I use reading glasses
1I’m old I have 20/20 vision but I need reading glasses to read, my pistol sights are blurry when shooting. Should I wear my reading glasses when I shoot?
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Most modern training recommends focusing on the front sight and not the target. There are many articles online about it, including a few from the NRA.senorgrand wrote:Not to be a smart ass, but shouldn't you be focusing on the target, not the sight?
That head tipping is what happened with my progressive lenses too. Now I use a pair of dollar readers. I get them so they're focused on the front sight with my arm extended as in bullseye shooting. The target is a blurry blob. I figure some day I'll have shooting glasses made. Those twenty five dollar progressives from Whole Foods sounds intriguing, though. I'll shop around.Bucolic wrote:My problem with my progressives is that I would have to tip my head back to get the front sight in focus. This would usually change my POA, so I would tip my head down to get back on target so I would tip back to get in focus. All this nodding kept me from settling down, breathing right, etc. My astigmatism is too bad to use cheap readers, so I had a single focus set made up that brings the front sight of a pistol at arms length to a focus. They work well enough for my rifle with iron sights.
I use 1.50 for the computer but I have to go to the 2.50 for my iPhone, I'm thinking the 1.50 is what I should use for shooting but next time I'll try both and see how it goes.Marlene wrote:If readers make the front sight sharp, then yes. If not, try "computer" glasses.
Before I got progressives, I had a pair of glasses made at front sight distance. They were pretty good.
Here's a bunch of articles on the subject, including one written for eyecare professionals, in case you're having your local optometrist make you glasses for shooting.
http://bullseyepistol.com/wong.htm
denchiro wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:15 pm I use Sony gadgets cause I like their quality. I mix music trying to grow up as a professional DJ and sometimes I feel I get crazy cause of all that tunes and lines and vibrations depicted on my screen. My eyes almost bleeding, that's why I have a pair of computer glasses that help me to work without any additional tension for my eyes.
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