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Does eye protection affect aim?

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:54 pm
by SevenSixTwo
Given that eyepro is adding a refractive layer between your eyes and the target, surely it must affect aim?

Say you one day need to shoot without eyepro - would your aim be off?

Re: Does eye protection affect aim?

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:18 pm
by dave_303
I stArted wearing shooting glasses some 6months ago now, after the initial getting used to wearing them shooting I have found it makes no difference to my aim at all

Re: Does eye protection affect aim?

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:29 pm
by SevenSixTwo
No, I'm not suggesting there would be problems aiming with them; I'm wanting to air a theory that there's a difference between protected and unprotected sight.

Re: Does eye protection affect aim?

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:59 pm
by saddler
no difference

Re: Does eye protection affect aim?

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:06 pm
by Chuck
No difference I can find: eyes are lousy either way :lol:

Re: Does eye protection affect aim?

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 5:49 pm
by Charlotte the flyer
Other than fiddling with them and adjusting my position, my standard glasses are fine.

Re: Does eye protection affect aim?

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 5:51 pm
by meles meles
Welding goggles might cause a problem...

Re: Does eye protection affect aim?

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:08 pm
by dromia
So would beer glasses!

Re: Does eye protection affect aim?

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:37 pm
by ovenpaa
No difference, I shoot with clear, yellow and tinted depending on the conditions, only issue I have is one set tends to mist up occasionally.

The real question should be do I shoot better with or without eyes...

Re: Does eye protection affect aim?

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:43 pm
by Alpha1
My dominant eye is my right eye about two year ago I suffered a detached retina in the right eye I had surgery to re attach the retina and at the same time had a cataract removed and the lens in my right eye was replaced with a implant so the sight in this eye is not brilliant. The only way I can shoot military rifles now is using a pair of shooting glasses made up for me by a very understanding optician.
I have only had the glasses about a month don't know how I survived before that. They are toughened glass so they are ok to use as safety specs and they were not hugely expensive.