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    Posted: December/14/2013 at 10:15
I recently was out hunting for the first time since I started wearing glasses.  When I was at the blind, I had a hard time focusing in with my scope.   My question is: Is there a particular scope that I should check in to for people who wear glasses?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Peddler Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December/14/2013 at 10:36
How did yoy sight it in if you can't see now? I wear glasses but not when I hunt .
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote tahqua Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December/14/2013 at 19:51
Are they progressive bifocal lenses? If so, you will need to move a round to find the sweet spot.
If not, you need to adjust the focus.
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I wear tri-focals and I just can't use them with a scoped rifle.  At my last visit to my eye doctor I asked about single lens glasses for shooting. He suggested that I try contact lenses. They work great for shooting.  You might want to consider trying them.  The disposable type are pretty cheap.
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You might do well to consider a scope with a fast-focus adjustable eyepiece.  This makes it easy to use both with or without your glasses (which can get fogged, misplaced or broken).
 
I wear glasses for distance vision, and have fast-focus eyepieces on all my riflescopes.  My moment of clarity came when I was invited to take part in an informal target contest.  I had my rifle (with a fixed focus scope), but my glasses were back in the cabin.  It would have been an easy win.
 
For safety's sake, I use binoculars (and not the scope) for spotting game that isn't close enough to clearly identify.  Binoculars also have fast-focus capability. 
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I agree with Longhunter, get something with the ability to change the focus.  I am farsighted and wear by bifocals even when out hunting.  Adjusting the focus is not an ideal solution, as I sometines find I need to look over the edge of my glasses.  Contacts don't work well for me so I do the best I can with glasses.
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