Shooting Glasses for cheapskates

[Bsquareng]

Here is an easy and VERY inexpensive way to see if shooting Glasses might help your sight picture. If you wear glasses for driving, get a set of the lowest power clip-on reading Glasses you can find. I looked for +0.75, but +1.00 was the best I could do. Use a strip of 1" Scotch Magic tape to occlude your non aiming eye and a strip of electrical tape with a hole produced with a leather punch for an aperture ‐ 2 to 3 mm will be about right. Line everything up by aiming your pistol at the bathroom mirror and stick the two pieces of tape where they need to go on the flipped down lenses.

If you don't wear glasses, you can get +0.75 plastic lens reading glasses via the internet and everything else is the same.

This setup allows you to move the strips of tape to wherever they work best, adjust the size of aperture, and even change the tilt of your head for no cost. I found a big improvement in sharpness of the front sight, a slight improvement in target focus and easier concentration on the sights. All for less than $15.

If and when I decide to drop some $$ on custom shooting glasses, I will know just what to ask for.
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[Rover]

The Dollar Store is your friend!

[Gwhite]

The college pistol teem I help coach uses these for students who don't wear glasses:

https://www.safetyglassesusa.com/delta- ... RX-500C-05

They are available in +0.50D and 0.75D strength. +0.75D is theoretically close to optimum, but many students are bothered by how blurry the black gets, and they tend to prefer +0.50D. Once they get used to them, some eventually switch to +0.75D

[Ramon OP]

Décathlon sells these cheap shooting glasses https://www.decathlon.fr/p/monture-de-t ... mc=8580690

[BobGee]

Both products look to be good value, especially the Decathlon item.

Bob

[SPPcoach]

Décathlon sells these cheap shooting glasses https://www.decathlon.fr/p/monture-de-t ... mc=8580690

Wow, for 40 Euros those look like a great value.
Too bad there is no 'home delivery' option. Only in store purchase. Does anyone know a mail-order vendor that retails this product? This would be a great option for my youth athletes.

[Oldnslow]

Besquareng,
I am nearsighted and wear progressive lenses. I took your advice and bought some cheap ($17) plastic +1.00 clip-ons.
They've been a big help, not so much because they bring the sights into focus, but because they make it impossible to focus on the target!
As a result, they've made it easier for me to concentrate on sight alignment and follow-through.
Thank you!