Please help: aging eyes, prescription lens pistol shooting glasses

[GeorgeWInPA]

I currently shoot using my progressive lenses which is not ideal because it requires head tilt to get right focal length. Now that I am wading into USPSA, I'd like to get dedicated glasses for shooting competition. I definitely need both distance and close up focus. Any advice on bifocal, monofocal, etc..? Any recommendation for an optometrist or eye doc with experience helping shooters (within 2 hour drive from Doylestown in Bucks county).

Thanks in advance.

[AllenJr]

I discoved 1x reading glasses work great for seeing the sights and targets. I had prescription glasses made for shooting. They have the auto darkening. The darkening can be a hindrance at times. Stop by the dollar store. And grab a pair of cheap readers.

[JAKIII]

And remember this about target acquisition.

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[DukeConnor]

And remember this about target acquisition.

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I just usually align the three fuzzy blobs

[GeorgeWInPA]

Thanks.

[Exbiker]

I hated progressives. I need defined lines where reading and distance are. I'm not a competitive shooter but for me I have the reading down as low as possible. I got in my tractor looked out over the hood and used a sharpie to make a line so the reading part ended at the top of my dash board. Everything like the hood is in the distance part.

[RobW]

For USPSA the traditional "front sight focus" doesn't work very well at all. I of course don't know how much better or worse your vision is than my own, but I've been tilting at this windmill for two solid years lol. What I am running right now is a pair of ESS Crossbow glasses with two different Rx inserts. For optics, I have one that is my normal distance prescription, single focus, in both eyes. For irons I have a pair that has my distance prescription in my left (non-dominant) eye and my front-sight prescription (-2.00) in my right eye. For some people this is headache inducing but for me it is the best compromise. When running and gunning it makes target focused shooting possible, but I can kind of focus in when I need to get a really clear sight picture.

I've tried basically every combination and it all boils down to being able to see both the front sight and the target depending on where I am focusing. Either/or didn't cut it for various reasons, at least not for me. The worst option IMHO was front-sight focus in both eyes, too many targets that you just can't see at speed e.g. a stage with TWO Texas swingers at 15 yards or so.

[t1066]

As my eyes get older, a holographic red-dot lets me see the target clearly with a crisp red dot at my point of aim, without special glasses. I don't know if that is allowed in shooting sports, as I'm not actively involved in them at the moment.

[RobW]

As my eyes get older, a holographic red-dot lets me see the target clearly with a crisp red dot at my point of aim, without special glasses. I don't know if that is allowed in shooting sports, as I'm not actively involved in them at the moment.

Yup, going with a dot is the end game. I am very stubbornly holding to my iron sight guns for Limited and Single Stack, but I have an Open gun on order and have shot a bunch of Carry Optics as well. If you go with the dot the problem isn't a problem anymore!

[Manxdriver]

Get a 1911, or, better yet, join the US military and learn point shooting. Even the prophet, John Moses Browning knew, point shooting is faster and better than silly sight acquisition. I learned point shooting and I am 62 now and can still hit a thrown beer bottle/spray paint can FROM THE HOLSTER!