Shooting Glasses

[SeniorCoot]

I am going to get some shooting glasses--I primarily need them for cloudy days when hunting birds--My transition glasses(safety) get so dark i miss birds( my excuse) I also shoot trap,SC, & Skeet. I am thinking if getting either two pairs or two sets of lenses-Yellow & Rose
anyone ever buy just reg safety glasses in rose & or yellow?

[snake river rufus]

I've used a switch lens system for years and can say with out any doubt that rose is not what you want. Unless you are calling vermilion (purpleish-red) "rose". Those will give you good contrast showing blue rock against a green tree back ground. As far as yellow, I prefer a very slight tint- I want it shaded just enough to put me at the edge of squinting. I'm assuming that you are looking for PX glasses? If so, call around and find an optometrist that shoots- he will understand what you need.

[snake river rufus]

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A shotgunner needs his focal point (of the lens) much higher than is usual for normal eyeglass wearers (this makes your lenses much thicker on the lower edges) and unless your doctor understands this he will fight you and keep trying to give you 'street' glasses that won't serve you well for shooting. I've been down that road.

[Bayrat]

anyone ever buy just reg safety glasses in rose & or yellow?

If you mean the type of "safety glasses" used by workers in factories, jobsites and machine shops, as Rufus said your focal plain needs to be higher, so does where the glasses sit. I've tried using regular plastic safety glasses and they'll work for rifle and pistol shooting, but sit too low for shotgun.

Those glasses are designed more for looking straight ahead and down rather than up.

Plus, the bottom edges of the frames/lenses will sometimes touch the stock of a shotgun, or be so close that they will touch during recoil and be driven into your cheek.

I use both the fixed lens and swap-lens type shooting glasses. They sit higher so that when my head is on the gun they have plenty of clearance.

I use the vermillion lenses quite a bit because it makes orange clays standout so well, and occationally the yellow on hazy days.

I tried a pair of 'blue blockers' sunglasses once and not only did the weird colors make me feel like I was watching a movie about the world ending, I missed more birds. I Finally held them a couple of feet in front of me while I looked at the field lights telephone pole. No matter how I turned them, the pole as seen through the glasses wouldn't line up with the pole visable above and below the glasses. Threw them in the burn barrel and my scores went back up !!!!

Can't speak to perscription glasses other than I've heard the same warning Rufus mentioned - find an eye doc who knows specifically about glasses for shotgunning, not just one that knows about general shooting glasses.

Bayrat

[SeniorCoot]

Thanks guys.

[Hi Ball]

Senior Coot......As was mentioned prior, forgetabout the "Rose Tint" ok. I went to 3 frigging doctors about 9 years ago before I could get one to understand what the reason was and why I needed different lenses with tint for shooting trap, skeet and clays etc.

I don't shoot much trap anymore (hell, ain't shootin much anything lately) or skeet either. I am hoping to still be able to hit some pen raised quail this fall over the dogs. I found that for just hunting, my poleroid lenses do ok for glare and keep the squinting down to a minimum on a bright sunny day. :)

[SeniorCoot]

I ended up with rose and yellow- both work well in all light conditions so far- esp trap range were yahoos who put it in had it face WEST--not good at 7pm in summer with lots of sun-- also used glasses in SD last week shooting prairie dogs--