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Well .... sorta!! :D Recently got some new and much needed spectacle replacements and today, not long ago ... got up from puter in office - to go thru to shop .... realized that I still had my puter spec's on and needed to put back regular ones (progressives).

Whilst lookin around at a partial blur got to thinking .... what if I had to draw my piece and deal with a ''hostile''?? Problemo?!

In fact ..... despite some blurring, recognition of things is adequate, just loss of crispness ....... and then, drew piece and ..... wonder of wonders .... the clearest sight picture for ages!:)

I am gettin on and eyesight is long sighted now .... so sights get ever harder to get clear ......... with these glasses tho (set up for work about 18" off puter screen .... and suits keyboard too) ....... I don't have to concentrate on sight focus .... it's there ..... and any target is automatically slightly blurred ....... the ideal state.

There we are ....... hardly earth shattering but - I must try em out when next at the range and see if practice and theory meet up.
 
I tried the progresives after wearing lined bi-focals for a couple of years and couldn't get used to them. Tried them for a month and had to go back to the lines.
 
Pushing 60 and need trifocals. About a year ago had a pair of bifocals made just for shooting open sights. The intermediate lens is on top and close-focus is on the bottom. Clear sight picture, slightly fuzzy target and I can see close-up to make sight adjustments, load, etc. Get's a little dicey trying to walk down range without stumbling, but I see fair-to-mid'lin without anything at a distance, so they just go on top of my head or I leave them on the bench. Since the lenses are polycarbonate, they double as safety glasses.

Have firsthand experience with why eye protection is necessary when shooting. Had a case head blow off a .22WMR in a Henry lever gun. Powder residue blew past the bolt and peppered my face around the glasses but nothing in the eyes.
 
Like my son said, "Duh dad. You get new glasses & you didn't expect your vision to get better?" :rolleyes: I have been enjoying shooting much more lately! :cool:
Congrats on the new found clarity ;)
 
If there is a Sav-On Drug store nearby, go look by the reading glasses for Optix 20/20 HydroTac lenses. These are soft bifocals that you can put on a plano lens or sunglasses anywhere on the lens you want. They are oversized like industrial bifocals. They come in diopters from 1.25 up to 2.75 (I think). I got some that are .25 less than my reading diopter and put one in the upper corner of my shooting eye. I just dip my head a little to get the sight in focus. They go for $20 for 2 so aren't out much if you need to change them. You wet the lens, position the bifocal and it sticks. To take them off you wet them again and peel it off. They are reusable again and again.

Take a look here:

http://www.readingglasses.com/cgi-b...emplates\search-accessories.htm&search=action
 
For target I use all the visual aids allowed.

Practicing defensive/offensive shooting, I work both with and without my glasses.

Can't tell a bad guy to hold off while pickin my glasses up from the ground.

Sam
 
They come in diopters from 1.25 up to 2.75 (I think).
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I'll tell you what -- if you see any in 6.75, let me know, will you? :p

To give you an idea of what that's like, imagine not being able to see 12-pt type clearly until it is 4 inches from your face. Literally. And I'm 19... I'm afraid to know how things will be when I'm 65. :eek:

Wes
 
That sure is near-sighted Wes ,..... but there is hope ......... the trend with age is towards hypermetropia .... far sight. So, as the years go by your dioptric needs will reduce - more than likely.

I have always been far sighted and now with age, and astigmatism :( ..... not only is far sight actually not over clear without correction but, cos the eye's ability to accomodate decreases (lens less elastic etc) .... I can no longer focus back on sights easily .... but, this discovery with my puter spec's was potentially very useful.

Live long and become long of sight!!:)
 
Live long and become long of sight!!
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Thank you, and I would wish that for all on The High Road.

This might be kinda OT, but has anybody had Lasik Eye Surgery? Does this affect how well you can see up close, as is common with strong nearsighted corrections? I don't want to get the surgery and then realize that I can't find my front sight! :what: :uhoh:

Wes
 
>>realized that I still had my puter spec's on <<

It's funny, but just today (while at the range) I was considering this very thing! I have the same problem as you, that is, I can't focus on the sights and the target at the same time. I too have a separate pair of computer glasses and I'm going to give them a whirl. Also, has anyone tried those stick on peep site thingies for glasses wearers? Can't remember the name. Anyone else??

Thanks--RUT
 
Can't comment on the lasik thing Wes .... I know there are some remarkable results with some eye treatments but ... personally am wary to point of paranoia about proceedures on the eye.

RUT ..... Cruzr mentioned a link above where you can get dioptric add-ons ... but the peep thingies .... not sure tho have some sorta recollection that they exist.
I can't focus on the sights and the target at the same time
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In fact even a young 20/20 eyeball won't manage that!! Not enough depth of field even in very bright light. My prob is that even when I want to, getting sight picture clear is no longer possible ..... just not quite sharp ... but these puter spec's do that.

Remember ..... as if you need telling anyways! ....... shooting is all about sight picture ..... and your target should at point of release BE a blur ..... only if a near perfect sight pic is held will the shot be good. Of course ... one can focus to and fro whilst setting up ... but at release ...... sight picture - sight picture - sight picture!!:)

Optics I should add are a different case . cos it is usually possible to still have a good red dot or clear cross hairs when focussed on infinity .... I am mainly referring to iron sights .... and on handguns most of all .... the very short sight base.
 
>>but the peep thingies .... not sure tho have some sorta recollection that they exist.<<

Actually, Standing Wolf had the link to the Merit website, and I completely missed it!

:rolleyes:

Thanks!
 
Thx for links RUT ....... The peep is potentially I guess quite useful but ..... leaving aside price ....... only thing that bothers me is .......

The peep sight principle works to a degree on the ''pin-hole'' camera principle. Reduce the aperture and depth of field increases .... but naturally, at a cost ...... image brightness.

When I shot match rifle with rear adjustable peep ... I found too much closing down made sight picture just too dim .... rather feel here I might find similar.

Could be worth some experimenting tho ... with small black card disks .... and try out the principle...... before spending!
 
>>Could be worth some experimenting tho ... with small black card disks .... and try out the principle...... before spending!<<


I'm kinda hoping someone will pipe up and say they've used these devices and yes, they work, or no, they don't. That Gehmann unit is quite substantial, and I like the way it clips onto existing glasses, but I guess my first step will be using my computer glasses! :)

===RUT===
 
Stick on dot targets like a shoot-n-see make a good temporary peep sight. You have to make a small mark on your glasses where your eye lines up first. Then punch a small hole in the dot. (Its surprising how small that hole has to be.) Put the dot over the glasses and give it a try. Like P95 says, I also found that you sacrifice a lot of light but I tried it indoors. It might be better outside in natural light.
 
To give you an idea of what that's like, imagine not being able to see 12-pt type clearly until it is 4 inches from your face. Literally. And I'm 19... I'm afraid to know how things will be when I'm 65.
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P-95 is right. I was 6.5 at 18 now nearing mid thirties I'm at 5.5. Buck up! our vision will be perfect if we can just live long enough;)
 
This might be kinda OT, but has anybody had Lasik Eye Surgery? Does this affect how well you can see up close, as is common with strong nearsighted corrections? I don't want to get the surgery and then realize that I can't find my front sight!
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Wes, my sister has had Lasik (got it done in...::thinks::...1998). Went from 20/400 in both eyes to 20/20 in one and 20/15 in the other. She has no problems with close-up or far-away vision, and no dazzle or night-vision problems. She gets good sight picture with her HK USP45C (I say this to make sure I'm on-topic :D).

I imagine that Lasik has done nothing but get better with time, so if she got good results back in '98, you can probably expect really good results at present.

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This is all rather academic for me. I took a blow to the head one time, and the doc at the ER was in a lazy mood (because it was 2 in the morning in the middle of a snowstorm in Blacksburg VA, so the ER was totally empty), and so he didn't bother to give me the full-spread vision test; he just said "read me the smallest line you can see clearly on that chart over there." So I read him the Copyright notice at the bottom. He looked like this: :what: and said that being able to do so meant my vision was roughly 20/5 in both eyes. :neener: ).
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-BP, who will probably suffer karmic retribution for this post in the form of cokebottle glasses in the next life.
 
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