Many of us have noticed more difficulty in shooting skills as we age. If you are over 40 or so you no longer have the ability to adjust your eyes to varying distances like before. You may notice you are slower at acquiring clear focus. Needing more light is also pretty much expected. Thankfully we have many wonderful scopes and red dot devices. Getting older also brings things like cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration. Anyone noticing issues with glare, halos, floaters, dryness? How are you coping fellow shooters?
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all of the above mentioned are slow to develop so one just naturally develops what it takes to cope , or wait for the right time for surgery.
BTW many of these can be claimed under the wonderful Medicare , just have your eye doctor claim the ailment restricts your ability to drive safely.
BTW many of these can be claimed under the wonderful Medicare , just have your eye doctor claim the ailment restricts your ability to drive safely.
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Actually, anything that has a medical diagnosis and code is billable to Medicare. Includes everything from cataracts to dry eye to a bump on your lid to droopy lids. My first use of Medicare was for my torn retina which was fixed right away by laser.
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I'm a lefty but right eye dominant I've always shot from the left side, never really had too much of an issue with the left not being my dominant eye. Last year, about this time, I decided to convert to the right side, due to my left eye sight getting weaker and glaucoma getting worse. Flipped the tops on my shooting benches over and told myself I had all winter to get comfortable. About two weeks later I gave up and went back to the left side. I just never felt comfortable.
Well, here we go again. Left eye has gotten worse, actually quite a bit. The good news is I'm actually fairly comfortable this time around shouldering and aiming my airguns from the right and I can see my targets soooo much better. I think I'm at the point of giving up my hobby (which ain't happening) or staying with the right side.
Well, here we go again. Left eye has gotten worse, actually quite a bit. The good news is I'm actually fairly comfortable this time around shouldering and aiming my airguns from the right and I can see my targets soooo much better. I think I'm at the point of giving up my hobby (which ain't happening) or staying with the right side.
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Stay with the right side AND never never give up. BTW 15% of the population is cross dominant. I am a righty but left eye dominant. If I get tired of using my right eye while shooting I switch to the left eye. It works surprisingly well. Best wishes with your glaucoma.
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Beside needing glasses to...see... I also have astigmatism. So THAT sucks.
Some red dot sights work, with an astigmatism, most don't. I've had the best luck with Holosun red dot sights, and the dot staying...fairly...round and crisp.
What I've been slowly switching to is "Prism" sights. They are a cross between a dot sight and a scope. BUT, they are small and light, like a dot sight.
Primary Arms are good, SwampFox are very nice. Vortex...yeah sorta. Sig Sauer, don't know...too expensive.
Mike
Some red dot sights work, with an astigmatism, most don't. I've had the best luck with Holosun red dot sights, and the dot staying...fairly...round and crisp.
What I've been slowly switching to is "Prism" sights. They are a cross between a dot sight and a scope. BUT, they are small and light, like a dot sight.
Primary Arms are good, SwampFox are very nice. Vortex...yeah sorta. Sig Sauer, don't know...too expensive.
Mike
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Mike, i f you have glasses that give you full correction including astigmatism, most red dots should work once you get a little practice in. If you are trying to use a red dot without your glasses on that would be a problem.
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I discovered red dots a year ago so now I can shoot my pistols again, My pumper and springer pistols have taken a backseat,, Cant really place a red dot on a pumper or a springer without getting funky in pumping or loading , The PCPs are here to stay..
Mike
Mike
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This
is correct for me.I've been using red dots for years. I have astigmatism correction in my glasses. Good quality red dots look perfect with my glasses on. Not so without.
I found the inexpensive red dots do not have a perfectly round dot with, or without, my spectacles.
YMMV.
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It is most certainly true. If you don't think it is, than I have some bad news for you. Your glasses were not and are not ground correctly. Every time, in the past thirty years that I have heard someone complain about this that has been the case. It has been more common than not, that my eyeglasses have not been ground correctly for my astigmatism too. Now when I buy glasses the first thing I do is check them using a red dot sight. Use your cell phone and take a picture of the dot with it, if the dot is round with that, but not when you are looking at it through your glasses, your glasses are wrong, have them redone. While looking through the red dot sight, spin it, and if the blobs don't spin with the sight, that's your uncorrected astigmatism showing up. It makes me furious how many times they get the prescription wrong for astigmatism. I'm sure it's because most people have no way to really gauge it, unless they use dot sights.
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I hope your correct. I will try it. I have worn glass since 4th grade. Numerous Drs and labs involved. I have never seen a dot just a spyder. I will report back I have an appoinment coming up after the first of the year.
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Ok 0k Puma Carl, I have my picture and am on a mission. Thank you. I hope I am wrong and you are right.
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Jeffppc, it will be interesting to see what your doc says. I am an optometrist in my other life. I routinely deal with all things optical including management of cataracts and other surgeries. Don't hesitate to ask any questions that might arise. Always happy to help.
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Thank you. I take it you agree with the information on incorrectly ground lenses. Any advsntage with glass vs plastic?
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Bring the smallest red sight with you when you get your eyes checked (off gun of course) and when the doctor has your vision corrected with his testing equipment, hold the red dot sight up and have a look at what the dot is supposed to look like. If he can't correct your astigmatism with his equipment, then you will know that you're screwed, unless of course, you get LASIK, which he will tell you, I am sure. The important thing is to bring the dot sight with you when you pick up your glasses and check that they correct for your astigmatism right there, before you pay for them.
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Almost all Rx's are done in some kind of plastic due to better protection and reduced weight. Glass at one time had better optics but good quality plastic, polycarbonate, or hi index plastic are quite good from the quality labs. Good quality anti reflection coating is nice but cheap anti reflection coating not so good.
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To answer your original question, I am coping by buying better optics. It really does make a difference. Unfortunately, my eyes are going downhill, starting with cataracts and have floaters, big time. My mother went blind, she had everything go wrong, glaucoma and macular degeneration, so my prospects aren't good but my scopes are getting better.
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