Prescription glasses?

[Czhowa]

As a non glasses wearer I was wondering if most people who wear glasses do so when shooting?
I only ask because I was checking zero with a friend the other day and his rifle was grouping very badly. After a few groups he asked if I'd try his rifle. The diopter was way out for me so I adjusted, shot and grouped well..
Mumbling my apologies I passed his rifle back, he adjusted the diopter to suit himself and shot a 3 round single hole. Much better than the inch and a half groups that he'd put on paper earlier.
I noticed once he'd set the scope to suit his eye the eyepiece was backed out almost all the way to its stop.
Obviously setting up diopter correctly is of huge importance, would wearing his glasses while shooting create a more complicated process of setting up his scope or would it put less strain on his eye and potentially allow for a more parallax free setup?
Oh and all action/scope bolts were checked, no obstructions in stock to barrel. It was purely a wandering zero due to parallax shift

 

[Hunter 53]

Me wearing glasses does not affect my group they are the same with or without.

 

[Swedish]

If I didn't wear my glasses when shooting then the world would suddenly become a really exciting place!

 

[KRS]

I wear varifocals and simply look over the top of them or push them up so I am looking through the scope unaided and the scope is focussed for that. I don't want to be looking through the wrong part of the lens when trying to look through the scope. Hope that makes sense.

 

[eldon]

My pard 008 is focused for me without glasses for when the light drops as it's back to the good ole days, no glasses and all is well

Glasses are a real pain, especially if other optics are involved. Really a decision needs to be made whether to have them on full time or not at all.

 

[jimo]

I wear varifocals as well but keep them on and everything is focussed accordingly. I try to keep them pushed back so I’m looking through the same part of the lens each time and make sure they are clean.

 

[Len the dog]

I wear varifocals with fairly small rimless lenses, looking through a scope is very problematic because a very small movement of the head makes the difference of being in focus and not. I also found that when using a shotgun I was looking through the top edge of the lens.

To overcome this I bought a second pair of bifocals with large lenses that sit quite high (not quite Dennis Taylor but still large), they also have only a very small reading portion at the bottom so that the majority of the lens is a constant value. These work out extremely well for both rifle and shotgun use, they also work well with a thermal spotter.

 

[long_range_rob]

I wear glasses for short sightedness. I shoot with them on and my diopter is zero on the scope because my glasses prescription is correct. I would advise the OP’s mate to change optician

 

[Tulloch]

I wear glasses and wear contacts I have no difference in set up BUT my glasses and contacts are really the same prescription

Glasses can make a difference if the person is short sighted on the minus scale, the prism glass can cause additional optical effect but also effect eye position on the scope.

I have a plus prescription which means my diopter might not need to be that far back

What I will say is this, and I cannot stress this enough, those who need glasses or contacts like I do MUST wear them no matter how much they believe they don’t need them, glasses are not a crutch when shooting I came 80th in a PRScomp in the States among 360 competitors majority of whom are pro marksmen and I wore my specs throughout, it is important that you use your glasses or contacts when shooting to reduce strain on your eyes.

Shooting is not the only sport that really can effect your vision, snooker and pool to name a couple are the same

 

[Mossypaw]

I wear varifocals and need the diopter screwed out as far as it will go, so much so that I can’t focus some scopes (Leupold is one I can’t get on with)

 

[GWP]

I wear varifocal make sure you get the best lenses with the wider central segment to avoid getting into the fuzzy outer segments some opticians will help with set up

 

[GrahamK998]

The diopter adjustment is to aid your focus on the reticle, if the target is not clear then the primary focus (if present) would need adjusting also. A failure to have both 'in focus' will result in potential parallax issues.

 

[Utectok]

glasses worn during stalking but I look over the top of them through adjusted diopter when shooting... simply to many layers of misted up glass otherwise

 

[eldon]

I tend to shoot without glasses (or over the top) i.e. glasses on glasses off glasses on, and a real faff.
I sold one of my Leupold scopes as I found, without glasses, I'd maxed out the ocular adjustment and the reticle was no longer perfectly focused.
Something to think about as not all scopes have the same focus range.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Hmmm. I cannot tell if it is a horse or a fox in my scope and even worse through my thermal but what the hell - so do I really need glasses?

 

[eldon]

Hmmm. I cannot tell if it is a horse or a fox in my scope and even worse through my thermal but what the hell - so do I really need glasses?

No glasses required to be sure, with the luck of the irish you'll be fine

 

[Len the dog]

Hmmm. I cannot tell if it is a horse or a fox in my scope and even worse through my thermal but what the hell - so do I really need glasses?

No, just a larger calibre.

 

[Foxyboy43]

No, just a larger calibre.

I like your style oul fella!

 

[tikkathreebarrels]

I've worn specs all my 70 years not just to read but to see things beyond arms' length in focus. For years I've told the testing professional that I shoot rifles and that this involves studying "telescoped" images of small and distant objects.

 

[Heym SR20]

Glasses. How the feck do you train them to remain where you put them and to be where you want them when you need them.

My arms are no longer long enough so I need glasses to see close up, but they are bloody irritating and cannot get used to them. And no varifocals don’t work for me.