I'm not too sure what forum to bring this up on so I'll post it here. I've been a shooter all my life. Now I find I can't get a clear sight picture through a scope. I guess the eyes are getting old. If I adjust my eyeglasses carefully, I can find a spot that allows me to see. I'm not sure what to do. Hate to give it up after all these years. I'm not sure if an eye doctor would even consider helping. Any suggestions? Anybody else went through this?
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How long has it been since you have seen an optometrist? If it's been a while, go see them. Old age is a b*tch, she gets us all. Possibly your scope has run it's course, dropped too many times, look down a fellow shooter's scope and see if you can get a clear picture.
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Went to See a Good Optometrist
I am primarily a rifle shooter these days. When it came time for bifocals, I talked to a really good optometrist (who is also a shooter). He advised me that it is possible to specify where in the lens (vertically) the grind should transition from distance to close view. We talked about my job (consulting and computer software implementation), my hobbies (shooting, sailing, woodworking), and where in my frame of vertical vision it would make most sense to transition the varilux lenses. I now wear a pair of clip-on sewing glasses for really close stuff, like sorting brass by reading the case head markings, or doing fine work as on triggers. Other than that, I can see through a scope quite well, and use open sights OK. Old is a nuisance, but with the right help it's possible to keep doing the fun stuff without struggling!
I am primarily a rifle shooter these days. When it came time for bifocals, I talked to a really good optometrist (who is also a shooter). He advised me that it is possible to specify where in the lens (vertically) the grind should transition from distance to close view. We talked about my job (consulting and computer software implementation), my hobbies (shooting, sailing, woodworking), and where in my frame of vertical vision it would make most sense to transition the varilux lenses. I now wear a pair of clip-on sewing glasses for really close stuff, like sorting brass by reading the case head markings, or doing fine work as on triggers. Other than that, I can see through a scope quite well, and use open sights OK. Old is a nuisance, but with the right help it's possible to keep doing the fun stuff without struggling!
Its called being far sighted. Take a magnifying glass and adjust it until print comes into focus with your glasses off. What you are doing is altering the focal length. A scope is just a series of magnifying glasses. Theoretically, you should be able to find a distance from your eyeball with the scope adjusted a certain way, to make it work. But there are limits to how far a scope will adjust and what distance from your eyeball they will work. I would try fiddling with an unmounted scope to prove if it is possible to get it in focus for you.
I have been far sighted for a few years now. I have had to refocus my scopes as my prescription has changed but that is all. Some of the eye pieces are about to run out of threads.
I had a problem a few years back where I couldn't get a scope to focus to duit my eyes.
Cataract Surgery plus lasic surgery in both eyes and now even the "Irons" look like they did years ago.
I do however need 1.5 "readers".
Cataract Surgery plus lasic surgery in both eyes and now even the "Irons" look like they did years ago.
I do however need 1.5 "readers".
Could be any of the several things suggested so far, but have you tried focusing your scope?
The rear eye piece is designed to be adjusted (lock ring loosened and the eyepiece screwed in and out until its sharp, not the distance it sits from your face in the rings) for focus for each individual person. If you knew this, ok, but I'm surprised at how many people don't know it. You may need to readjust it to your eyes as they change.
The rear eye piece is designed to be adjusted (lock ring loosened and the eyepiece screwed in and out until its sharp, not the distance it sits from your face in the rings) for focus for each individual person. If you knew this, ok, but I'm surprised at how many people don't know it. You may need to readjust it to your eyes as they change.
I take my glasses off or push them up on my head. All my scopes are adjusted for shooting without my glasses. It is too hard to arrange your head to look through one single spot on a set of multifocal glasses. At least through mine.
I've got a friend who is 93 years old,he wore glasses to shoot then he had lasik surgery done on his eyes now he has 20-20 and still a great wing-shot.
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