To this day I can honestly say to him, he missed a BARN while standing inside it.
I'm just curious for those of you who wear contacts or glasses and have really poor eyesight. Do you ever shoot and/or train without vision correction? If so, care to share your experience?
Funny you brought this up. I’ve recently been thinking about this.
I am blind as a bat without corrective lenses.
So I’ve been meaning to do some shooting with no glasses on at self defense ranges.
I “think” it’s doable for me. Just haven’t tried it yet.
I can see okay on a bright sunny day, but I at dawn, night, on rainy days, and at distances, I everything is a blur. I can tell something's there, but can't see the details. Anyway, I've been to the range before, and forgot my glasses. That's why this question came up. My shots were everywhere on the paper Target at 7 yards. I couldn't even see where my shots were hitting on the paper, so I didn't even know how I was doing until I brought the target back. Got me thinking about what I'd do if my glasses were knocked off, broken, or forgotten during an altercation.
styx said:Got me thinking about what I'd do if my glasses were knocked off, broken, or forgotten during an altercation.
Sorry couldn't help it; that there is funny!This is the honest to God truth !!!!
One year ago my son built a fantastic super STEEL catch for handgun rounds, to help with his
lead work for bullet making.
Now get this picture:
WE are actually INSIDE MY HUGE BARN, of all things to relate to, so you may SEE where this is going.
He just finished his wielding job & with great effort he set it on the bench INSIDE the barn, the side where we test
lots of handgun rounds where there is usually a pile of old telephone pole pieces to shoot into. Well he has moved the bench
to where only there is only the new STEEL catcher to do the job.
We have told him to get glasses & he still won't listen.
He pulls out his BOND ARMS 38 spl & [ all safety precautions are in place ] from 5 feet away !!! he fires.
To this day we have NEVER found where the bullet went! We even cleared the weapon & looked to
make sure it did exit, no signs it ever touched the steel anywhere, the first 5 feet of the barn wall is cinderblock & no marks,
the floor is clean & so is the first ceiling as well as the 2 four wheelers on either side of it, even looked at the wall behind us.
To this day I can honestly say to him, he missed a BARN while standing inside it.
I practice with lasers, I have laser grips on my carry guns, in low light you can see the red dot easily with poor eyesight, enough practice, with point and shoot and you get muscle memory, if I've kept up my practice I can easily make a can dance without my glasses.I'm just curious for those of you who wear contacts or glasses and have really poor eyesight. Do you ever shoot and/or train without vision correction? If so, care to share your experience?
I practice with lasers, I have laser grips on my carry guns, in low light you can see the red dot easily with poor eyesight, enough practice, with point and shoot and you get muscle memory, if I've kept up my practice I can easily make a can dance without my glasses.
Wife not home, no glasses, what would you do?No... I can't see anything without my glasses. Blind in the right eye , detached retina in the left eye , no lens in left eye and glaucoma has damaged optic nerve and I have macular degeneration .
If I can't find my glasses when I wake up I have to get my wife to find them . Big thick tri-focals .
No telling what would get shot if I didn't have my glasses on .
Blind is no way to go into a gunfight ...you got to have some idea of what the target is .
Gary
I would suggest a green laser, very bright, even a line from laser to target, shoot fast or perp will react!Wife not home, no glasses, what would you do?
I can' see the stars in the sky any more, since about the last week I guess.I can see okay on a bright sunny day, but I at dawn, night, on rainy days, and at distances, I everything is a blur. I can tell something's there, but can't see the details. Anyway, I've been to the range before, and forgot my glasses. That's why this question came up. My shots were everywhere on the paper Target at 7 yards. I couldn't even see where my shots were hitting on the paper, so I didn't even know how I was doing until I brought the target back. Got me thinking about what I'd do if my glasses were knocked off, broken, or forgotten during an altercation.
I can' see the stars in the sky any more, since about the last week I guess.
Headed to the eye doc in a week but I got a feeling he is going to talk about cataract problems.
I'm the other way, colorblind and lasers get lost easily on certain backgrounds, especially clothing at distances further than like 10 feet.
A red dot, on the other hand, works much better for my eyes, glasses or no
Talked the wife in to walking down to the bridge with me about a half hour ago, just to listen for coyotes. I'm looking up in the air and every which way, feeling dejected and sorry for my self, then she says "Man it is cloudy tonight, there isn't a single star in the sky..." Meh, stars are over rated any way.I can' see the stars in the sky any more, since about the last week I guess.
Headed to the eye doc in a week but I got a feeling he is going to talk about cataract problems.
Talked the wife in to walking down to the bridge with me about a half hour ago, just to listen for coyotes. I'm looking up in the air and every which way, feeling dejected and sorry for my self, then she says "Man it is cloudy tonight, there isn't a single star in the sky..." Meh, stars are over rated any way.