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FarmerRick:
I have 20/20 in one eye and 20/15 in the other. As the song goes, "I can see for miles and miles..."   :D

But, up-close is getting fuzzy now that I'm almost 44 1/2 years old.  :o

Thank goodness Menards sells reading glasses by the 3-pack for $4.99.  They're mighty stylish too.   :laugh:

NE Bull:
Isn't this little forum great?  Even the goofy (S&G) posts end up being very informative. :)

bkoenig:
Good to know.  I fully expect to need reading glasses for close up no matter what.  My nearsightedness is fully correctable with contacts or glasses - my prescription hasn't changed in about 20 years.  Anything closer than arms length I can't see anymore unless I look over my glasses or take out my contacts.  It makes doing anything detailed a real pain, like inspecting brass while reloading.  I would be ok with reading glasses, I just don't want to have to deal with bifocals.  I've heard they can really screw up shooting.

sidearm1:
Had Lasiks' in 2001.  Dr. told me right upfront that it did not stop the aging process and that eventually I would need reading glasses.  2012 no glasses yet, but if and when I do, I will know that is what I was told.

SemperFiGuy:
FWIW.............

Dr. Bill Schlichtemeier specializes in Lasik eye surgery in the Omaha area.   He's also been an International Olympics Competition Shooter and currently shoots out of the Weeping Water Gun Club.

If you've watched ordinary bifocal handgun shooters, you've seen them shoot with their heads drawn back and--usually--with their mouths open.    Which is a pretty un-natural shooting stance.   Not to mention kinda ugly.

Dr. S prescribed for me a set of bifocal glasses with the farsighted lens at the top, not the bottom, of the shooting eye side (right hand, for me).   The bifocal-on-top arrangement allows the handgun shooter to use the normal forward body-and-head lean into the sights, rather than tilting back away from them.

This setup brings both front and rear sights on my handguns into sharp, clear focus.    Now--at the same time, the actual target downrange is Really Fuzzy.   But--all you gotta do is shoot into the middle of the fuzz.

Works pretty darn good.


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