Reading Glasses

[MD DEERHUNTER]

Wheter I'm shooting at the range or out hunting should I be using my reading glasses when I'm looking through the scope? The reason I'm asking this question is because over the weekend I was taking pictures with my digital camera and when I was looking through the view finder everything looked blurry. But after I downloaded the pictures on the computer the picture came out clear as day.

[pluckit]

Just adjust your eye bell so the cross hairs are nice and sharp without the glasses on. That's one of the reasons us half blind people use scopes, so we can leave the glasses in the truck.

[ronlaughlin]

Originally Posted by MD DEERHUNTER

Wheter I'm shooting at the range or out hunting should I be using my reading glasses when I'm looking through the scope?............................

No you shouldn't. The reason we older folk use reading glass, is because our eyeball cannot focus on near objects. The image in your rifle scope is at infinity, and thus is far far away. You don't need them reading glass to see things far away. What you should do is what pluckit suggested; spin the eye chingadero, until the cross hair is clear and sharp to your vision, when you throw the rifle up. The cross hair wants to be clear and sharp when you first look at it, not after you stare at it awhile, and your eyeball struggles to focus on it.

[Semisane]

Reading glasses would be the worst thing for trying to get a clear view through a scope.

I wear bifocals with both distance and reading correction, but see fairly well out beyond 50 yards without them. I also carry binoculars when hunting and hate using them with my glasses on.

One of the reasons I really like my several Simmons 4x ProDiamond scopes is they have what Simmons calls a "fast focus eyepiece" which allows you to quickly focus the scope to suit your vision by turning a focus ring at the very end of the rear lens - kind of like the focus ring on binoculars. It's a real nice feature because you can very quickly adjust it for glasses or naked eye.

So weather I happen to be sitting on a stand and reading with my glasses on, or glassing and area with binoculars with my glasses off, I can quickly change the scope for the situation.

[rdpettit]

Ron is correct about this.

Originally Posted by ronlaughlin

No you shouldn't. The reason we older folk use reading glass, is because our eyeball cannot focus on near objects. The image in your rifle scope is at infinity, and thus is far far away. You don't need them reading glass to see things far away. What you should do is what pluckit suggested; spin the eye chingadero, until the cross hair is clear and sharp to your vision, when you throw the rifle up. The cross hair wants to be clear and sharp when you first look at it, not after you stare at it awhile, and your eyeball struggles to focus on it.

[Rogo]

I took my scope to my eye doctor and had him make me a pair of glasses to be used strictly for hunting or range work. I leave my bi-focs in the truck, put them on and I am good to go. Works great for me.