Just because you might not have the best eyesight out there does not mean that you cannot use a rifle scope when you’re out hunting. However, even the best rated rifle scope out there might not play nice with your glasses. In fact, if you do a little digging around some hunting forums and message boards, you will find people who wear glasses complaining about problems with depth of field and other issues. The funny thing about it is that as a hunter who wears glasses, you get different experiences from difference scopes. Take this message board thread where the hunter can’t see the target pin when looking through one scope but has no problems with it in a different scope.
Bottom line – your glasses can have a definite effect on what you see when you look through your scope. And people who wear bi-focals have even more of an issue. Some people say that you should never glasses when shooting because it changes what you see. That is bull for the most part. And I say this as someone who wears glasses but can see pretty okay without them. If you don’t believe me, look through your scope with and without glasses and see if there is any difference.
As someone who wears glasses most of the time, I find that my biggest problem as an eyeglass wear is that my lenses fog up when it’s really cold outside. And foggy lenses makes it real hard to focus through your scope, let alone actually shoot at something. For me, I prefer wearing contacts when I am out hunting, even if they do annoy me more than wearing glasses. At least I do not have to worry about them fogging up on me.
On a related note, if you are shooting while wearing your glasses, then it is very important that you get your eye doc to give you some of those polycarbonate safety lenses instead of normal lenses in your frames. Just a normal safety precaution that we need to take when we wear glasses while shooting.
David says
When i look thru scopes without glassea the reticle and taget are in focus . With my glasses the reticle is sharp but target is fuzzy. Everyboxy says how to sharpen reticle focus but have yet to find how to sharpen tsrget focus.
Ken Johnson says
I have to qualify in an AR-15 for my job at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan, but am having a hard time using the bi-focals I now require; I cannot see both the target at 100 yards and my front sight. Any ideas on what I can tell the Optometrist on how to make up a pair of shooting glasses for me?
Lio M. says
I use contacts, but would be very thankful to know if anyone makes a scope specifically for people who use glasses