Found a solution for shooting with corrective lenses

[peterpistol]

I agree wit you danc46. We should be exploring outside to have a more exciting shooting experience.

[Bob K]

Tusker is right on about "Point Shooting"........but I should stress.....it's only for close distances (self defense range for me is about 6'......not 10 yds.) and you can't expect target accuracy. If I can hit within the outside ring on a target......it's good enough! (or hit a bowling pin) I have seen exhibition shooters (Bob Munden) do some amazing shooting using point shooting from the hip! That takes alot of practice. Bob

[banger]

I realize that we are all different and will respond differently to the same therapy, but the cost of lens implantation for good distance viewing is down pretty low, and for me, it worked, was painless, and recovery was quick.

My left eye was out so much that the right-eye corrective adjustment in binoculars didn't go far enough, (I learned to use them upside-down) but now with the new implants, distant vision is no problem, and my binocs are again zeroed, but I do have corrective glasses that give some very minor aditional benefit, and I rarely wear them.

For reading, 2-X "cheaters" still help, but shooting is done with nothing at all, and 1-1/2" groups off the bags at 25 yards are the norm, without glasses.

Without glasses, shooting with the right eye, the group is about an inch off the X toward 2 O'clock.

Shooting with the left eye, without glasses, the group is about an inch off the X toward 11 "O'clock.

With glasses, the right eye groups the shots about an inch off the X toward 4 O'clock.

The left eye, with glasses, puts them about an inch off center toward 7 O'clock.

I haven't shot any test targets with long guns, but they are accurate enough to be no cause for concern.

[Gus54]

Good Morning. My sight has degraded to 20/200 (it used to be 20/13-20/15). I have to wear tri-focals with lines (they have more side to side range than progressives. Progressives require me to use head movement much more).
When shooting handguns, I use my top field of vision for target acquisition and line up front and rear sights albeit a little fuzzy. For looking at objects like on the table or this screen, I use my middle field. It makes it a lot handier than tilting your head back if you have only bifocals to read something right in front of you.

When shooting a rifle, I use scopes and look over the top of my glasses. The scope is set to compensate for my poor vision. I always prefer an adjustable objective so I can focus no matter the distance on all my rifles, including my Beeman pellet rifle.

Glasses are expensive. Clip-on shooting glasses can easily run $100. Prescription shooting glasses are another story entirely and can go upwards of $550 unless your vision plan will help pay. They are nice though and very useful for driving in the rain also. They make everything "brighter". Clip-ons (non-prescription) will scar your prescriptions if they don't fit exactly correct where they clamp on your glasses and you have plastic lenses. Always demand they check them for "cylinder" before you leave the office/store. My last ones had cylinder (distortion-used for stigmatism). I left the store and started driving and my view was warped. I took them back in and told them to check them because a $100 is a lot to me. They sheepishly admitted they had cylinder in the lense on right side. They had NOT checked them.
Hope any of this helps some. Gus

p.s. I want to learn point/instinct shooting at the 7/10 yard line with my Model 15 snub using no sights at all.