Self Defense Shooting with Corrective Lenses

[SimonRL]

Thought I’d share this article because I always keep my readers on my nightstand in case I have to see my front sight.

MultiBrief: Self-defense shooting with corrective lenses

A lot of times, the techniques that we use for plinking and having fun with guns don’t necessarily carry over to self-defense shooting. Take shooting with glasses or contacts as an example. The fact is, we may or may not have our corrective lenses handy when we need to defend ourselves. It may...

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[gglass]

I have worn contacts for 40 years, and for almost 10 years now I have worked with my eye doctor to provide me the best front-sight focus possible. This is done by wearing a full-power contact in my non-dominant eye, and a lower power contact in my dominant eye. It does take a bit of time to get used to, but for me it is the best solution to allow me to keep my shooting skills intact.

For those times that I might not be wearing my contacts, like in the middle of the night, I also train in "Point Shooting" skills. Most are surprised at just how accurate they can be once they learn the skill of Point Shooting. Could I aim for the middle button of a shirt with this skill? No, but keeping rounds on the center mass of a man-sized target is actually not hard at all.

 

[Oaktree45]

Although I wear bifocals, my vision is such that I can focus on the front sight without my glasses. When I go to the shooting range I take my glasses off and just use safety glasses. I also put a laser on my nightstand pistol for low light or dark conditions. At the range I will practice using the iron sights, the laser, and then instinct shooting.

One thing about the laser, it will show you how steady/unsteady your aim is.