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I can't shoot with glasses?

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Swing360

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I'm not BLIND by any means, but I definitely need and wear glassss everyday. One thing I've noticed is I start shooting and have a relatively hard time hitting my target when I'm wearing my glasses. Everything is just a smudge right or left. However, as soon as I take my glasses off I can easily hit what I'm aiming at. Does the magnification from my glasses effect the magnification from the scope and distort the image? When I focus through the scope with my glasses and am studying my target it wouldn't appear as if there is distortion of any kind. All the lines seem strait and as long as I'm not over magnified everything is crystal clear. 

Almost EVERY shot is off target with my eyes on, but I am probably 90-95% with my glasses off. The challenge really comes in when I pull off the scope to look down range to re-sight or choose another target and it slows me down significantly. 

Also, for those wondering as I haven't had much time for more than 50-60 rounds at a time, but from 200bar on my Krosa I get 40 shots and I land at exactly 150bar. I haven't shot down past that and refill my cylinder, but I'm pretty darn happy with that for now. 

My progress to date has pushed me out to 70yds (comfortably) shooting at plastic joint tubes that are just under a half inch round and 3 inches tall. Even Jedediah is hitting them at 50 yards with the PRod. It's pretty sweet. 

Thanks in advance team!
 
Ryan, I let my glasses ride low on my nose and just look over the top of them? I need my glasses to see the target when not looking through the scope though.
I used to take my glasses off when I shoot, but found out that I really needed them at Field Target events to find the far targets on the lane before I sight them in.
So, I've just made myself get in the habit of looking over them?
 
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"kris"keep adjusting your focus/parallax until you wobble your head/move your eyes and the crosshairs don't move on the target. than the gun will shoot where you point it a
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Ok, being new to this, I've heard explained and mentioned on several occasions what you just said. Most every session I do do what you describe and I feel like I don't notice any movement at all, so I've assumed I've been doing it all wrong. I'll have to try again in the morning before coffee and see what the deal is. 

Jimmy: I tried that, but I've got those "trendy" square frames that just don't allow me to do that unfortunately. I have tried however. 

I'll play with the + - and see if I can get it down. I'm not going back to contacts. That's for sure. 
 
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One easy way to adjust the ocular I use (dunno if it works with glasses):
- set your parallax correctly for the distance you are aiming
- look through the scope
- close your eyes for a couple of seconds, but don't move your eye or head
- open your eye and notice if the reticle is in perfect focus or not. It is important to notice the focus as soon as you open the eye, because it will automatically start to "work" to get the reticle in focus
- if you noticed your eye had to focus on the reticle, adjust the + - on the ocular.
- close your eye and repeat until you get a perfectly focused reticle THE MOMENT you open the eye. 

Having a wrong focused ocular lens on your scope will tire your eye sooner.

On the glasses part, notice if you are looking through them perpendicularly while aiming. I don't wear glasses (maybe I should lol) but a friend of mine wear his in a funny way while shooting so the glasses lenses stay parallel to the scope lenses and the light goes perpendicular through all the lenses involved.
 
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Swing, When you adjust the ocular objective ( the rear eyepiece that locks with the thin ring) do you just look for a clear pic or concentrate on the cross hair.

Try turning the ocular objective until the cross hairs are crystal clear to your eye, then lock it with the ring. Looking down range the scope may be out of focus at this point.

After that use the focus, (assuming you have a side parralax scope), to get a clear view doing all with your glasses on. Then you can do the parralax adjustment... See if that works for you.....hope this helps.

If you are wearing progressive lenses, they may be an effect, as the lenses are curved internally in the glass formation. Also if your prescription is heavy like my wife's coke bottle lenses they have inner glass magnafication layers that are curved... If all else fails, pop them on your brow and fire away.......lol
 
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Your eyeglasses for normal use have the usable area of the sight correction located for looking straight ahead. When you shoot you are looking through a different area of your lens. When I was shooting smallbore prone I had a set of shooting glasses that had my sight correction in the upper right corner of my right lens. When you get glasses for shooting you need to know what you need. I called ahead and told my store that I was a competitive shooter and that I needed to bring my gun in so that we could determine where on the lens I needed the the correction. They were happy to help me. I even was able to shoulder my rifle and while looking through my sights the dr. slipped different lenses between my eye and my rear sight. If you search on google you should be able to find a paper that was written by an ophthalmologist who is also a competitive shooter. Your glasses can be tailored to shooting position, conventional iron notch and post sights, apertures, or scopes. You can do so much with color filters and polarization to suit your shooting. Your typical glasses may have your prescription on them but that prescription has to be located in the right location on the lens or you are really at a disadvantage. Another possibility is to get real competition shooting frames which will only have one lens. You will be able to move that lens to wherever the optimum location is and you can get an occluder for the other eye if you need it. It all depends on how serious you are. http://www.pilkguns.com/varga.shtml http://www.champchoice.com/store/Main.aspx?p=CategoryBody&c=OPEYKN The thing about shooting glasses is that they are a compromise of the normal prescription you need for everyday wear. It really helps to be able to take your rifle or pistol into the store and then they can fix you right up. Call them first, but this is how it is done.
 
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