Open Sights And Bifocals

[jrbsr]

I am a hand gun shooter.
I shoot open sights.
I am 46 years old.
I now need bifocals to see up close.
I am having trouble seeing the sights. [&o]

I haven't got any bifocals yet.
Right now I just wear focus toric contacs.
And wear cheap reading glass's.
It helps me see close but not far away.
Like the target.

Any one have any ideas
Other than scopes ?

Thank You

[James B]

Peep sights are really the only option that I have found. With a peep sight you look through the hole at the front sight. With bifocals a guy can see either the front sight and the target or the rear sight and fron sight but maybe not the target. You can find some good peep sights for many handguns including the Rugers and T/C's

[8mm/06]

Tell your optometrist you're a shooter and describe whats involved in your different shooting sports (optically that is) in case he doesn't understand.
I'm lucky that my brother is an optometrist, and he's made me a few pair of glasses for the woods and for the bench.....he adjusts where the focal point is on the lens for different rifle applications....I'm right handed and right eyed so that makes it convenient to place the focal point high and off center for when I'm using a scoped rifle at the bench. It's different for me in the woods so he cheats the focal point more to the regular center for my field hunting glasses and sunglasses.
I don't do a lot of pistol shooting but I can see where straight bifocals or progressive lenses may create problems for you.
The sad truth is, Mother Nature's playing games with our eyes as we age.... and reading fine print starts to look like someone trying to play the trombone. So trying to focus on more than one (or two) focal points all at once is a problem.
Your optometrist may have options for you but the peep is a great tool to clear up the front sight picture. I'm 53 and I feel your pain!

[renfrowridge]

8mm is right I went to the doc. and he made me a pair of shooting glasses they work great no problem with open sight now.