Shooting glasses - bifocals

[mikeinmo]

I find myself having a hard time shooting with my regular bifocal glasses. I can have either the sights on the gun in focus or the target in focus but not both. For those of you that use bifocal glasses what do you do when shooting? I was thinking about talking to my Ophthalmologist about what to do but if he is not a shooter he may not understand the issue. I was hoping to hear what others in my situation do.

 

[Purple]

I used to wear bi-focals and did the Lasik thing. But, when I was wearing glasses I just had to train my eyes and brain to not have either the sights or the target in clear focus. I also shoot with both eyes open and only go strong eye with iron sights when shooting beyond 50 yards.

 

[Lowjiber]

Link RemovedI had my optometrist make me a pair of yellow shooting glasses. I had him make the bifocal (bottom part) very low. I only need the bifocal for really close work.

Sorry 'bout the pic quality, but you can see the low bifocal anyway.

 

[apvbguy]

learn and train using instinctive point shooting, you won't need to look at your sights

 

[MattTheBeerGuy]

Get a special pair made with a "D" segment at the bottom, really low. I run an optical lab, btw. I've been in the glasses business for over 25 years.

 

[fudo]

Link RemovedI had my optometrist make me a pair of yellow shooting glasses. I had him make the bifocal (bottom part) very low. I only need the bifocal for really close work.

Sorry 'bout the pic quality, but you can see the low bifocal anyway.

I got prescription glasses for shooting. The real solution is a red dot sight. They put the target and the sights on the same plane.

 

[RonM0710]

I wear bifocal safety/sunglasses most of the time. I have a laser on my EDC. Winchester makes shooting glasses with bifocal at the top and bottom for shooters. They only come in a few magnifications but that is better than nothing.

 

[Woody1960]

For my edc I have learned to point and shoot. {much like you would in a real self defence situation** seems to work fine for me. For my hunting rifle I use a scope.