Reading glasses for open sights

[Harrylee]

I saw this thought it was quite interesting. Reading glasses for open sights, I could see this on a plinking gun. Seems to take all the out of focus that we are accustomed to out. Some may like it and some won’t, but thought it is a cool idea


http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/See%20All%20Sights/IMG_1176_zpsbab22ca4.jpg



https://seeallopensight.com/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD26TzO8IvY

[marcinstl]

looks like you'd need to attach a rail adapter to the gun and then put the sight on, that's doable. (see, that rail isn't just for mounting your blender anymore.)
I'm farsighted. 10-25 yd. target is clear. sight on a handgun are kind of a blur. I've tried shooting with +1.5 readers and the sights are in focus, but the target is a blur.
shooting Kahr's, Kel-Tec's, snubbies, I don't much use the sights anyway. in a combat situation you'll be focused on the target not the sights (and slapping that trigger for all it's worth).
the seeall looks like it would be good for a target pistol and showing off at the range on the 2" stickies.
thanks for posting this.

[Marine One]

Interesting concept. I've an experience that might be beneficial to add. I wear monovision contact lenses. They are set up in such a way that my dominant eye is used for distance. I'm right handed and right eye dominant. With the contacts in and my left eye closed, the target is clear but the sights are fuzzy. Before going to the range to break in my CW-380, I tried a bunch of different options to try to compensate for the contacts and this issue. I tried keeping both eyes open but this old dog can't seem to adjust to that new trick. I took a pair of cheap dollar store readers along when I went to the range (same ones I wear to shave-getting old sucks). With the readers on, the sights are clear and the target is fuzzy (just like the Primary Marksmanship Instructor said it should be years ago in the Marines). Got to thinking about this and realized if it ever came to crunch time and I needed to use my weapon for personal defense I could have a problem. Solution was to install a Crimson Trace Laserguard. I liked it so much that I've also put one on the CM9.

[marcinstl]

the laser is great for practice. holster the empty CM9, pick a target and draw, hip shoot, w/laser. your natural pointing ability should get you close. laser is good for fine tuning.
I'd really like to see the times on some tacticalcool kid pulling a gun from a 4-6 o'clock holster, going to the sights and getting a shot off vs any old guy jerking the gun out of an appendix carry holster and getting a round off from waist level. I practice coming off of the bench(no holster work at the range I use) and getting a 2 hand grip, elbows locked into my sides, leaning forward, feet/shoulders/head even and square to the target. I always get the first shot off a little low, that's ok. I practice with a holster at home, either dry firing the CM or CW9, also practice in the yard with a bb pistol. 1st shot from hip/waist level, 2nd shot arms stretching out, gun well into view, maybe 3rd or 4th shot using the sights. if you ever have the chance, spend the $40-50 and shoot in/on a simulator with video badguys attaching. then back to dry fire and range practice.

[ltxi]

I'm blessed, at this point in my life, with natural monovision with right, dominant eye close to 20/20 and near sighted in the left. Reading glasses useful for close for low light, small print reading but otherwise no vision correction for used nor needed for anything. computer work through shooting, through driving. Thanking lucky stars for this at 72, I am.

[C_Class]

I have one and mounted it on my SW 327 TRR8 8 shot revolver. I took 100 rounds of ammo and gave folks of all shooting abilities at the range the chance to shoot 8 rounds and comment on the sight. The result was that almost everyone shot more accurately with it. It was virtually split down the middle as to whether folks liked the sight or not.

IMO, it can be a great training aid for new shooters.

I'm looking to mount it on my Mossberg 500 shotgun and see how it works on shooting steel at long distances with slugs this summer.

[DanTana]

That is something I need to look into. Ever since I had my cataract surgery I can see far away fine, but not up close. So, when shooting it's been difficult to either see down the sights or see the target, usually either one is blurry, if I wear glasses I can see the sights fine, with no glasses I can see the target fine. I started using red dot's and laser sights and that solved the problem, but those can be expensive solutions. Thanks for sharing that.

[Tilos]

Any drugstore glasses a 1/4 to 1/2 diopter weaker that your near/reading correction will move the focal point out to the front sight distance, but know the target will remain fuzzy.
Make something as long as your gun, that doesn't LOOK like a gun, with a beaded common pin in it to serve a front sight and take it to the store to test the different strength readers.
You can learn to use these once you get accustom to the fuzzy target and know where the it hits with that sight picture.
Trying this will only be the cost of the glasses if it doesn't work for you.
jmo, Ken

[ar10tfn]

Hi everyone - well I'm in the same boat as some of you here, at 64 I can count the hairs on a fly's hinnie at 50 yards,but can not focus on the front sight of my pistol, One option {I am trying} is to pick up a pair of stick on lens. You can put one or both lens on your favorite shooting glasses. The lens are a pliable plastic corrective lens that you stick to the eye side of your glasses. A search on the net will yield several sites, one site is
www.readingglasses.com. I hope this provides another option for some shooters here, AR10fan

[Tilos]

Hi everyone - well I'm in the same boat as some of you here, at 64 I can count the hairs on a fly's hinnie at 50 yards,but can not focus on the front sight of my pistol, One option {I am trying} is to pick up a pair of stick on lens. You can put one or both lens on your favorite shooting glasses. The lens are a pliable plastic corrective lens that you stick to the eye side of your glasses. A search on the net will yield several sites, one site is
www.readingglasses.com (http://www.readingglasses.com). I hope this provides another option for some shooters here, AR10fan

Bifocal sunglasses don't cost much more than those stick-ons, and the optics are way better:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_8?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=bifocal+sunglasses&sprefix=bifocal+%2Caps%2C292

Careful though, even some of these are stick-on, bought mine at Walmart in sporting goods/fishing dept.
just sayin'
:biggrin1:

[Bawanna]

I've bought several pair of safety glasses that are bifocal. Get them in different colors, I got clear for range and a dark pair for driving.

Shooting I don't generally tilt my head up to use the magnification but they sure are useful for separating the 45 from the 40 or 40 from 9 etc. Getting the right ammo in the appropriate gun is a good thing.

[SGT5711]

Interesting concept. I've an experience that might be beneficial to add. I wear monovision contact lenses. They are set up in such a way that my dominant eye is used for distance. I'm right handed and right eye dominant. With the contacts in and my left eye closed, the target is clear but the sights are fuzzy. Before going to the range to break in my CW-380, I tried a bunch of different options to try to compensate for the contacts and this issue. I tried keeping both eyes open but this old dog can't seem to adjust to that new trick. I took a pair of cheap dollar store readers along when I went to the range (same ones I wear to shave-getting old sucks). With the readers on, the sights are clear and the target is fuzzy (just like the Primary Marksmanship Instructor said it should be years ago in the Marines). Got to thinking about this and realized if it ever came to crunch time and I needed to use my weapon for personal defense I could have a problem. Solution was to install a Crimson Trace Laserguard. I liked it so much that I've also put one on the CM9.

Ooh Rah Marine One! I remember my days as a PMI fondly. Your post brought back a lot of memories, then I saw where you lived. Once upon a time, I lived at 211 Oyster Lane in North Topsail Beach. Those were the days.

[cobrasjp]

Interesting concept. I've an experience that might be beneficial to add. I wear monovision contact lenses. They are set up in such a way that my dominant eye is used for distance. I'm right handed and right eye dominant. With the contacts in and my left eye closed, the target is clear but the sights are fuzzy. Before going to the range to break in my CW-380, I tried a bunch of different options to try to compensate for the contacts and this issue. I tried keeping both eyes open but this old dog can't seem to adjust to that new trick. I took a pair of cheap dollar store readers along when I went to the range (same ones I wear to shave-getting old sucks). With the readers on, the sights are clear and the target is fuzzy (just like the Primary Marksmanship Instructor said it should be years ago in the Marines). Got to thinking about this and realized if it ever came to crunch time and I needed to use my weapon for personal defense I could have a problem. Solution was to install a Crimson Trace Laserguard. I liked it so much that I've also put one on the CM9.

Marine One,

I also wear monovision contacts. I shoot right handed, am left eye dominant, and my left eye is set up for close (right eye for distance).

Even though I'm cross dominant (somehow that sounds perverted 😯), this setup works great for shooting. I shoot right handed and sight with my left eye. The sights are clear as a bell. If I keep my right eye open (takes practice) the target is also in focus.

You may want to give this a try. Try sighting with your left eye, even though it's not your dominant eye. The sights should be in focus. You will have to rotate your head a little to the right, but this quickly become second nature. In fact, I find it an advantage because I can rest my chin on my right bicep (would work even better if I did some curls 😃). If this seems to work for you, then you can start working on keeping your right eye open and use it to keep the target in focus.

Even though I didn't get monovision contacts just for shooting, I've found it to be a big advantage. In fact I'm surprised more shooters don't get monovision contacts or glasses just for shooting.

Stan P.

[TheTman]

I have seen a couple of guys that shoot in pistol matches, with a round washer looking thing with a hole about the size of a pencil lead, maybe smaller in the middle, mounted on their shooting glasses. They say that helps them focus on the front sight and have a clearer picture of the target. I've only seen this a few times, at one of the pistol matches I used to shoot in. I'd like to try it sometime, with maybe a square of electricians tape with a small hole punched in the middle of it, and see if it works.

[Baklash]

I'm blind in one eye and can't see out of the other. Will these things work for me?:D

[berettabone]

I'm blind in one eye and can't see out of the other. Will these things work for me?:D
Only at night.............:p

[OldLincoln]

My wife uses one of these things and can't get by without it. Might work for handguns, even has sights and trigger. I went to Big Dots on my handgun because I was spending too much time trying to see the target and the sights. That made a big difference and on my practice of quick first shots it's just the target and front sight. With practice the rear sight is pretty much auto but then I'm trying to stop bad guys, not light matches at 20yds.


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[muggsy]

Geez, there might be hope for old Jocko hitting something with that sight.

[Barth]

I'm near sighted so I can still see my handgun sights fine.

Full Disclosure:
I own glasses, but never wear them.
Have contacts, and have started just using them in one eye.
So I can see my sights and still see far.

I know it sounds weird, but it works great for me!

Barth

[OldFatGuy]

Saw this advertisement. If they work, they would be great for the range.
http://www.goodbyereaders.com/

Oh, never mind. I thought they were glasses, not contacts, didn't read the whole thing, sorry.