Spent some time on an indoor range today with mixed to poor results. Haven't really done any shooting for several years. Initially tried using simple shooting glasses. My usual prescription has a little magnification for distance but I regularly drive and work looking over the top of the lenses or without the glasses. I found that this didn't work at all well for either rifle or pistol. And was problematic when needing to switch to close use to open combo lock or read box labels, etc., on the line where swapping glasses when others were shooting could be dangerous and against range rules to be w/o eye protection.
Swapped back off line to my progressive lens bifocals and covered them with larger safety lenses. My usual glasses don't have great coverage even though they are polycarbonate so while the range attendant said, they'd have been acceptable, I don't think so. Plus, really poor results from the head angles needed and no help at all with the M1a.
Checking at home, single vision "computer glasses" seemed to work well for the pistol and the rifle. Have a scheduled yearly exam this weekend but was also thinking of starting with a pair of the dioptric glasses from http://shop.shootingsight.com/Safety-Shooting-Glasses-Shooting-Glasses.htm
I've seen several sources for approaching this with shooter bifocals, etc., with the correction in the upper or upper center. At this time, I don't need pistol corrections in daily wear but might want to consider that if I go for a CCW.
So besides, the single vision shooting glasses mentioned above, is there anything in particular I should ask the optometrist to check, or distances to check, recommendations for corrections to go with bifocal shooting glasses with a small alternative location on at least the right/dominant eye?
Swapped back off line to my progressive lens bifocals and covered them with larger safety lenses. My usual glasses don't have great coverage even though they are polycarbonate so while the range attendant said, they'd have been acceptable, I don't think so. Plus, really poor results from the head angles needed and no help at all with the M1a.
Checking at home, single vision "computer glasses" seemed to work well for the pistol and the rifle. Have a scheduled yearly exam this weekend but was also thinking of starting with a pair of the dioptric glasses from http://shop.shootingsight.com/Safety-Shooting-Glasses-Shooting-Glasses.htm
I've seen several sources for approaching this with shooter bifocals, etc., with the correction in the upper or upper center. At this time, I don't need pistol corrections in daily wear but might want to consider that if I go for a CCW.
So besides, the single vision shooting glasses mentioned above, is there anything in particular I should ask the optometrist to check, or distances to check, recommendations for corrections to go with bifocal shooting glasses with a small alternative location on at least the right/dominant eye?