I guess I forgot to mention that one version of glasses that I made was monovision. I attached the stick on to one lens only. I tried it at a range first to try it out but could never really get used to it. Perhaps if I get regular glasses made that way it would be better. The problem is that I'm too cheap to be getting glasses made as an experiment. Maybe I'll get some cheaters and pop one lens out first to see if that works.Seabear wrote:TDDude you really aught to try a pair made like I was talking about. I use them for everything on the range, I have no problem going from pistol to carbine in a match, it works great.
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- Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:26 pm
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Re: Eye sight and getting older
- Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:05 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
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Re: Eye sight and getting older
I tried the stick on "instant bifocal" devices that folks have talked about.
http://www.stickonbifocals.com/
When standing on the line and shooting at targets they work great. I would invert them, stick them to the upper portion of my safety glasses and just go to town. When I would turn my head down slightly to shoot, my vision would then pass through the corrective lens and the front sight is crisp and clean.
The problem is that now virtually all of my pistol shooting is IDPA. I'm only on a range line when I'm teaching or working on a specific firearm and doing testing.
With IDPA, I'm always looking around a barrier, head cocked to one side, looking around corners.... you get the idea.
When my eyeballs are not focused straight ahead, then I'm not looking through the corrective stick on or worse, my vision is constantly sharp-blurry-sharp-blurry. If the lenses were wider, it still would be a problem whenever my head was slanted. I would still be going in and out of the field of focus of the lens. It's very disconcerting to have that happen when I'm on the clock, moving in and out of cover, shooting at moving targets and basically having a great time.
I ultimately went back to my 1.75 CVS cheaters. I use the wrap around safety glasses for when I'm not shooting because splashback is a big problem but when I go up to the line, I change to the cheaters. Yes the target is fuzzy but I shoot much better when I have a sharp sight picture. I know when the post is on the money so I stick with what works. The secret to fast shooting is: sight picture, press.. sight picture, press.. sight picture, press. That's it and that's all of it. Without the lenses, I have no sight picture to speak of. I can hit the paper but I get more points down without the lenses than with and since I'm there to win, I'll shoot with.
http://www.stickonbifocals.com/
When standing on the line and shooting at targets they work great. I would invert them, stick them to the upper portion of my safety glasses and just go to town. When I would turn my head down slightly to shoot, my vision would then pass through the corrective lens and the front sight is crisp and clean.
The problem is that now virtually all of my pistol shooting is IDPA. I'm only on a range line when I'm teaching or working on a specific firearm and doing testing.
With IDPA, I'm always looking around a barrier, head cocked to one side, looking around corners.... you get the idea.
When my eyeballs are not focused straight ahead, then I'm not looking through the corrective stick on or worse, my vision is constantly sharp-blurry-sharp-blurry. If the lenses were wider, it still would be a problem whenever my head was slanted. I would still be going in and out of the field of focus of the lens. It's very disconcerting to have that happen when I'm on the clock, moving in and out of cover, shooting at moving targets and basically having a great time.
I ultimately went back to my 1.75 CVS cheaters. I use the wrap around safety glasses for when I'm not shooting because splashback is a big problem but when I go up to the line, I change to the cheaters. Yes the target is fuzzy but I shoot much better when I have a sharp sight picture. I know when the post is on the money so I stick with what works. The secret to fast shooting is: sight picture, press.. sight picture, press.. sight picture, press. That's it and that's all of it. Without the lenses, I have no sight picture to speak of. I can hit the paper but I get more points down without the lenses than with and since I'm there to win, I'll shoot with.