Prescription Shooting glasses

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Thought I would start a seperate thread as I and it seems a few others have some questions about prescription shooting glasses.

I have noticed my eyes getting a "little" worse with age and have tried to fix it with cheap reading glasses but it took shooting a pistol to motivate me to get some glasses. I was getting tired of two front sights and this year when I used binoculars I noticed that on close up focus, my eyes have different focus points. Long story short went to the optomotrist and he said WOW (his words) don't you get headaches :). So I want to get glasses and shooting glasses. I guess I am far sighted with a slight stigmatism (sp?). I have told them I shoot ipsc and want to get the proper prescription for shooting.

My main question is what should I buy or just get my Oakley's set up for my new presc.shooting glasses. Is there anything special I need to get done or ask for. I read something about dominant eye focus needs to be different or set up for the front sight. I shoot open primarily but when I can see again :) I would like to shoot some production and standard. Any thoughts that could help me or others is much appeciated. I am just really not sure what to ask for and if the optomotrist even knows about shooting requirements if they are any different from everyday use glasses.
 
I tried getting a set of glasses set up for strictly shooting and I found problems with them when I scanned the entire stage. Absolutely no problems when I was sighting down the slide though.It was a waste of money for me. Eventually I just got a good pair of safety glasses with side shields and set up for bifocals.
 
The best way to get prescriction shooting glasses;

1) Buy any ballistic or safety glasses that have removable lens with a sport cut edge

2) Take them in to you local eyeglass place and tell them you want your prescription, cut the same as the lens in the glasses, with a "sport cut edge", in polycarbonate.

That's all.

A number of places, including us, will offer it, however it costs you more than taking them in your self.


The key to the lens is the "sport cut" edge. Cheap glasses have a regular cut edge which is rounded. This allows the lens to be removed from the front or back of the frame.

By getting sport cut, it is an angled edge which prevents the lens from being pushed back out of the frame. This further protects your eye from having the lens knocked out backwards into your eye.
 
I wear Progressive Bi-Focals (mild R/x)and am having a problem sighting for shooting handgun , scoped rifle & shotgun.
What would you suggest ?
 
I could never get used to the distortion from my prescription glasses...it doesn't mix well with shooting.

I bought contact lenses...and I use them when ever I shoot. It's something to consider.
 
Quigley said:
I could never get used to the distortion from my prescription glasses...it doesn't mix well with shooting.

I bought contact lenses...and I use them when ever I shoot. It's something to consider.
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Do you find they shift at all when you blink? I tried contacts last year, and that nearly drove me crazy. Blink....everything's blurry so stop shooting.....ok, good to go again....blink...CRAP!

That and digging around in my eyes to get them out after.
 
bizman89 said:
Thought I would start a seperate thread as I and it seems a few others have some questions about prescription shooting glasses.

I have noticed my eyes getting a "little" worse with age and have tried to fix it with cheap reading glasses but it took shooting a pistol to motivate me to get some glasses. I was getting tired of two front sights and this year when I used binoculars I noticed that on close up focus, my eyes have different focus points. Long story short went to the optomotrist and he said WOW (his words) don't you get headaches :). So I want to get glasses and shooting glasses. I guess I am far sighted with a slight stigmatism (sp?). I have told them I shoot ipsc and want to get the proper prescription for shooting.

My main question is what should I buy or just get my Oakley's set up for my new presc.shooting glasses. Is there anything special I need to get done or ask for. I read something about dominant eye focus needs to be different or set up for the front sight. I shoot open primarily but when I can see again :) I would like to shoot some production and standard. Any thoughts that could help me or others is much appeciated. I am just really not sure what to ask for and if the optomotrist even knows about shooting requirements if they are any different from everyday use glasses.
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I have Oakley M-Frame with RX. Costed me above $500.
I went to check on the price yesterday, and if just changing another new set [with RX]of lens cost about $360 from Oakley. The whole new set with frame,lens and case will cost CAD $555 with RX. I'll stay with what I have for now...too expensive to get another RX from Oakley.
But if you are first time to obtain one with RX, I found Oakley is good.
Go to Oakley website, search for deal locator, and search for RX Dealer.

The Oakley RX technology is different than any normal prescription glasses. I will upload the details later FYI.
 
Quigley said:
I could never get used to the distortion from my prescription glasses...it doesn't mix well with shooting.

I bought contact lenses...and I use them when ever I shoot. It's something to consider.
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Had a set of Raybans done up a few years ago.
The distortion around the edges made my eyes hurt and get a little dizzy.

Now I use disposable soft Contacts.
Wear them when shooting or hunting or Boating etc.

Do you find they shift at all when you blink? I tried contacts last year, and that nearly drove me crazy. Blink....everything's blurry so stop shooting.....ok, good to go again....blink...CRAP!

That and digging around in my eyes to get them out after.
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Dry eyes? For me, that happens near the end of a long day wearing them.I have dry eyes and can't wear contacts full time.

Hard or soft contacts? They make some amazing disposable soft contacts now.

You get used to pulling the contacts out. Over the winter I lose the feel for it but come summer I can pluck them out without a mirror to look in.
 
dinsdale said:
Dry eyes? For me, that happens near the end of a long day wearing them.I have dry eyes and can't wear contacts full time.

Hard or soft contacts? They make some amazing disposable soft contacts now.

You get used to pulling the contacts out. Over the winter I lose the feel for it but come summer I can pluck them out without a mirror to look in.
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I dunno about dry eyes; I just know it was a huge pain. It was like looking through the bottom of a dirty beer bottle every time I blinked. Also, I have to admit that I've always been seriously creeped out by sticking anything in my eyes. Maybe a result of having a dog bite me in the face when I was a kid, puncturing my eye.

They were soft contacts, and the optometrist showed me how "easy" it was to take them in and out...like picking up a pencil. Easy for her but I couldn't handle it.
 
relliott said:
Do you find they shift at all when you blink? I tried contacts last year, and that nearly drove me crazy. Blink....everything's blurry so stop shooting.....ok, good to go again....blink...CRAP!

That and digging around in my eyes to get them out after.
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I'm the opposite...they can get a bit dry if I don't blink enough.

It only happened once that I noticed...two years ago in Lethbridge. Between the dy air, the wind and a bit of dust...on one stage my vision distorted to the point where I couldn't "blink myself clear"

Contacts can be a bit of a pain to wear sometimes...but I still like them better than lenses. The distortion drove me crazy...
 
I know there's a seperate thread on this...but...

I bought the Oakly M Frame Shooters trio 10 years ago for about $550 (frames, 3 sets of lenses and a case)

The M frames lenses are prone to cracking (mostly at either end where they go into the frames) and I personally found them uncomfortable.

A few months back I bought the Rudy Project Shooting set (frames and 5 sets of lenses) shipped to my door all in for $220 ish. More comfortable, adjustable frames, better lens selection...and they are thicker lenses...

No comparison in my opinion...if you need to buy new ones...I'd be looking at the Rudy's...

Glock_2010 said:
I have Oakley M-Frame with RX. Costed me above $500.
I went to check on the price yesterday, and if just changing another new set [with RX]of lens cost about $360 from Oakley. The whole new set with frame,lens and case will cost CAD $555 with RX. I'll stay with what I have for now...too expensive to get another RX from Oakley.
But if you are first time to obtain one with RX, I found Oakley is good.
Go to Oakley website, search for deal locator, and search for RX Dealer.

The Oakley RX technology is different than any normal prescription glasses. I will upload the details later FYI.
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Quigley said:
I know there's a seperate thread on this...but...

I bought the Oakly M Frame Shooters trio 10 years ago for about $550 (frames, 3 sets of lenses and a case)

The M frames lenses are prone to cracking (mostly at either end where they go into the frames) and I personally found them uncomfortable.

A few months back I bought the Rudy Project Shooting set (frames and 5 sets of lenses) shipped to my door all in for $220 ish. More comfortable, adjustable frames, better lens selection...and they are thicker lenses...

No comparison in my opinion...if you need to buy new ones...I'd be looking at the Rudy's...
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Pls let me know if Josko has the Rx version of Rudy's.
 
No to take away from anyone, but the Dude frame from Sunbuster has a prescription insert available as well.
 
All prescription glasses are impact resistant. Asked about it when I got glasses.
The optometrist doesn't make the specs. The optician does. Talk to the optician.
 
Being the cheap bugger that I am....I took two pair of perscription safety glasses from work (we get a new set every year) and combined them for shooting.

My right eye uses a reading glass lens and the left eye is a normal progressive bifocal.
This past weekend was my first time using them in a match and they worked very well. Once the beep went off for the first stage I never noticed them for the rest of the day.

Cost me $20 to have the reading lens fit to the frame. :)

All good.

John
 
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