shooting glasses

[neilwf]

I have a pair of Varga 3000 Shooting glasses, with blinder that I use for 10m pistol shooting. I now feel I need a prescription lens for the dominant eye (old age is a terrible thing). The glasses came with a lens holder (37mm), all I need is the lens.

Does anyone know of a optician in the south London or even London area that can test me and provide one, and approximately how much it would cost. I've done the usual web search, the only one I can find is in Bristol.

Thanks for your help.

Neil.

[Irontrack]

Try Fultons who are based at Bisley Camp. 

I got tested & a lens supplied from here for approx £70-80. Can't remember if that included the holder or not (your right old age is a terrible thing).

I believe they are linked to a shop/opticians in Bristol in some way?

 

Hope this helps.

 

[spothunter]

Give Simon Goldsmith a call at Stewards of Bisley -http://www.stewardsportsglasses.co.uk/.       He has the shop next to Fultons at Bisley but he's usually only open there during the Imperial. His practice however is in Bristol and is probably the one referred to above. My advice is go to a decent optician locally and get a prescription.  Then call Simon, tell him you're a shooter and the shooting glasses you have and he will recommend an adjustment to the prescription and will have a lens made up for you which he will send you in the post and you fit yourself. There is no need to have him carry out the test himself. What differentiates him from ordinary opticians is he that he understands that a shooter needs to be able to focus more on  the foresight when one is shooting and he adjusts the prescription for the shooting lens accordingly.

Best

Paul

   

[tmiklas]

I would do as spothunter says, but my eye test was due anyway, so... popped into local boots opticians, they knew exactly what I wanted, but said they need to order glass from specialist sport glasses manufacturer, which was like £80-90 on top of any test - I'll pass. Went to my local vision express, explained what I wanted, they did an eye test, all the adjustments for exact distance I gave them and a week later at total cost of £39.99 I picked up my monoframe with the prescription lens in it. No doubt it's not Stewards of Bisley (it's a fair trip for me to get there), but if you decide to go to your local optician, talk to them - seems depending on their preferred suppliers the prices may vary quite wildly.

Will test mine tomorrow and if it doesn't work as expected, I'll be calling Simon very soon :-)

[jamesgutteridge]

2 hours ago, tmiklas said:

I would do as spothunter says, but my eye test was due anyway, so... popped into local boots opticians, they knew exactly what I wanted, but said they need to order glass from specialist sport glasses manufacturer, which was like £80-90 on top of any test - I'll pass. Went to my local vision express, explained what I wanted, they did an eye test, all the adjustments for exact distance I gave them and a week later at total cost of £39.99 I picked up my monoframe with the prescription lens in it. No doubt it's not Stewards of Bisley (it's a fair trip for me to get there), but if you decide to go to your local optician, talk to them - seems depending on their preferred suppliers the prices may vary quite wildly.

Will test mine tomorrow and if it doesn't work as expected, I'll be calling Simon very soon 🙂

As long as they know what adjustments to make from your prescription so that the lens is shooting specific then no reason they can't make perfectly good lenses for you. 

I got my eyes checked at my local optician and sent a print out of the prescription to Stewards but that's was mostly due to my local optician not being particularly helpful. 

[RobinC]

Its simple, the adjustment is +0.5 dioptre on your long vision prescription and that gives a 2 mt focal length, which is the perfect prescription for rifle shooting

Don't forget to include astigmatism, you local opticians or specs factories will make a lens, average £40. If you wish expert advice contact Stephen Hing, at Hings Opticians, Shefford, Nr Bedford, Stephen is one of the top specialists in shooting prescriptions, but unless you have a particular eye sight issue he will tell you the same as above.

 

Have Fun

Robin

[greenster]

Excuse me jumping in - When you have a shooting lens made do you add the coatings like normal glasses - anti reflection, anti scratch etc or steer clear of all that.

[tmiklas]

They did offer various options, but I decided to not take any filters - this is what adjustable rear iris will do for me.

[David Levene]

3 hours ago, greenster said:

Excuse me jumping in - When you have a shooting lens made do you add the coatings like normal glasses - anti reflection, anti scratch etc or steer clear of all that.

For pistol shooting I have always had anti-reflective and anti-scratch coatings.

[greenster]

Thanks both, two different approaches but good to know!