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do any of you have this problem....

i wear glasses. i cant see anything real sharp that is more than 12 meters away (or there about) if i am wearing my glasses, it is really hard for me to see my front sight sharp and the rear sight is very blurry.

if i take them off i can really get good sight picture but the target is so fuzzed out that it is hard for me to see where the front sight really is in realation to the target.

i just had an eye exam 1 year ago and my current eye glasses are alright . is this a common problem? is there anything i can do to help?

Bubba, I would suggest that you need to get your eyes tested again and get a shooting prescription made up.

What you are describing sounds to me like either the original prescription was wrong or your eyesight has changed quite a bit in the last year (not as uncommon as you might think). To do that it is best to see a shooting optometrist. They already know what you want without you having to tell them.

Make sure you take your shooting frames with you to the eye test and ensure that they set the testing frames at the same eye relief.

bubba

as one of those who find that the stars in the night sky are out of focus as they are too close, I comment LUCKY YOU (with absolutely no sarcasm intended) - with a little correction you can keep the front sight in focus all the time.

Spencer

Dr Norman Wong, a shooting optometrist, has an excellent series of articles at http://www.starreloaders.com/edhall/nwongarts.html. I believe he is located in California, so you might consider traveling there for an exam. The first article in the series is helpful if you are you using an optometrist (or opthamologist) who is not familiar with the needs of shooters.

Bubba,
When I needed corrective lenses for shooting, I visited a shooting-friendly optometrist that fortunately works in my area. He even encouraged me to bring one of my handguns with me to his office. Having gone through the process once, I learned that it’s not rocket science, so any competent optometrist should be able to help you. My guy had a kit of lenses in a variety of strengths in quarter diopter increments. Holding my gun out at arms length with my street glasses on, he held one of the test lenses in front of my master eye until we found the one that seemed to give the best focus on the front sight. Then knowing what my street prescription was, he was able to write a new prescription that factored in the strength of the test lens. Following his advice, I ordered a set of glasses with high impact polycarbonate lenses in an industrial type safety frame. It may not be the most stylish pair of glasses on the planet, but they protect my eyes and allow me to see the sights clearly with the target slightly blurred. If your local optometrists are unwilling to let you bring in a gun (I removed the cylinder on mine), I think you can accomplish a good fit holding a pencil at arms length, or make yourself an L-shaped stick with a finish nail on the end of it.

thanks for all the tips guys. i guess its off to an eye doctor again.

oh, just an FYI. my name is not bubba. its adrian.
i have a homework assignement for all of you. find out what movie bubba zenetti is a charachter in.

Adrian, as well as your shooting frames (as distance from cornea to lens surface is important), I suggest taking a ruler with a front sight attached to it so that you can hold out the front sight at the same distance as you shoot your pistol, the proposed prescription can then be tested.

bubba_zenetti wrote: i have a homework assignement for all of you. find out what movie bubba zenetti is a charachter in.

Just did a Google search on the name. Couldn't find the answer to your question, but that's a pretty wild universe that is associated with that name!!

Fred

Well, if you spelled it with an "a" I'd say you you were referring to Bubba Zanetti, played by Geoff Parry in Mad Max. But with an "e" it's hard to say.<smile>

Take Care,
Ed Hall
http://www.airforceshooting.org/
http://www.starreloaders.com/edhall/

Ed Hall wrote:Well, if you spelled it with an "a" I'd say you you were referring to Bubba Zanetti, played by Geoff Parry in Mad Max. But with an "e" it's hard to say.<smile>

Take Care,
Ed Hall
http://www.airforceshooting.org/
http://www.starreloaders.com/edhall/

you got it. but i always thought it was spelled with an "E".

wow, time to change the spelling!

My source could be wrong, but spelled with an "a" it comes up to the right character in Google. As a point of interest, IMDb says that the actor, Geoff Parry, is sometimes credited as Geoff Perry. Is there a pattern here?

Take Care,
Ed Hall
http://www.airforceshooting.org/
http://www.starreloaders.com/edhall/

I think it's the difference between the Canadian "A?" and the Australian "Eh?" perhaps . . . something to do with the Coriolis effect undoubtedly!

=8^)

Steve