jwai86 wrote:I wear prescription glasses for myopia and am cross eye dominant (right handed but left eye dominant), and often have difficulty getting a consistently good view through a scope. This was very noticeable during a couple of Try Shooting sessions where I used a rimfire rifle. Do glasses affect the amount of eye relief required or any other scope settings?
Oldbloke wrote:Hi, jwa,
I wear bifocals and it is a PITA.
I have found it does not effect eye relief.
However you need to decide if you will shoot using or not using your glasses. As I only really do a bit of hunting I wear mine all the time and have adjusted the ocular to suit.
NOTE: adjusting the ocular may change your POI.
Oldbloke wrote:Hi, jwa,
I wear bifocals and it is a PITA.
I have found it does not effect eye relief.
However you need to decide if you will shoot using or not using your glasses. As I only really do a bit of hunting I wear mine all the time and have adjusted the ocular to suit.
NOTE: adjusting the ocular may change your POI.
Oldbloke wrote:To state the obvious.
Making sure the glasses are clean is important.
I mix a few drops of dish washing detergent in a small spay bottle. (perhaps 100ml) and use that to clean them daily, ( toilet or tissue is fine) nice and clean and stops fogging if wearing a mask)
on_one_wheel wrote:There was an article in one of the ssaa shooter magazines about an optometrist who made glasses especially for shooters, the lenses were cut in such a way that they worked best when shouldering and sighting a rifle.
With some research you'll be able to find and contact him.
pomemax wrote:All this about scopes and glasses Never had any dramas with them .
I use trifocal lenses and sight in scopes same as always (age 66)
I bet you problem is coming from your other eye the unscoped one its just a matter of training you sight if you keep shutting the unscoped eye its will always be a problem you have to train you brain to separate the images your getting may take some time too .
if your shooting a rifle scoped it does not matter what eye is dominant you set the scope for 1 eye .
optometrist who made glasses especially for shooters was from Muswellbrook but i think it was more for a pistol shooter point of view he made work glasses too He use to travel to factories /job sights in Sydney that,s where I was chatting to him .
jwai86 wrote:I wear prescription glasses for myopia and am cross eye dominant (right handed but left eye dominant), and often have difficulty getting a consistently good view through a scope. This was very noticeable during a couple of Try Shooting sessions where I used a rimfire rifle. Do glasses affect the amount of eye relief required or any other scope settings?
Oldbloke wrote:pomemax wrote:All this about scopes and glasses Never had any dramas with them .
I use trifocal lenses and sight in scopes same as always (age 66)
I bet you problem is coming from your other eye the unscoped one its just a matter of training you sight if you keep shutting the unscoped eye its will always be a problem you have to train you brain to separate the images your getting may take some time too .
if your shooting a rifle scoped it does not matter what eye is dominant you set the scope for 1 eye .
optometrist who made glasses especially for shooters was from Muswellbrook but i think it was more for a pistol shooter point of view he made work glasses too He use to travel to factories /job sights in Sydney that,s where I was chatting to him .
Untill it rains or they fog up in the bush.