Its amazing. Being able to see your front sights really does improve your shooting, who would have thought     Just got a pair of mono-vision glasses and I can finally see my front sights when I shoot:

 

details..... details.....

Well I wear glasses for distance, but can't see my sights worth crap with them.  I had been shooting with just plain safety glasses, which were better but still not a great sight picture.  So, I went to the eye doctor who actually figured out I had a slight astigmatism which no other eye doctor ever told me.  I then spent an hour with him early one Saturday morning with targets and my SIRT trainer (Can't take your gun to the eye doctor in NJ).  He played around with lots of lenses and what I ended up doing was getting a lens in my right eye for perfect focus at the distance of my front sight.  The lens in the left eye is for distance, optimized for about 18 yards.  It takes a little while to get used to and not be dizzy but the brain adapts to this.  I don't think this is very common for glasses but many people do it with contact lenses.  Bottom line is I can see the front sights well and can actually look down range and also see if I actually hit something.  Its like being young again

 

If you are interested I can let you know who I went to, he is local.

I want to know - and yet, I don't want to know because I don't want to face the fact that even if I have Lasik at this point, I may still end up with &(*&%$-ing glasses.  I got rid of my glasses 25 yrs ago for contact lenses, I certainly do NOT want to go back and I would love to wake up in the morning and be able to see the alarm clock.

Its amazing. Being able to see your front sights really does improve your shooting, who would have thought     Just got a pair of mono-vision glasses and I can finally see my front sights when I shoot:

 

 

 

I have had a slight astigmatism in the right eye due to a childhood eye injury that tore some muscle/bone and damaged the socket. Thank goodness they found one fantastic pediatric ophthalmologist, or I'd have lost that eye.  Some muscular movement is restricted but I can still see out of it and am not legally "blind" in it. I guess I'll never allowed to be an ATP pilot, though.

 

Anyway, I therefore shoot "right handed" and "left eye dominant."  I did the whole "triangle" thing from NRA class. It's worked well, but I still am getting used to the pistol itself.  More "Time on the Range" I guess.

Nice shootin!

Similar situation. Brought my Aimpoint Pro and told her I couldn't see squat. After getting yelled at for not going in 5 years, I ended up getting 3 way progressives. Now I see all sights and target out to 100 yards... She also told me reason dot looks like a comet is because I have early stage of cataracts... After explaining to her I got rid of my 1966 Cataract years ago she said funny... See ya in about 4 years for surgery.

 

 

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Once I got to where I needed the 3 way progressives, I got Lasik. Now I just use cheapo reading glasses. The FO sights are easier to see, but I just went for the RMR optic. I am never going to finish a stage in sub-second time anyway, and it's way more fun to actually hit the target!

Damn getting older is effing great!! My eyes are on the way as well . I need to get to the  eye doctor

I had bilateral cataract surgery this past February after letting them "ripen" under the direction of my optometrist for about a year.

It had gotten to the point where I needed to sit within 4 feet of the tv to read the graphics during a game.

 

Best copay and deductible $$ I ever spent!!

 

Now that I can see better than I ever could (been wearing glasses since elementary school for near sightedness) I earned my High Power Rifle Master classification by October

Nothing like being able to see that 600yd target when you're trying to hit it dead center.

 

(Dr Kindermann on Chapel Ave in Cherry Hill gets my vote for best opthomologist)

Back up to 3 yards now

Back up to 3 yards now

Don't know if I am ready to triple my distance yet!  These were at 7 yards, although I had a similar almost as good (maybe 25% bigger) grouping at 12 yards to the head.

Haha. Thats the way to do it though. Get consistent groups then move.

Nice shooting Howard. I hope the G34 i just got or should say paid for(waiting for p2p) helps me keep my rounds out of the no shoots

Nice shooting Howard. I hope the G34 i just got or should say paid for(waiting for p2p) helps me keep my rounds out of the no shoots

I hope you got the new G34 that has glasses

yeah mine has the C.R.O.W system . 

Howard. I have the same issue. Who was your eye dr?

Me too. I never been to a Eye Dr. that would understand what we do. The name would be great!

I don't want to face it , but I think, I need glasses too. I can't see my sights or targets.

I don't want to face it , but I think, I need glasses too. I can't see my sights or targets.

Generally a purty good indicator LOL

Me too. I never been to a Eye Dr. that would understand what we do. The name would be great!

My doc was clueless. Just brought the red dot and a finger gun. Educated her....no prob. She understood just fine. It's not rocket science for them. You just need to tell them what you want to see and they'll make it work. So don't be too concerned that they need to understand guns, etc.

 

 

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Well I wear glasses for distance, but can't see my sights worth crap with them.  I had been shooting with just plain safety glasses, which were better but still not a great sight picture.  So, I went to the eye doctor who actually figured out I had a slight astigmatism which no other eye doctor ever told me.  I then spent an hour with him early one Saturday morning with targets and my SIRT trainer (Can't take your gun to the eye doctor in NJ).  

If you shoot seriously, glasses optimized for your event make a huge difference.    If a handgun with iron sights is your thing, tell the doc what you want to do, then bring in, say, the slide from a 1911--it's not a firearm without the frame.   Approximate your shooting stance as best you can in the chair  Remember, bullseye, or international events, shot with one hand, will put the sight further away, and force you to use the eye on the same side as your dominant hand.  Action events, usually shot with a two hand hold (even when shooting weak hand, your body position is about the same), will let you use the other eye if you happen to be cross-eye dominant, and the sight will be in closer to you.   Work through the options on the lens switching machine (the 'phoropter') until you have a lens that puts the front sight in perfect focus.  It will probably be the cleanest sight picture you've ever seen.

 

If you shoot a dot, bring in the optic, and do the same thing.  The big thing here is to correct any astigmatism, which will remove any 'tails' or asymmetry in the dot.  I worked through this with Dr. Greenspan in Parsippany, and when we couldn't get it perfect with the lenses in the machine, he brought out some additional hand-held lenses to further correct the options in the phoropter.   I was very impressed, and for the first time in my life, that little laser dot in the sight is actually laser-sharp.  My bullseye scores jumped a couple of points that very week, and they weren't bad to begin with.

 

When selecting frames, get them big--you want eye protection, and ask for the double-thickness plastic they use when making prescription safety glasses.  

Lot of good info here. Indoors, the front sight is slightly blurry. I just had my first eye exam in 15 yrs. and the doc said I need a slight correction,but no need for glasses yet (other than reading glasses). I have safety glasses that have a 2.0 reading glass area at the bottom of the lens, but i have to raise my head to see the front sight through the reading lens part. Funny thing is, when outside I can see better and just use regular safety glasses, which is much more comfortable and accurate (I shoot right hand and am right eye dominant).