Shooting Sports Opthmologist-DFW???

[saltydog452]

I'm looking for a Opthmologist/Optometrist who understands a little about the Shooting Sports.

I have read a bunch of comments here and there about 'stick on' lens magnifiers, progresinve, bi-,& tri-focals. I even read where someone is trying to sell some adjustable lens glasses for about 1,200 $ ea.

Mostly, it appears to bunch of trial and error partial solutions. Someone has to have some knowledge of a skilled professional knowledgable in the Shooting Sports somewhere around the DFW area.

The Austin and Ft. Hood area would be doable also.

Your suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

salty

[Hoi Polloi]

Sent a PM

[OldCannon]

+1 for recommendations in the Austin area

[TacShot]

I'm not sure an ophthalmologist can tell you anything more than it's an individual choice. The best thing to do is to ask around your shooting club or whatever group of shooters you know. I will offer my experience with the glasses I've tried. The sum of my experience is that if you wear tri-focals every day, then get tri-focal shooting glasses. For short range pistol with steel targets, I have the Revision Sawfly with the prescription insert. This gives me some side protection from back splatter. For rifle, hunting, and plinking, I wear industrial safety glasses with transitional lenses. Now don't confuse Industrial safety glasses as something you would buy at Home Depot for working at your bench grinder. I'm referring to normal looking glasses with full rims that hold a prescription lens barely thicker than a normal lens and they meet Z87 standards. You could, and I do often, use them for your every day glasses. If you see a picture of Clint Smith of Thunder Ranch fame, you will see the type of glasses I'm talking about. I have found Wiley X type wraparound type, favored by the secret service and some special forces will give you some fisheye distortion with prescription lenses. It's a common mistake to spend really big bucks for glasses that you wear only while shooting.

I cannot recommend an ophthalmologist specializing in the shooting sports, but I can recommend a eye doc in Euless, TX. I work with him and he is familiar with firearms. send me a PM for more info. I hope this helps.

[saltydog452]

PM sent to TacShot.

salty

[wgoforth]

We have such in Brownwood, an Opt that is himself in shooting and made several suggestions to me. Dr Kent Comolli on Austin Ave.

[saltydog452]

TacShot,

Doc and Liza sends a big 'Hi'.

I saw your specs. Really?

Many thanks.

salty.

PS: The Doc knew a slide when he saw one. That sounds about right for an Aggie.

Liza got a chuckle or two out of it also. She said thaat she knew it would'nt 'bite'. Has also ordered several frames for me to look at. We'll see.

Still don't know where to put both corrections in the lens, Up or Down. Where the 'line' goes is kinda is gets kinda wierd. Doc thinks it should be in traditional Up/Down placement but the divisive 'line' should be straight across the middle of the lens. That'd make for minimum head movement. Again, don't know. I do have two 'scrips, one for regular stuff and another for shooting.

The Tech would make you wanna throw rocks at the latest centerfold. Never seen a set of scrubs look so good.

Whoop!

Again, thanks,

sd.

[Jumping Frog]

Don't overlook trying a time-tested classic: The Merit Optical Attachment
It does exactly what it says it does.

After talking with my ophthalmologist, I also bought a pair of monovision glasses that were optimized to focus on the front sight. I get a nice clear front sight picture, but the target is blurry. I don't like those glasses as well as using the Merit Optical Attachment, because it lets me see both the front sight and the target clearly.

[mr surveyor]

I have DIY'd something very similar to the above mentioned shooting glasses that works very well for bullseye type target shooting. Take a pair of inexpensive shooting/safety glasses (plastic wrap around style) and find the exact point in the lens that your dominant eye aligns with your pistol sights. Then take a small drill bit and drill a hole through that spot. Next take a magic marker and black out a circular area around the pin hole. Then test for vision/alignment. If necessary, the hole can be enlarged (tiny amount at a time) until focus is optomized. The eye diopter things (like my contraption) work great for static target shooting, but not so well for any kind of run and gun stuff.


surv

[saltydog452]

I'm going to have to get two corrections within the specs. And probabally more than one set of specs. One corection will be for an undefined distance (driving). On the shooting/safety specs the other correction would be in tune with the front sight.

The other set of specs would have the correction for an unspecified (driving) distance. And a correction that'd let me read the newspaper, trim the 'stache, nose hair, or look up a number in the phone directory.

At least, thats the current plan.

Since I don't know how the Merit would work with two corrections, I may have to drag my feet a bit before I make that decision.

Suggestions appreciated. Thanks,

salty

[Jumping Frog]

Since I don't know how the Merit would work with two corrections, I may have to drag my feet a bit before I make that decision.

It works the best looking through a correction for longer distance. Presbyopia is the inability to focus at close distances that affects most of us as we age. The Merit addresses being able to focus both far and near, but your normal lenses have to help you see distance vision correctly.

[Divided Attention]

It is time for me to go for new lenses. I wear bifocals, and was trying to think what I would need in a sports lens for shooting - I use safety glasses that fit over my glasses right now, but think I would much more enjoy some rx lenses for safety lenses especially for the IDPA type stuff.

How do you broach the subject with your eye doctor? Hey I am involved in sport shooting and need some glasses that will make aquiring my site picture faster and easier?

Thanks!

[saltydog452]

The notion wasn't 'broached' at all. I hauled out the slide and mentioned what I 'thought' I wanted and asked for his opinion. During the conversation, I refered to the slide as a barrel, the Doc quickly corrected me and said '...its a slide.' It appears that he does understand the difference. He got kinda interested also.

Neither he, the tech, and the Optometrist got all paranoid at the sight of the slide sitting on the table.

Other than courtesy, I don't have a major problem in giving the name of the Opthmologist or the Optometrist. They share the same suite of offices. Before I post publically 'tho, I'd like to ask their permission. No worries at all with a PM.

salty

[saltydog452]

Jumping Frog,

The Merit attachment illustration displays two suction cup attachments on the face of the shooting glasses.

Maybe I missed something, but why two lsuction cup attachments?

Maybe worth note, or not. The eye doc office is going to be closed Fri, 13 May. It seems the good doc it taking a long weekend to go on a hunting trip.

salty

[Jumping Frog]

The Merit attachment illustration displays two suction cup attachments on the face of the shooting glasses.

I agree it looks a little confusing, but it is one suction cup attached to one adjustable iris peep sight.

Have you ever shot a rifle with peep sights? It is very similar in principle.