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Trying to get used to glasses

fasteddie

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I have bi-focals and havn't been wearing them much . I have been wearing reading glasses when I need to see things close up . I have been wearing the prescription glasses the last few times when shooting in the back yard . Boy ! It is taking some getting used to !!!!!

How do glasses work when using a peep sight? Any problems?

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nyslowhand Enthusiast

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There's very little detail in a peep sight, just light and your arm's length sight housing with the pins.

If you were to put a finely detailed feature within the peep, like a thin crosshair - then there's a problem.

I did have to find just the right sized peep (ID) to just allow the sight housing to fill the peep, then focus on the pin & target.

I wear tri-focals, so close, middle & far distances are an issue w/o glasses.

Like Eddie is finding out, it takes time to adjust.

I do okay, never be a tournament archer by any stretch of the imagination.

Can consistently put them in the kill zone when practicing out to ~30 yds.

At 35-40 yds I begin to loose sharpness in the target because I'm focusing on the pin with my middle lenses.

May not be my vision issues, but the situation that really messes me up is if I'm in bright light & shooting into a darker or shaded area.

I've pretty much had to give up on any rifles with open sights and my deer slug gun with the beaded sight.

Do okay with my turkey shot gun with a beaded sight, with that close counts.

Don't need to tell any of you other gray hairs, just need to adjust around your limitations.

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sweet old bill Newbie

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I am like you I use reading glasses for the computer and bi focal for TV and work around the house with small partes etc. But when I go to shooting the bow I use a slide type fiber optic sight with .029 pin size and it works for me. If I use a 3 pin sight I have to again make sure I use the lager pins and or they bled together. I tried glasses and could not for the life of me get them not to fog up and or slip down when I was shooting.

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wztirem Newbie

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hey I will try that to stop the fogging.

There is really not much that can be done to prevent glasses from fogging up other than getting contact lenses. As I too wear bifocals, the trick is to not allow the glasses to get warm and then expose them to colder temperatures.

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Culvercreek hunt club Enthusiast

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What I have found is ....I have 2 pairs of glasses. Both cause the point of impact to be in different spots....and different from my naked eye. They are both the same prescription but one set is progressive bifocals. I think the perimeter of the lenses are ground differently and the refraction is different. Caused me a few issues because at times of mist and fogging lenses I would not wear them.

Try I some time....look across the bridge of your nose and turn your head just a bit focusing on a fixed object. It appears to move because of thw refraction....poses a problem for that sight pin location.

My POI is 6 to 8 inches different without my glasses at 20 yards. Just reinforces...practice just like you hunt

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