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Does anyone use these for a clearer sight picture? My eyes are slowly going and I can't focus on either the sights or target anymore. I'm looking for a set of shooting glasses that have the aperture that allows you to focus on both the sights and target. Does anyone know who sells these? Bill T.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 25th, 2007 01:30 AM |
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Merit makes a disk with an adjustable IRIS that sticks right to your ordinary prescription or your shooting glasses. It swings out of the way when you are not shooting.
You adjust the iris back and forth until you get the best sight picture for the light conditions you are shooting in.
I shot in a NRA Bullseye Regional match in October. The 22 portion was shot at night under lights. Both front and rear sights almost completely disappeared when I lined up on the target. I finally had to look at what I could see of the front sight and do the best I could. I finished 4th which was a great surprise to me since I am not a pistol shooter. I think if I had the Merit I could have seen both sights. However I don't think it would have helped the 30 MPH cross wind gusting to 40.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 25th, 2007 03:19 PM |
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First try a pair of either 1:25 or 1:50 galsses you can get at Wal Mart. The small amount of magnification will bring the front sight and to some degree the rear sight back into focus and stiil allow the target to be in slight focus. You should always focus on the front sight.
If that doesn't help enough, go to any eye glass store a buy a couple of occlutors( sp). These are the plastic shields that you clip one your glasses to prevent you from using one eye.
With your shooting galsses on and your handgun in the firing position, having someone mark on you shooting galss the center of your pupil while you are sighting your handgun. Clip the occlutor on, and transfer that mark onto the occlutor. Drill a 1 /16" dia hole at that spot on the occlutor.
Next, mark a 1/4" x 1/4" square on the occlutor so that he bottom of the square is about 1/8" above the 1/16" hole. Cut out that 1/4 unch square.
Clip the occluor onto your shooting glasses . Tip your head down to look through the 1/4 " squarre to acquire the target and then shift the head back up to look though the 1/16" hole through the sights.
This causes all the light coming through to be directed though you rpupil and brightens up the sights considerably. Works very well for aging eyes.
I said buy a few, because it might take a few to get everything in the right position. Be sure to clip the occulutor back on everytime in the same position.
Cost is less than $5
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| Posted: Thu Jan 25th, 2007 04:25 PM |
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That's good information on the ocular, I've never used one but always wondered how they worked. Would a good LASIK procedure by a knowledgeable doctor familiar with shooting work also? So far my eyeglass prescriptions have worked for me but I wonder for how much longer?
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| Posted: Thu Jan 25th, 2007 09:18 PM |
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Creekwalker. Rember , Lasik only corrects one thing. Get it done early in life to correct vision, and when you get old,your eyes are not as flexible. Then you get more problems.
I had a doctor let me bring in my handgun once and he fixed me up with a set of trifocals. Lower was for reading, center for shooting and top frr distance. Then over time as I got past about 55, my disatnce vision got better, but reading got harder. Now I use the 1:50 Walmart glasses for shooting and it works great. However, the plastric lens are not what you would call saftey type shooting lasses
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| Posted: Thu Jan 25th, 2007 09:41 PM |
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Saddlesore,
I already have several pair of Wal-Mart reading glasses in varying magnification from 1.50 to 2.50. I tried using these with varying degrees of success. Some helped a little, others made everything worse. I was going thru the Cabela's Shooting Catalog last night and found these,
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/purchase/products-found.jsp?_requestid=98329
They had several pairs in stock at the local Cabela's thats only about a mile from my house, so this morning I went and picked up a pair. While I haven't been to the range with them as of yet, they sure seem to help increase clarity of both the sights as well as the target. I set up a target on the front door and backed off the length of my family room and living room, a distance of about 40 feet, and tried sighting with an empty handgun. Both the target and the sights were very clear! I was amazed at how well they work. They provide a set of clear safety type glasses, but you can mount them on any set of glasses you choose. They have 4 different size apertures that you can dial up by simply turning a small knob in the center. The larger size apertures seem to work best for me, (perhaps my eyes aren't that shot after all). They also provide a flip up blinder for the opposite eye. I'll try them out next week when I go to the range. It's a shame we have to rely on such contraptions as we get older, but as long as I can keep 'em in the black, I'm not going to bitch. Bill T.
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