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Shooting glasses Magnified and Prescription
out the SafeVision website and then ob- tained a prescription from my local eye doctor. T e special measurement that must be obtained, in addition to the standard prescription, is the PD.
With my prescription in hand, I then spoke with Vogler over the phone. He recommended several safety rated frames and then I looked at them on the SafeVi- sion website. He advised me to pick three or four that I felt I would like. T e frames were then shipped to me without lenses. I charged them on my credit card. Once they arrived, I tried them on in conjunction with my electronic hearing protection. I decided that the Wiley X “Brick” model
SafeVision recommends ordering several safety frames to try out along with your hearing protection. You can then choose which pair works best for you.
fi t and felt the best. Following Vogel’s in- structions, my daughter took a closeup photo of the glasses while I wore them with my hearing protection. I e-mailed Vogel the digital photo and shipped the frames back to SafeVision.
Vogel then made my prescription safety glasses. He used the photo I e-mailed him to be sure the press-on prescription optic made by 3M Health Care would be in the correct spot.
Once my new Wiley X “Brick” shoot- ing glasses were ready, they were shipped to me and my credit card was adjusted for the diff erence between the three plain frames I had already paid for and my new shooting glasses.
Author’s new Wiley X “Brick” prescription shooting glasses. These safety glasses incorporate 1.5x magnifi cation bifocals at the bottom and a prescription press-on lens in the right lens for focusing on a handgun’s front sight.
I still shoot well, but my pistol’s front
sight is not as easy to see as it used to be. It’s still there, but that black blade is out of focus these days. I remember a veteran of- fi cer on the range 20-plus years ago telling me, “I can’t see the target all the way down there at the end of the range. How am I supposed to hit that?”
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I replied, “You don’t have to see the tar- get very well, you just have to see your front sight.” T e real problem becomes when you can’t see your front sight as well as you used to. T e solution may be a pair of prescrip- tion shooting glasses. I turned to Chris Vogler at SafeVision LLC located in St. Louis, Mo. I checked
Upon arrival, the Wiley X glasses came with a branded hard case, two diff erent retention straps, and various cleaning ac- couterments. T e Brick’s lenses have a 1.5 magnifi cation bifocal at the bottom and the right eye lens has the press-on prescription in just the right spot for seeing my front sight. Which is now clearly in focus! If you have considered a pair of prescrip- tion shooting glasses, check out SafeVi- sion’s website and give Vogel a call. PM
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