kindabitey
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I am a retired optometrist who has shot benchrest, now f class and prs, very little pistol. Regardless of age, a person can focus at only one distance at a time. So, on a pistol, the pistol sights must be focused and aligned, and this will always leave the target blurred; it has to. As we age we All lose the ability to 'accommodate'/focus on near objects. I find that wearing a pair of reading glasses is all I need for pistol shooting, power based on age, where the distance to pistol sights at arms length is about 16 inches, and that is where a +2.50 will focus. The weaker the reading glasses are, the less blurred the target will be. In PRS matches, there can be quite a number of turret changes, plus variations in lighting, so what works for me is a pair of bifocal shooting glasses. Sometimes I will buy the shooting glasses and add the press-on bifocal segs, in a +3.00, since the turret is about 13 inches away from my eye; I will position them high enough so minimal head movement is required. I have heard of shooters placing them 'upside down' on the lenses.
So for those wearing CLs or had Lasik with a distance only correction, these systems could work: readers for pistol, bifocals for rifle. I could try to address specific situations if you like. BTW, another issue I have seen mentioned is a shooter seeing a double image or ghost image, especially when looking at the reticle. Quite often this is a result of an uncorrected astigmatism(a refractive error) in the prescription. You'll need to seek out a professional to fix that one.
Another option for CL wearers is monovision, one eye for distance the other for near. Many like this system, tho you lose depth perception.
Monovision is the only thing I've found, so far, that works. Shooting PRS type matches, I normally wear a close up contact in my left eye to be able to see turrets, dope card, etc. and nothing in my right eye (I have a fairly weak script) I normally wear bi-focals any other time.