some questions from an eyeglasses wearer....

Yeah, it's called contacts
Otherwise, get your self a pair of the those BIG old fashion glasses when you get your usual pair from the Dr.

Also, ANY scope is usable without glasses, you just have to adjust the objective and realize that pushing it TOO far one way or the other can cause issues.

I think its those progressive lenses. My wife has problems with hers as well and had to go back to her old far sighted lenses for shooting.

It's the rifle that I can't sight well wearing the glasses.

Neither can I but I am near sighted and I can take them off to shoot looking through my scopes. I can see fine then, I would not want to have to shoot at a trophy buck while trying to hold my glasses in one hand, see through the scope and do my holy shi_ts at the same time.
I have the same problem. I don't know what to do about it either.
Does anyone out their deal with this problem by wearing contacts as someone else said? Does it work?

I got new glasses this summer and bought a couple pairs.

My normal daily wear glasses are progressive bifocals with the very best lenses that I could get (Nikon or Zeiss, I do not remember). These have a much wider sweet spot and are a significant improvement over my last pair, which were at the time the best available.

I also bought a pair of single vision lens glasses as an experiment for shooting. These work well for scoped rifles, but the high quality bifocals work better for pistols.

I cannot focus a scope to see clearly without glasses no matter how many times I turn the adjuster.

Tell you optometrist what your issue is. He should be able to set a focal point based on your scope or iron sights. Ask him for some inexpensive rims if you don't have a old pair, & go with a polycarbonate lense. Check out www.bullseyepistol.com and ABBE Values of Shooting Glases.

I wear glasses too- I have pretty bad vision. Contacts dry my eyes out like crazy. What kind of earmuffs were you using? My first time at the range recently, I had a pair of rental earmuffs and they worked fine- perfect seal. Unfortunately I didn't get the name of the brand. Are you wearing just your prescription glasses? If so, I'd get better eye protection- in case something serious flies back and hits your glasses 1) the glasses will fail to protect your eyes or 2) they will protect your eyes but trash your expensive glasses in the process.

I bought a pair of shooting glasses that go over my glasses. I look like a complete idiot. But better to be an idiot with vision. And it's twice the safety!

Also, I shot and plan on shooting with ear plugs + ear muffs.
Peltor and Howard Leight make good earmuffs from what I heard, I'm gonna try to find a pair and try to go out shooting at least one more time before christmas. If that happens, I'll post up a review.

I'm probably going a bit overboard but my new hobby is safety. Shooting is a distant second. OCD don't you think?

I have to wear bi focal's or progressive lenses. The only way to see iron sights is to crane my neck back
to see through the bottom portion of lens which is ridiculous. Also of coarse the target is blurry.
I have tried those drug store reading glasses choosing a power that is a compromise between
near and far. Works pretty good.
Compact electronic sights work perfect for me. I do not know why they appear clear in the upper portion
of my glasses and blurry in the lower portion, exactly opposite from iron sights.

I have worn Trifocal lenses for over 15 years now and had no problem with the regular Bifocal lenses I started with that were NOT progressive.

I began with progressive and after a month or so, took them back and told the guy I cannot see what I am looking for, unless my head is aimed just at what I was looking for, very poor peripheral view in my opinion when looking through that middle very narrow hourglass shape the way lenses are cut. If I put down my hammer in the basement, I would be walking around for 20 minutes until I finally was focused with my head aimed straight at the hammer, then I would be able to see it. When looking for things, with that very narrow field of view in the middle of that hourglass makes for them being useless in my book!

I must wear Trifocal lenses all the time. In doing so, I have gotten extremely used to the lines (two lines instead of one). When I am shooting, scope or open sights, doesn't matter, I use the largest top portion, typically looking down low, just above the upper line for the clearest image.

Most people cannot focus on the rear and front sights and also on a target that is fifty yards out. One must compensate and determine which is best for him. I find that focusing on the front sight works best for me, with the target bullseye a bit blurred and the rear sight a bit blurred. Of course, with a scope, my trifocals use the upper one, and the scope is highly-focused. There is no way I could hunt without any glasses on as I cannot see at any distance at all! I would have a hard time seeing the ammo I am loading, a hard time telling if the gun is loaded without opening the bolt nearly all the way, would not see any animals, people, objects, etc!

I always wear lightweight titanium frame glasses that have a very small bow around the ear that does not bother any earmuffs I have ever used.

Randolph Engineering makes shooting glasses

check out Texas Shooter's Optical

The XLW version can be had with prescription inserts, allowing you to keep the colored lenses no matter what your eyes do. Muffs fit comfortably over them. I use Peltor electronic muffs and they deaden everything