Problem is, when I go to a match, the shooting positions are never conducive to tiliting my head back to get the front sight in focus. I talked to a fellow on my squad at a recent match, and he has a single vision lens in the right with the focus point where the front sight normally is, and the left lense normal Rx. Says it's a little odd at first to get used to, but it helps him.
Well, I picked up my new glasses this week, actually two pairs, one for shooting the other my regular Rx (bifocals). I haven't shot with them yet, but dry firing in the garage at a target above my workbench, it's truly amazing the difference. My regular Rx is progressive bifocals. My shooting glasses are a single Rx in the left eye that focuses on distance, and the right eye is also single Rx that focuses about 1 1/4" beyond the tip of my index finger when both hands are together simulating my normal iso grip.
They're a little goofy feeling when looking at things, as the left eye is in focus but the right eye is slightly blurred. But when sighting on a target, that seems to go away, as each eye now has something to focus on - left eye the target and right eye the front sight. Very awesome now having both things in focus as the same time. Cant remember the last time this has happened.
I've been doing pretty good at the matches lately, but I know I have not been able to see the front sight, like I know I should, and seem to be focusing more on the target and the COF. I guess I've been instinctively point-shooting, and know I need to be able to see the front sight in focus along with the target.
I'm supposed to be going to the range this weekend so I'll get a good opportunity to try them out, but from my initial tests in the garage, I gotta give this a big two thumbs up!! The real test will be the next matches in Nov.
When I told my eye doc what I was wanting, she knew what I was asking for, and was very helpful and interested in hearing the results, as she didnt get many requests for glasses like this. She was calling them my "shooters".
