Prescription eye glasses for shooting pistol

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I have a few bucks in my health flex spending account I have to use or loose so I was thinking of having my optometrist make me a set of eye glasses for pistol shooting.

I'm near sighted and have to wear progressive lens to see. They stink for pistol shooting as I have to shoot out out the bottom of the darn things.

My first thought is to have a pair made that has one diopter that focuses on the front sight of a 5" 1911 but I wonder if there are other configurations I should consider. For example, I have double d safety glasses that have near sight in the top and the bottom with distance vision in the middle. Sadly, they have a lack of coverage between the two distances.

So you near sighted pistol shooters, what do you use?

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Clutch
 
I have tri-focal progressives. Bottom.. reading. Middle front sight distance... Top longer range for driving etc.
 
Rudy Project Rydons. Find a discount code! Full price is pretty insane. Don't pay it.

Fortunately, I only need correction for distance, astigmatism, and prism for convergence insufficiency. Close up, I'm still reasonably ok as long as I don't have to read fine print through my glasses.

I went with rx inserts and a variety of lenses for different uses/lighting conditions.
 
I use my computer glasses for handgun shooting. The focal point is set at about arms length which just so happens to be the position of a handgun in a normal shooting position. Target is fuzzy. Front sight is pretty much in focus.
 
+1 on 22 - rimfire. I use my computer glasses for most pistol shooting as the front sight is in good focus with the target acceptable out to about 20 yards.

I also keep an older pair of bi focals in my range bag. The distance vision is only fair since the prescription is weaker (older) but good enough for target acquisition. On these the front sight is fuzzy but useable under good lighting conditions,

Best solution for action pistol discipline is to have DECOT provide you a pair with the lenses flipped so that the distance view is on the bottom and the front sight or bifocal lense is on top. You look straight at the target then as you lower your line of sight the front sight comes into view. Pricey though.
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I use my computer glasses for handgun shooting. The focal point is set at about arms length which just so happens to be the position of a handgun in a normal shooting position. Target is fuzzy. Front sight is pretty much in focus.
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That might be a simple and least expensive solution to tryout.

Since my last exam, the place I go to has changed hands, I'll ask if the new doc is a shooter.
 
All prescription eye glasses come with impact resistant lenses. Asked about it when I got 'em, years ago. So you don't need 'em specially made. The lenses do need to be big enough to cover your whole eye. So no granny glasses. Although you could wear regular safety glasses over those.
Only real issue is whether you're near or far sighted. Nearsighted as Hades myself. Regular prescription specs(aviator style) work just fine.
Computer glasses. HAHAHAHAHA. You can make the text size bigger.
 
I'm so nearsighted I can't read the computer w/o glasses and to make it worse my left eye is more nearsighted than my right. I can see real good at 7 inches or about 10 inches with the right.
 
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I took an old set of Zeiss shooting glasses to my Optometrist> i had him install a lense on the right side that allows focus on the front sight of a gun in hand when my arms are fully extended.
I had a plano lens put on the non shooting eye. These work very nicely for both pistol and rifle shooting. I shoot with both eyes open.
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A computer prescription is a good start, but I'd spend the money to get the www.customsightpicture.com kit and do it right. I spent the money to get dedicated shooting glasses ten years ago, my only regret is that I didn't do it twenty years ago.

For what it's worth, get the prescription set up precisely for the front sight. Sight alignment is crucial in pistol.
 
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My old eye doctor would have a shooter bring his pistol into the office so they could get the Rx just right for the front site. Yes he did understand shooters

However you really should check with your optometrist before doing this. :)
 
Could always opt for contacts with one for distance and one for close - that still allows you to wear colored glasses for shooting or sunglasses for bright days.
 
I did the two contact variation. It works, though not everyone, I am told, can deal with different focus for each eye.
Pete
 
I did for about 10 years and since I mostly shoot target shotgun, I wanted my binocular vision back, so I wear for distance and use the cheaters for close up. That makes shooting a handgun a PITA though......
 
I wear a contact lens that allows my dominant eye to focus on the front sight and a lens for distance in my non-dominant eye. Works great. Note that this is the reverse of what optometrists are used to doing for most dual vision setups.
 
I shoot with my everyday, glasses with progressive lenses and it works very well for me. Once I got used to looking through the bottoms of the lenses, it became automatic and I don't even think about it anymore.
 
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I find that the prescription for long distance is what works best for me whether I am shooting a pistol or rifle.
 
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