Shooting glasses

[deadeye dick]

Nope i'm in the right spot. When target shooting i was stuck with my bifocals. Just had cataract surgery and now my eyes are Perfect, no glasses at all. My question is what kind of glasses can i use now. I use sun glasses in the sun but indoors and on cloudy days should i use a tint to inhance my vision.

 

[deadeye dick]

Disregard my post. Did a search and found all i nee to know

 

[mavs]

Lots of shooting glasses that work great. I wear corrective lenses but still wear shooting glasses over them to pretect my lenses from getting scratched and keep ejected shells from going under my glasses and getting trapped there, which they can and will do if you don't have sideguards and top guards.

 

[cfullgraf]

I had cataract surgery 7-8 years ago and I got the long focal length implants. Meaning, I still need readers for close work.

I shoot clay games with shotgun with no correction glasses since you are looking distance anyway.

Scopes also work fine without correction as they can be adjusted.

But, iron sights on handguns can be a challenge. I have some full lens reader safety glasses that allow me to see the sights clearly but the target is a bit blurry. It works well for casual shooting.

For self defense shooting, I can see the sights adequately but I do have to accept some loss in accuracy.

There are implants that under normal circumstances, provide short and long range vision but I have no idea how they would work for shooting. There are lots of differing opinions on single focal length implants and dual focal length implants. I'm happy with my choice but I do not have any experience with the dual focal length implants.

There are some shooting glasses on the market that have short range correction at the top of the lens. I keep thinking about trying one but have not yet.

An aside, I have some progressive lens reading glasses with a different short range correction than I use for reading. I use them when driving so that I can see the dash board clearly. More important for night driving but I also have sunglasses made to the same spec for daytime driving.

Try and experiment is the word of the day. Find what works for you.

 

[film495]

polarized sunglasses will take a lot of glair out out what you're looking at. I use them riding motorcycles or fishing, but don't do much shooting in the bright sun. for glasses that maybe improve my sight a bit, I like the shooting glasses that are a bit yellow or amber tint. whatever it is about them, I feel like I see details a bit better, or I'm seeing a slightly brighter image with them.

 

[Barmcd]

Nope i'm in the right spot. When target shooting i was stuck with my bifocals. Just had cataract surgery and now my eyes are Perfect, no glasses at all. My question is what kind of glasses can i use now. I use sun glasses in the sun but indoors and on cloudy days should i use a tint to inhance my vision.

I use prescription polycarbonate safety glasses when I shoot. I was told you can’t tint polycarbonate, it just won’t take the tint. I don’t know what nonprescription tinted shooting glasses are made of, but I wouldn’t shoot without wearing shatterproof eyewear.

 

[Dave DeLaurant]

Poly safety glasses from Harbor Freight. They sell for a couple bucks, so if they get scratched it's no biggie.

 

[doubleh]

I am another that no longer has cataracts. I will dispute the perfect statement to some extent though. I was blessed with excellent eyesight to start with but have found that while my new vision is very, very good it's not quite up to what it was before age does what it does to all of us. There is a TV transmission tower 25 miles due west of me and before far sightedness began I could see it from my back door step during daytime. I can see clearly a long way now with my "new" eyes but the tower is no longer visible except at night I can see the flashing lights on it. I am not complaining. All I need now is a pair of dollar store 1.5 X readers for small print and ordinary sunshades for outside. Very close up tinkering and I go to 2 X. I have been a fan of Ray-Ban aviators my entire adult life and have returned to them after surgery. When shooting I swap them for ANSI approved safety glasses and have have 3 pair. Dark for normal days, a pair called inside/outside for overcast days, and a pair of clear for heavily clouded days. I use the wrap around style for more protection including wind.

The statement about not being able to tint polycarbonate caused me to google the subject because I wore progressive bifocals with transition lens for many years and was told they were polycarbonate. If Google is correct the lens can be made of either polycarbonate, another type of plastic, or glass.

 

[deadeye dick]

I got the cheapy medicare lenses. I can now see far and near now and can read the phone book ( remember them) in the morning, with no aid. and the red dot is clear also, I was near sighted before. My Mom was like me and after her surgery she did not need glasses except for reading. She made it to 101 and i'm 85 1/2
Thanks for all the good advice.

 

[doubleh]

Another plus is my night vision is much better and it's return for stepping from a lighted area into dark is much faster. My mother went from cataract removal to cornea transplant and then to legally blind. With the aid of very strong bifocals and a magnifying glass she could read and with just the glasses watch TV. She made it to 6 weeks shy of 106 when she passed on. Her last years were difficult as Alzhimer's set in when she was 99 and she went downhill quickly. Within 3 months she no longer recognized me or anyone else.

 

[peeplwtchr]

These are the clearest glasses I've ever seen. I bought them because I saw a video of a pair being shot with some gauge of shotgun, the lenses shattered but weren't penetrated. I think they're built like safety auto glass. I believe they have a lifetime guarantee on workmanship. A nose piece fell off mine after 3 years, and they sent me a whole new pair in 3 days. Best sun/shooting glasses I've ever owned.

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