Reading glasses and scope

[coolsound]

Do you wear your reading glasses when shooting your scope rifle? What works for you, full reader or bifocal? I found that during daylight, I am fine without wearing my reader glasses. I am, however, having a hard time seeing the reticle clearly in the evening/overcast day without wearing my glasses. I can see a far like a hawk but just can't read anything with out my reader glasses. Getting old sucks .

 

[cavedweller]

Do you wear your reading glasses when shooting your scope rifle? What works for you, full reader or bifocal? I found that during daylight, I am fine without wearing my reader glasses. I am, however, having a hard time seeing the reticle clearly in the evening/overcast day without wearing my glasses. I can see a far like a hawk but just can't read anything with out my reader glasses. Getting old sucks .

welcome to my world... i just wear my progressives and sometimes i use readers around my neck

 

[Dogowski]

Do you wear your reading glasses when shooting your scope rifle? What works for you, full reader or bifocal? I found that during daylight, I am fine without wearing my reader glasses. I am, however, having a hard time seeing the reticle clearly in the evening/overcast day without wearing my glasses. I can see a far like a hawk but just can't read anything with out my reader glasses. Getting old sucks .

It sucks for anyone wearing glasses, readers, bifocals especially. I've been wearing my readers or computer glasses instead of my regular ones while shooting with scopes as I can see targets or prey better with them on.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I was trying to rember theses things ..

Scope Aid: Best Rifle Scope Lenses for Hunting and Shooting

There's another brand like them guys as well .. maybe my fuzzy old brain will click and remember that other brand ..

Looking for that other found theses I never seem before

BulzEyePro Optical Boosters for Rifle Scopes and Handgun Scopes

 

[JungleShooter]

I use a turret magnifier.

By not tightening it down totally, I can rotated it to view the windage turret, if need be.


I came a long way with that solution:
First, I tried to build my own turret magnifier, because the price of the MK Machining Turret Magnifier seemed a bit high to me.

However, I forgot to consider the wildly varying qualities of fresnel lenses sold separately for my DIY project, and also in the cheaper alternatives to the MK Machining Turret Magnifier.

In the end, I followed the advice that so many of you are giving on the forums, over and over again: Buy once, cry once.
➔ So, I waited for one of the numerous holiday sales that MK Machining has throughout the year: Deeply discounted.
And I cried once real good, because I bought 4 of the 30mm magnifiers, and 4 of the 34mm magnifiers. But I tell you, I will never cry again.
The quality is very good. And I can finally see my turret settings.


Cheers,

Matthias


Link where I bought them:
Gen II Pro Series Turret Magnifier
Size: 1" | 30mm | 34mm | 35mm | 36mm | 40mm

Gen II Pro Series Turret Magnifier

Gen II Pro Series Turret Magnifier The MK Machining Gen II Pro Series Turret Magnifier has been designed to incorporate a new lens that allows for much more magnification. It still easily mounts to your scope tube and now provides a varying amount of magnification depending on placement...

www.mkmachining.com

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I was trying to rember theses things ..

Scope Aid: Best Rifle Scope Lenses for Hunting and Shooting

There's another brand like them guys as well .. maybe my fuzzy old brain will click and remember that other brand ..

Looking for that other found theses I never seem before

BulzEyePro Optical Boosters for Rifle Scopes and Handgun Scopes

After finding a old thread at another forum I answered to this , it was the bullseye pro as the other option .

Anyway good luck.

Scopeaid

A member (nutcracker) brought this up for glasses guys and scopes that may help.. Looks interesting and maybe make a glasses guys shooting more a pleasure? https://scopeaid.com/ Maybe other brands and options to look at as well..

www.airgunnation.com

 

[JimT66]

I can't see scrap with my glasses on through the scopes. I have to shoot without them.

 

[rsfrid]

I shoot without glasses and learned to use the focusing eye piece to make the reticle sharpest. Point scope at white wall (and distance) then turn eye piece back and forth to bring reticle into best focus. Then adjust parallax to make target sharpest. but do parallax after eyepiece. Oh, and I use readers (2.5x) as well, but not when shooting.

 

[jlowe]

I shoot without glasses and learned to use the focusing eye piece to make the reticle sharpest. Point scope at white wall (and distance) then turn eye piece back and forth to bring reticle into best focus. Then adjust parallax to make target sharpest. but do parallax after eyepiece. Oh, and I use readers (2.5x) as well, but not when shooting.

I do the same. I just take them off before I shoot. I do need them (2.5x) here as well, but I do find it really throws the scope off to sight it in with readers.

 

[Pumacarl]

I have to wear glasses because nothing else corrects my astigmatism. I cannot wear my progressive glasses though because it really strains my eye after a while, so I just use a pair of regular single prescription distance correcting glasses. I never tried using readers because I don't have any dedicated readers that correct for astigmatism, but maybe I should.

 

[Dadwag]

I got Cataract surgery done this past Summer. Distance is no problem any more however....I have to wear low power readers to see which way .177 pellets face at times. I was shooting Crosman Destroyers the other day and it was a challenge

 

[SDsteph]

My wife and I both wear glasses and have some issues with using scopes for field target, and now iron sights for 10 meter shooting. She's gone to wearing contact lenses instead of her bifocals, and I am currently without glasses as I stepped on them a while back. It seems my far vision is coming back in my late 50's.
That said we are going to an optometrist group next week for eye wear specifically for shooting. First a baseline exam and then a few weeks later for glasses / lenses specific to our disciplines. I'll give me feedback after the appointments.

 

[Solo1]

Do you wear your reading glasses when shooting your scope rifle? What works for you, full reader or bifocal? I found that during daylight, I am fine without wearing my reader glasses. I am, however, having a hard time seeing the reticle clearly in the evening/overcast day without wearing my glasses. I can see a far like a hawk but just can't read anything with out my reader glasses. Getting old sucks .

It’s a tossup for me but lately ya just wearing my readers all the time when shooting as focus and distance changes too much from with to without so iv set all my scopes up for me wearing readers. I even have a pair of readers in my ft bucket.

 

[SDsteph]

It’s a tossup for me but lately ya just wearing my readers all the time when shooting as focus and distance changes too much from with to without so iv set all my scopes up for me wearing readers. I even have a pair of readers in my ft bucket.

May come to something as simple as that for me. Karen complains she can’t see the targets in the lane. We shall see ( no pun intended )

 

[Pumacarl]

My wife and I both wear glasses and have some issues with using scopes for field target, and now iron sights for 10 meter shooting. She's gone to wearing contact lenses instead of her bifocals, and I am currently without glasses as I stepped on them a while back. It seems my far vision is coming back in my late 50's.
That said we are going to an optometrist group next week for eye wear specifically for shooting. First a baseline exam and then a few weeks later for glasses / lenses specific to our disciplines. I'll give me feedback after the appointments.

It is funny that you said this about your vision getting better because I had an eye doctor tell me that I could not tell if my eyes were getting better, only he could through testing. I told him B.S., I look through high end optics all the time and knew what my eyes were doing. He did his test, and wasn't saying much so I said a long drawn out "W E L L?" And he finally admitted that my vision was indeed better. Of course, the other shoe dropped and I've started to get cataracts, and I noticed that before they did too! It would be kinda funny if it wasn't happening to me.

 

[SDsteph]

It is funny that you said this about your vision getting better because I had an eye doctor tell me that I could not tell if my eyes were getting better, only he could through testing. I told him B.S., I look through high end optics all the time and knew what my eyes were doing. He did his test, and wasn't saying much so I said a long drawn out "W E L L?" And he finally admitted that my vision was indeed better. Of course, the other shoe dropped and I've started to get cataracts, and I noticed that before they did too! It would be kinda funny if it wasn't happening to me.

Vision is based on the shape of one’s eye. As one ages the shape changes. I had 20/20 vision before having a job that necessitated looking at tiny print for several hours per day. This got worse until I got to this stage. Now I can’t see up close but my far vision is, as stated, coming back.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Seems for me past arms / reading length is good I still easy shoot irons ( HW stock lolly at that ) 10m to 100y . Still I keep cheap reading glasses strategically placed around . Shops , bench globe boxes , ect so I can at least try to have a pair in arms reach..lol. ( I even "borrowed" from the store glasses rack to read a label . They were out back proper no theft..lol)

 

[Scriv]

Wear bifocals. I adjust my scope for wearing glasses so that's what I use. The bifocal part comes in when reading turrets.

 

[Dogowski]

Vision is based on the shape of one’s eye. As one ages the shape changes. I had 20/20 vision before having a job that necessitated looking at tiny print for several hours per day. This got worse until I got to this stage. Now I can’t see up close but my far vision is, as stated, coming back.

That's pretty much my vision these days as well at 63. I use my reading glasses except when i am driving otherwise. I know im way past due to seeing the eye doctor as my eyes are getting worse. Time for an upgrade!

 

[SDsteph]

quick intermediate update after I got my eyes checked
- reading glasses for close up work - YUP
- long distance glasses - also a YUP

Now going to spend some time with the eye DR to see if we can optimize, glasses, diopters, positioning, etc. Should be interesting. One thing taken from conversations at the exam and the prelim for the shooting specialist is that bifocals are a big no no for optimal shooting. He is more of a hunter, but is pretty adamant about this one point.

YMMV