kiffy Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) hi folks, im not the best of shots with my shotgun and have always put it down to my being utterly useless but my regular shotoing partner has for some time said he thinks my glasses are the problem as their quite narrow only being about 30mm tall but i never thought anything of it but i went for a round of dtl yesterday and after having struggled more than usual one of the ground owners spent some time with me.. my guns not a trap gun so i know that effects it but he had me holding my sporting gun and his trap gun correctly and looking into his eye and between us we worked out that with a perfect mount im only using a corner of my lens so about 80% or more of my vision when on a target is complete blur (i have really bad eyes) which when looking for a moving target can prove a problem as i tend to lift my head from the gun to find it. so it looks like so that i can see correctly im mounting the gun wrong which is where my problems come, part of which is lifting my head from the stock so he sugegsted i get different glasses as my eyes are stuffed i pay a lot extra for thin lenses so thought id ask if anyones had similar problems and if they got it sorted with a glasses change... would like to check first before i spend a few hundred quid on new glasses Edited April 28, 2014 by kiffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) I looked at prescription shooting glasses, or ones with prescription inserts, but decided on contact lenses instead. Daily disposables. That way I can wear any shooting glasses I want on on top. I think the lenses come to about £1.30 a day (Toric lenses for astigmatism) which I suppose would add up over time, but I only wear them when shooting. Never having worn lenses before, they are a bit of a revelation - almost like magic. Edited April 28, 2014 by aris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiffy Posted April 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 i wore contacts for donkies years both extended wear ones i wore for a month and dailies but my one eye dropped to a level where i couldnt get contacts for it.. i cant even have them lasered as my one eyes to bad. i did stick with the dailis for my mountain biking even though they where not strong enough but havent tried them for three years or so now, maybe ill give them another go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) i wore contacts for donkies years both extended wear ones i wore for a month and dailies but my one eye dropped to a level where i couldnt get contacts for it.. i cant even have them lasered as my one eyes to bad. i did stick with the dailis for my mountain biking even though they where not strong enough but havent tried them for three years or so now, maybe ill give them another go Speak to your optometrist. Contact lenses technology seems to be growing exponentially - they may well have something which works for you now. I was quite amazed to see they even have bifocal/multifocal contact lenses. Edited April 28, 2014 by aris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiffy Posted April 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 ive just been looking online as last time i spoke to him about contacts which was about six months ago he couldnt get over a -10 but nosing around online now and i see them in upto -12.5 and extended wear in upto -12.0. im gona phone my optician up now to see if he can get them.. failing that ill get a copy of my precription and order online. aris, if you havent tried them try the extended wear lenses their lovley... it was amazing that i could wake in the night for a pee and not have to try and find my glasses in the dark... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bb Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 I wear variofocals which, like your glasses, don't have the vertical size necessary, when my cheek's on the stock I'm peering over the top of my glasses. I bought a pair of Top Gun shooting glasses with the prescription lens insert. Specsavers said they couldn't put varifocal lens in, Vision Express just got on and did it. I've been wearing these for a couple of years now and they work for me, I can see through them to the clay and write the score on the card after! If you have a "fixed" prescription it should be even easier to fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) ive just been looking online as last time i spoke to him about contacts which was about six months ago he couldnt get over a -10 but nosing around online now and i see them in upto -12.5 and extended wear in upto -12.0. im gona phone my optician up now to see if he can get them.. failing that ill get a copy of my precription and order online. aris, if you havent tried them try the extended wear lenses their lovley... it was amazing that i could wake in the night for a pee and not have to try and find my glasses in the dark... I may well give wearing lenses permanently a go sometime - but my eyes aren't that bad (yet) -1.25 - so at the moment it's just for work, and driving, and shooting of course. My wife is a -6, and can't see her hands in front of her face without her lenses (she wears hard gas permeable ones) - so I can sympathise with you with a -10! One thing I found was that not all optometrists would offer everything available, so if they say 'no' that doesn't mean it isn't possible - just perhaps they don't sell that brand of lens which offers the features you require. Check out this price comparison site if you want to buy online: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/Cheap-Contact-Lenses/ They will want a current contact lens prescription and will contact your optometrist too. Buying contacts isn't like buying spectacles. Edited April 28, 2014 by aris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiffy Posted April 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 oh im not a -10 thats where the lenses i used to wear stopped, im -12 in one eye and -6 in the other so im blind as a bat i bought contacts online years ago, i would prefer to buy local as hes a top guy and we always end up talking about photography for ages when im in as were both into it but i bought some once about half what he charged me, i said to him if you can get close ill buy as i want to buy from you but he couldnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 A tack that I have had success with (as far as seeing that is) is snooker glasses with a "tilt up" lenses - works fine for vision with head on the stock and brown photochromic helps with sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Merkel Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Have a word with these guys at Bisley they are very helpful and gave me some good advise. Best of luck Tim http://www.stewardsportsglasses.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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