New glasses messing up shooting

[Orion]

I've been wearing progressive lenses for more than 15 years, and they really haven't affected my shooting.  Now, I don't have a real strong prescription, and my lenses are not terribly large as to change my anchor, but they work just fine for me.  

In fact, they may even help my shooting.  When I don't turn my head enough toward the target and instead look across the lense rather than straight through it, there is some distortion.  That's a signal for me to turn my head more toward the target.  In effect, the progressives help make sure I don't align my eyes improperly on the target.

[David Mitchell]

Happy birthday, Bill.  You caught up with me!  

[bowgy]

I got progressive lenses about five months ago and my shooting has really improved.  They work great for me.

[dad]

I have progressive lens and at anything over 15 yards is fuzzy and some tomes I can't focus. I put and old pair of single vision on and everything from 5 yards to what ever distance so far are focused. I guess I'm lucky I only need the progressive for reading. I will use single vision for bow shooting. with rifles progressive are fine.

[3undr]

i use an old pair of glasses that don't have bifocals for shooting traditional and progressive for guns and such

[Stumpkiller]

Done that.  You do eventually get used to them.  I have the progressive bifocals and they messed me up big time initially.  Whenever I change frames as well.

Next time explain to your optician (and again to the folks who fit your for the frames and lenses) that you need the widest possible field for focusing on an object that you are not facing.  They default that you will always be pointing your nose right where you are focusing.  We do not.

[Danny Rowan]

I have worn glasses most of my life, been wearing bifocals for the last 10 years, never had a problem shooting my bows.

I have 20/20 eyes with just a slight astigmatism, but anything under 4 feet is a mystery until I have readers on.  I have progressive lenses, larger size, that do not affect my shooting right handed, but I hate them. The progressive part is very small and I have to tilt my head back when at the computer and I cannot read sheet music because the zone is too small. Shooting left handed the edge of the glasses blocks one eye, my head does not turn far enough to the right. getting old and blind is a bitch.

[30coupe]

Originally posted by Orion:
I've been wearing progressive lenses for more than 15 years, and they really haven't affected my shooting.  Now, I don't have a real strong prescription, and my lenses are not terribly large as to change my anchor, but they work just fine for me.  

In fact, they may even help my shooting.  When I don't turn my head enough toward the target and instead look across the lense rather than straight through it, there is some distortion.  That's a signal for me to turn my head more toward the target.  In effect, the progressives help make sure I don't align my eyes improperly on the target.

Wow, thanks for posting that. I was starting to think I was some sort of freak, but that has been exactly my experience with them. My cousin has been wearing progressives for years and shoots great with them, which is why I switched from traditional trifocals to progressives. I like the darned things.

The only problem I have with any glasses is fogging once the weather cools, especially if I am wearing a balaclava. I tried contacts, and they do work well for shooting and not fogging. The problem is I can't see close up with them: cell phone, compass, etc. Field dressing game with a razor sharp knife and blurry vision is also kind of scary! If fogging becomes an issue, I take my glasses off. Then I'm fine until dusk.    :mad:

[Moots]

I shoot with progressive lenses, but after reading this post I think that I will try distance only lenses.

Then again . . . I won't be able to blame those shots on those darn lenses.

[MCNSC]

Thanks for the inmput guys. I just got these new glasses and wanted to see how I could shoot with them. Really glad I did before wearing them hunting. Thankfully my distance vision is good enough that I don't need the glasses for hunting. I will give the glasses a better chance, like mentioned maybe if I don't turn my head as much they will work ok.
 I really thought something had changed on my bow. Arrows were grouping fine, just not where they were supposed to be. Took off the glasses and the arrows were right back where they were supposed to be.
 Mike