Placed painter's tape over the lens first to prevent fracturing.
Spray-painted the lens black.
I have another set with both lenses painted. I think the second is better but a real PITA to handle the firearm and reload magazines with them on. I have to place a clear set on underneath and remove the total black one to reload or reset targets.
I don't know the magic behind this, but it works.
And it's a less than $20 solution.
This is also a method for making emergency glasses or SHTF glasses.
The smaller the hole, the sharper the image but the smaller the field of view also.
This probably only works for far-sighted people.
I have 20/20 but far-sighted and wear progressive lenses.
It works pretty decent for me.

*Disclaimer: I am not an Optometrist, licensed eye-care professional.
This is for educational purposes and SHTF only.

[acegunnr]

You might want to try these out:


MORAYS Full Magnifying Reader Safety Glasses Reading Magnifier Eyewear Available from 1.25-3.00

You can also get clear:

http://www.amazon.com/Magnifying-Gla...ef=pd_sim_sg_1

Some suggest breaking and leaving off the non-dominant eye lens.