Contacts, glasses and peep sights
#11
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: USA
Posts: 868
RE: Contacts, glasses and peep sights
Spotted Owl.......Depending on your perscription, glasses or contacts can make a huge difference! If I switch between my contacts and glasses, my point of impact changes by about 8" at 20 yards. The difference is due to my relatively strong perscription (-5.00) and the high index lenses I have in my glasses. The high index lenses have a different index of refraction than my contact lenses so the various wavelength light will pass through them at a different angle. The farther you go toward the end of the spectrum the worse the angle will be. On my Spot Hogg sight if you look at the sight straight on, the red pins (red is near the end of the spectrum) are about 1/16" out of line with the green pins. The Yellow are about 1/32 out of line with the green ones. When I am at anchor all of the pins appear to be in line.
Not to bust your chops, but switching between glasses and contacts can have a pretty big effect.
Not to bust your chops, but switching between glasses and contacts can have a pretty big effect.
#12
RE: Contacts, glasses and peep sights
I wear glasses (actually now I had to get bi-focals [:-] ) and I shoot with a Shurz-a-peep and have no problems. My glasses will fog up in the extreme cold occasionally when I wear a face mask. But, normally I wipe the lenses with that anti-fog stuff.
Butch A.
Butch A.
#15
RE: Contacts, glasses and peep sights
I wear glasses for distance, shooting a bow or not. I've found the more open the weave of the mask the less chance of fogging. The spandex headnet/mask that you custom cut eye and mouth holes works best. Also use the anti-fog stuff. Had the anti-reflective coating applied to the lenses. Same coating the TV folks use. Reflection is green rather than white. I use surz-a-peep AND a kisser button. Works for me.
#16
RE: Contacts, glasses and peep sights
I too wear glasses and I also use a peep sight. It took me a while to adjust to them though. I didn't like using the 1/8" peep with glasses and found the 3/16" worked much better for me.
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
Posts: 4,966
RE: Contacts, glasses and peep sights
I bought contacts many years ago when I couldn't take the fogging and possible glare that glasses are subject to. I only use my contacts for hunting.