My exact experience.Bob Wolff wrote:As a regular IDPA shooter I went the route of a dedicated shooting pair of glasses. I am another shooter with aged eyes and currently wear progressive bifocals. Had alot of trouble with these shooting prone or getting a correct sight picture.
Spoke to my Dr and he didn't object to my bringing my gun to his office. He generated a prescription that had my right lens (dominant) fixed focus at my front sight and my left eye at my distance correction (not much).
When I wear these my sight is in sharp focus and the target is visible.
Brain can do amazing things, especially if you can shoot both eyes open.
Bob
Now for street carry, dediccated glasses won't work, because the BG won't stand still and wait for you to access them.
I have found that some type of glowing sight, like Trijicons or (even better) Tru-Glo work great with my normal no-line bifocals. The reason is that I can tell that the glowing dots are lined up even though they are not in focus.
This is hard to explain. All I can say is to try it. I think that unless someone had severe astigmatism, the part of the fuzzy, out-of-focus glowing dot that looks the brightest is also the true center of the dot. And it seems that the eye can key in on this very nicely.
Now all that said, the Crystal Lens implants are the way to go these days. They cost a few thou per eye, and most plans do not cover them. I'm saving my pennies.