YES.....when using a red dot sight I usually see a 6-9 dot cluster with no clear answer as to which one is the correct one for accurate aiming. Works ok for general banging on a steel target but no good for accuracy or group shooting. By accident I discovered how to deal with red dots and bifocal glasses......use the upper part of the lense, one for distance, and like magic I see only one dot. I was always tilting my head backwards to use the lower, reading part of the lense which didn't help matters.

Somedays I hate red dot sights and on others I can live with them but the older I get the less I like them. On my 300 Blackout SBR I mounted a Leupold 1.5-5x VX3 HD, no much slower for fast aiming but with a whole lot bette aiming point. And on my latest AR upper build I mounted a Vortex Spitefire 5x Prism sight, etched glass reticle, much better than a red dot, though Prism sights are pricey but I got a deal on this one and really like it.

Gunner

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was hard enough without the bother of trying to see what you were stepping over and through by bobbing your head around. And I can see printing easy enough without any glasses so I just take my glasses off to read.

BUT ..the eyes change as you age! I just ordered new ones this week. I had noticed that looking through a scope, my right eye blurred the view while it was nice and clear with the left eye!

And with open sights, the right eye was good but with the left eye the front sight was leaning markedly to the left. Astigmatism. -sigh-

But we keep on.

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Like Gunner, using the distance portion of the lens works for me. It's kind of natural as I am already looking at the target and transposing the dot over it.

And, until Jim mentioned it, I guess my head bobs around a lot while working through the woods. Even in town, I'm always dropping my head to check the sidewalk in front of me. I don't really think about it much.

The joke in our little open sight pistol league is you can always tell who has bifocals because they've got their head back like they're looking at the ceiling in order to focus on the sights.

I am an anachronism in that I followed in my Dad’s footsteps and wear two different pairs of glasses, one for reading and the other for distance. It can be an issue only if I fail to drag along the needed pair, but that’s what pockets are for!

As to your problems with a Red Dot, often times it is a matter of having astigmatism. It doesn’t play well together with dot sights unfortunately. There can be a bit of a fix though, try wearing polarized glasses, a decent quality set. For whatever reason, I find that helps immensely with the astigmatism problem, although it opens up the expense of now buying yet another pair of doctor issued glasses.

As an aside, I had been having a terrible amount of trouble shooting my 1920 built Winchester Winder musket. Diminished skill sets (and probably capacity) as well as failing eyesight made for terrible range trips. I opened up the size of the peep aperture, but what helped even more was clipping on a Gehmann rotary diopter to my glasses. It works a true charm, I assure you.

Merry Christmas brother, I hope you have a comfortable season!

Otony

Top is arms length focus, front sight/computer screen. Middle is distance, red dots. Bottom is close up, reading, working on small parts.

I got trifocals since my job requires a fair amount of computer work, doesn't mix well with my Vernier sight on the Sharps, have trouble at times with the front sight some 36" away.

Dave

https://sspeyewear.com/products/top-focal-ast-kit - just tip your head down and there’s the front sight all crisp and clear…, and you don’t feel drunk if you look down for brass or snakes or such.

https://www.lymanproducts.com/brands/lyman/sights/eyepalr Since Merit Optics seems to be out of business, this is a decent replacement for their adjustable aperture that would suction cup to your glasses.

Have not tried with red (or any other color) dots, but sharp edges are available with either of the above.

Merit adjustable apertures pop up on eBay occasionally.

Merry Christmas.

Doug Mann