So I wear glasses. Have my whole life. My vision sucks.

As such every now and again I run my handguns sans glasses. Sure it’s a shotgun group but it’s on paper. If you require prescription lenses do you ever run a mag or three “blind” if you will?

One reason I really like my P2000’s is I seem to naturally point them in the “general direction” of the bad guy naturally.

If you wear glasses, it might be worth your time to run “Blind” now and again.

Food for thought.

I do t shoot all that well with crystal clear vision so shooting blind.....it’s a great excuse.

I wear trifocals. Last week I shot using the middle magnification (intermediate range), which puts the front sight in sharp focus. This week I shot using the top magnification (distance vision) which puts the front sight out of focus but the target sharp. My natural head position while firing a handgun is the latter, where I’m looking through the top part of the lens. I plan on getting some shooting-only glasses where the top is at my middle Rx. An interesting note in this, though, I actually shot better today than last week. Same two guns, same distance. I still put my focus on the front sight, even though it was a bit unsharp, but in my natural head position. To use the middle section I have to tilt my head back a bit, which feels unnatural.

So I wouldn’t exactly say it was like shooting without my Rx lenses, but it was less than ideal. I will try it next time without the Rx glasses at all just to see the result. You raise a good point!

Also, my vision isn’t so poor that shooting without my glasses would be unsafe. Just didn’t want anybody worrying about that!

I do, I wear bifocals. I have 2 neckfusions and if I take the glasses off, I can see front sight much better and place the sight on the blurred target much easier. Of course, I put on yellow tinted shooting glasses. They are the plastic ones for 10 dollars.

To be honest, I hadn't considered it.

Without my glasses/contacts, my natural focus distance is about 3.5-4" from my face. It might be a good idea to try this next time I go to the range...Or not. I'm confident I could get it all down range safely. On paper...That's another story entirely.

I have. As much as we like to debate the perfect pistol ergonomics, not being able to see well kind of makes those minor details seem a bit silly.

I wear contacts and reading glasses (6 mo. from 60). My contacts stay infall the time, so I'm unlikely to need to shoot without them. That said, I know my eyesight and am confident I can see well enough without them to hit at self-defense ranges.

On the readers/bi-/tri-focals, I now practice 90% of the time without them, as I expect they won't be on my head when I need them. The front and rear sights are blurry, but "good enough" for bad-guy use.

I will say that the getting-old-sucks eyesight caused me to take the plunge for a factory red dot-equipped SIG P320RX. What a revelation! I see several more red dots in my future

I shoot half with, half without. I figure I never know when conflict may arise. I am considering laser sights now for this reason.

I have tried but it's almost to the point of making me nauseous.
Something about it just plays a visual trick on me and makes my stomach turn.
I'm lucky so far in my 50's to still have decent vision.

From 10 yards in, I shoot better without my glasses. I see better up close without them, to about 5’.

I do. My vision isn’t bad...it’s like 20/40. I only wear glasses at work or when I’m watching TV so I practice without them as normally when I’m CC’img I won’t have them on.

I wear contact lenses but take them out to sleep. I do have a pair of glasses for when I get up in the night and sit around in the morning. If I didn't wear either of these, I don't think I could see the gun on the end of my hand! But, I suppose I should try with glasses and take them off in cases of a physical altercation in the home.

That's a good idea! I do practice off hand with each hand. I'll add this.

Mine is bad enough at 30 that I can't see the front sight of a pistol held at full extension of my arms to align it correctly in the rear without my glasses. No way I would even see the target. I would need to have a hand on the bad guy to get hits without my lenses.
I can make do with a rifle with magnified optics and no glasses, but it is just making do.

I've done it a couple of times. Assumption is that I'm attacked and my eyeglasses are knocked off. Thing is, the scenario's not accurate. Anyone who's close enough to slug or bat my glasses off is going to get shot point blank, assuming I can draw my gun.

The at-home, nighttime scenario that I can't locate my glasses (I SWEAR that I put them RIGHT THERE!): I'd go for my Shockwave before I reach for my G23. No, I haven't shot my Shockwave without my glasses on.

I have a point of unaided focus right around the 42" area so I can shoot iron sight pistols, and some iron sight rifles without glasses. For other iron sight rifles and any RDS sight I need glasses.

Most of the time. I have reading glasses, and might benefit from "real" glasses at this point. Problem is, for most things, I can see fine. I can read road signs at a good distance, recognize people, etc. When shooting, however, I can't get a sharp focus of the front sight with the naked eye. Like you, when I shoot without glasses, I am on paper, but it isn't pretty. When I shoot with the glasses, I cut my group size by 2/3.

Ever try shooting with glasses knocked half off hour head, lenses smeared with sweat/blood simulation?

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Originally posted by soggy_spinout:
The at-home, nighttime scenario that I can't locate my glasses (I SWEAR that I put them RIGHT THERE!): I'd go for my Shockwave before I reach for my G23.

Do you believe you can shoot the Shockwave more accurately than the G23 if you can’t see well?

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Originally posted by RichardC:
Ever try shooting with glasses knocked half off hour head, lenses smeared with sweat/blood simulation?

I haven't. I've also been remiss in my practice with a knife in my left kidney.