Old eyes & Bifocals ?red dot or 1-4 scope
My iron sights don’t work with my eyes .
Doing a search looks like a red dot may not
Be any better . What about a 1-4 scope
Or acog . Sucks getting old .
Wouldn’t prescription eyeglasses make either optic gtg? I would think they would, but I haven’t needed them just yet so I am curious.
Bifocals for reading (lower ) upper slight correction for distance. The lower bifocal works for the iron sights
But can’t see target. And vice versa.
I’m no optometrist, but I do have bad eyes.
I’d say go with a rds because it doesn’t require focus on close point where your glasses are set up for distance.
old eyes here too.
just suffered pink eye, now with Superficial punctate keratitis due to medication for the pink eye. I have an Aimpoint Micro H1 w/ Aimpoint 3x Magnifier and it has handicapped me to less than 50 yards.
IMHO, I don’t think I would invest into ANY scope until the Keratitis goes away (prediction is approx 4-6 months
Good luck bro
I need quad focals, and actually have two different sets of Bi-focals.
I have red dots on my house rifles and shotgun. No problems seeing the dot.
You don’t say what your intended use of the rifle is. If it is for home defense or rapidly engaging targets inside of 10 yards a dot is going to be faster even if the dot looks like a cluster of grapes to your eyes. For shooting at smaller targets past 50 yards you will do better with a 1x something scope. A scope with an illuminated center dot doesn’t give up much to a red dot at close range but it will never be as fast as a dot up close especially from odd shooting positions.
Have the same problem even though my bifocals are variable. A RDS works great for me on my carbine for closer applications as you need to be focusing on the target with both eyes open anyway. I still have some problems with a higher power scope, but it is not as bad as irons. I am even considering having the slide on my FS M&P milled to accept a Trijicon RMR.
Ok I got a eotech exps2-0 On sale and eotech has a $75 rebate also.
That said it works better then I thought . The center dot is fairly clear.
The big ring is a little fuzzy but the wife says it is for her also ?
And that’s using the distant part of my glasses lens (upper)
Can’t use the bifocal at all.
Do your bifocals have a line or a gradual transition? I find the transition region on mine to be the best part of the lens for aiming.
As has been said… A dot or irons for close in banging and a good glass 1-4 for target shooting. Check to be sure the cataracts are not a factor, they were fo me. After those were fixed I regained the use of irons. Not like kid eyes again, but acceptable…
No they have the line .( for reading )
The full variable/progressive work better for me. The better quality prescriptions/lense make a difference as well. Have them set your bifocal distance at 24"…
I tried costco new hd progressive last week and could not use my ipad to read .
Went Back to standard bifocals . I will try the expensive virilux brand that my
Eye doc, recommends next time instead of costco.
Thanks guys
LOL! Cheap eyeglasses are NO bargain!
Astigmatism causes the dot in my AimpointPRO to look like a figure 8 but still ring 8" plates at 200 which satisfies current needs. Am considering a Primary Arms 1-6 for longer, more precise shooting.
Sounds like they botched your prescription. The biggest difference in $ to $$$ progressive lens is the width of the magnification “zone”… and length to a lessor degree. With progressives there’s of course no line to help you find the zone; you’ll need to hunt for it. I think that’s what throws a lot of people off. Good luck…
The reticle on any red dot sight is collimated, therefore projected in the same plane as the target. There’s nothing to close-focus on. You only need to focus on the target - you don’t need bifocals. In fact, multi-focal lenses will just slow you down. The 65 moa ring on the Eotech is “fuzzy” because it’s make up of individual pixels. Nature of the laser projection.
First off, I hate how excited I was to see this thread and despise the fact that I find it necessary to follow it. OP is correct, this does suck.
I’ve been wearing glasses since my teens for nearsightedness w/astigmatism. The astigmatism distorts the dots on my Aimpoint and Reflex, but I still hit what I’m aiming at out to the 200yds we shoot at for rifle quals. I’m just now entering the bifocal years, been putting it off, but will keep your advice in mind regarding high quality, transition bifocals when I go to the eye doc soon.
But you’ll need to get your astigmatism corrected at the point you look through the lens. It’s corrected for the center of the lens, so as you move off center it’ll get worse… If they don’t get the lens centered properly, you can have a problem…
Yes. All the more reason to skip the bifocals for shooting, or use the ones with small, offset windows for close-focus.