Glasses

[petew]

Forget progressives, and go with normal bifocals. It is either in or out of focus, without that no mans land between the 2 prescriptions. progressives are for vanity, and trying to not look as old as you are.

 

[john-brennan]

I’m 53 wearing progressives. I take them off to shoot.

X2 I find I focus my scopes and my Bino's in without glasses on, At ranges beyond 5 yards I see well without them

 

[TheTooner]

I'm slightly myopic (short-sighted) so I need a prescription to focus in the distance for driving. This screws up my close vision, e.g. reading. I use contacts lenses, too, (add reading glasses for reading and other close work) and when I'm hunting I can adjust the focus on my scopes to suit the contacts but if wearing glasses on a hunt I'd pop them off to shoot. Just got new glasses, went with bifocals (not progressive) so I can read and shoot without taking them off.

 

[Eagleye]

It should work for anyone who has problems with reading distance vision... which is most of the 50+ degenerative vision... if that is your condition, maybe your scopes ocular bell does not have enough adjustment??? All of the scopes I have are Leupold's and I have the ocular bells cranked right out.

Exactly!! I have almost exclusively Leupold glass on my rifles, and have always had enough ocular adjustment to make it
work with my progressives on. D.

 

[silverfoxdj]

Thanks...

You can explain to your optician exactly where you want to focus and they can accommodate you when they grind the lens

 

[Magellann]

I wear progressives normally, but at the range I just use my regular single lens glasses, after adjusting the scopes I find it works out ok, but still not as good as it was in my pre glasses days.

 

[wasrupzuk]

I’m blind as a bat and have been using progressives for several years now (50...)
I chuckle on the recommendations to shoot with your glasses off, for me that is not an option...
I also have a pair of single prescription glasses for distance.
Honestly I’m fine with either pair.

Use the upper half of the lens (which is my natural hold anyway on most guns, long or short), adjust the ocular and have at it.
If it has adjustable parallax then tune it in.
If it’s still fuzzy clean your lenses (glasses and scope).
It might also be incorrectly placed lens in the glasses, take them in to get checked.
If it’s still fuzzy your scope might be pooched; try another one.
If it’s still fuzzy you might have an eye issue and should see a optometrist (you could have cataracts or other eye issue).
My 2 cents, YMMV.

 

[Magellann]

Forget progressives, and go with normal bifocals. It is either in or out of focus, without that no mans land between the 2 prescriptions. progressives are for vanity, and trying to not look as old as you are.

I may try that on my next prescription and see if it makes things better.