Shooting glasses
type of eyewear for shooting sports
Shooting glasses are specialized corrective glasses for use in shooting and are used almost exclusively in sport shooting competitions.
Like other glasses, they are worn in front of the eyes to compensate for the shooter's ametropia with optical lenses.
Functions
In contrast to most other eye glasses, shooting glasses usually only have one lens that corrects the ametropia of the dominant eye, which is used for aiming. This lens is selected in such a way that the maximum visual acuity lies on the font sight line element near the muzzle of the (non-magnifying) open type or diopter and globe type match sight line elements to get three points positioned in three different optical planes in acceptably sharp focus at the same time.
This is necessary because the shooter can influence the weapon and sight line elements and not the target. It is accepted that the target is not seen with maximal visual acuity when aligning the target with the front and rear sighting elements, especially with increasing age or when using open sights.
To avoid eye fatigue and improve balance the non-aiming eye should be kept open. The non-aiming eye can be blocked from seeing distractions by mounting a semi-transparent occluder. This is preferred to pinching the non-aiming eye in order to avoid the undesirable closing of the eyelid of the aiming eye and increased strain on the eyelid muscle.
The corrective lens for the aiming eye is attached to the eyeglasses frame and adjustable in three-dimensional space.
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