Prescription Shooting Glasses

[oneflyer]

Suggestions of makers for shooting glasses (online) and color of lenses. Thanks.

 

[dreever]

http://www.accurateshooter.com/technical-articles/eye-protection-for-shooters/

Scroll down to near the bottom and you'll find a piece i wrote on prescription glasses. I've not found anything better out there than Trivex to date. Go to a good Optomologist for your exam. Then where ever you choose to buy discuss your needs with the person who actually grinds your lenses not the sales girl out front. The front peoplwe are generally stylist for frame selection and won't have a clue what you are talking about.

Danny

 

[RonAKA]

The most important feature of shooting glasses is eye protection. I would go to an optometrist, tell him what you are using them for, and ask for prescription safety glasses. They are widely used in industry, are built to standards for safety, and tend to be less expensive than the "designer" glasses. Coming from someone who has had to wear glasses for over 50 years!

 

[CoverDog]

Morgan Optical---http://www.morganoptical.net

I have purchased 4 pair of Rx lenses from them for my Ranger shooting glasses.
All done over the phone and faxed my Rx to them. Harold Morgan is a optician and a shotgun shooter. I think he is in the ATA HOF ?

As far as colors go I have, light purple, yellow, vermillion (orange/red), and clear. I use the vermilion for shooting trap, skeet and sporting clays. It is great when your background is the green leaves on the trees. Light purple is also good but does not let the targets stand out as much. Targets are really bright with the vermillion.

In the field hunting, the yellow is good, it will always brighten a cloudy day. I'm sure there are many companies that have what you need, I bought from Morgan after meeting him at the Grand trap shooting.

 

[Eddie Harren]

Decot Hy-Wyd The best I've ever found.

 

[Cort]

I second the thought of prescription safety glasses. While Decot, Ranger, Knobloch and others are good shooting glasses, they are not safety glasses. I recommend going with Z87 rated safety glasses.

Cort

 

[TonyR]

I bought a set of WileyX "Jake" prescription glasses. They provide good wrap-around coverage but I have had to treat them with anti-fog or they cloud up when I am on the line and make things worse. I only shoot through a scope so the lenses are clear without any tint or color.

 

[mikecr]

So far I don't see any that actually provide a PERFORMANCE advantage over standard safety glasses. By this I mean they don't adjust the perscription/lenses for the angle we are forced to see through.

You might notice that while free recoil shooting, we are only looking through a very small area of glass right near the inside edge of a lens. Then you might notice that this area in no way matches the center lens prescription.
I would expect this as the very purpose of 'shooting' glasses(beyond standard safety glasses), but it doesn't appear so..

 

[TonyR]

I think you are correct about the optics issues, Mike. I have been told that there are eye doctors near certain government installations that will allow you to bring your weapon to the office and determine the appropriate prescription for use in your shooting position. I have not needed to do this but I know people who have.

 

[mikecr]

I'm confident the position/lens issue will eventually resolve the shrinking moa phenomenon, as a parallax problem seems to pass all tests.

But lens flippers are unlikely to help us