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Shooting glasses

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Shooting glasses are used as a visual aid for sport shooting. Though the glasses are extremely customizable, most pairs contain three basic elements: a lens, a mechanical iris, and a semi-transparent occluder. These components work together to help shooters focus their aiming eye on three points well
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The corrective lens for the aiming eye is attached to the eyeglasses frame and adjustable in three-dimensional space. This ensures that the aiming eye can look through the glass centrally and axially optimally adjusted to minimize optical distortions and hence distortions to the sighting image. The
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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
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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
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occluder for the non-aiming eye and other accessories mounted to the frame are also adjustable. The shooter positions the corrective lens correctly in front of their aiming eye and other accessories depending on their posture and preferences when shooting.
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In principle, the correction of ametropia is permitted with all suitable means. This also applies to colored discs and iris diaphragms. The use of magnifying aiming optics is not allowed by the
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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
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Shooting glasses with 2 available lens tints used for eye protection and improving vision with an inserted optional prescription lens carrier.
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Shooting glasses with 3 available lens tints (gray-green, clear, and persimmon) used for eye protection and improving vision.
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A 6 o'clock open pistol sight picture with focus on the front sight element; the out-of-focus gray dot represents the target.
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in such a way that the maximum visual acuity lies on the font sight line element near the muzzle of the (non-magnifying)
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In contrast to most other eye glasses, shooting glasses usually only have one lens that corrects the ametropia of the
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the target with the front and rear sighting elements, especially with increasing age or when using open sights.
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Olfa Charni wearing her shooting glasses with the semi-transparent occluder for the non-aiming eye flipped up.
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enough to align the distant target with their gun's front and rear sight elements at the same time.
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Glare shields to restrain light from the side or from above are considered permitted accessories.
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U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Peter Fiori using corrective shooting glasses as a visual aid at a
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wearing shooting glasses with a semi-transparent occluder for the non-aiming eye competing in a
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For some shooting competition types, safety glasses are mandatory or expressly recommended as
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Here's why Olympic sharpshooters wear those weird glasses, By Caroline Praderio, Aug 11, 2016
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Deutsche Optikerzeitung - DOZ, Informationen rund um den Schießsport. Ausgabe 10-2006
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Why Olympic Sharpshooters Insist On Looking Like Cyborgs, By Liz Stinson, Nov 8, 2016
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Sportordnung des Deutschen Schützenbundes e. V., Grundwerk vom 1. Januar 2018
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Accessories mounted on the highly adjustable shooting glasses frames consist of:
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Semi-transparent occluder to block the non-aiming eye from seeing distractions.
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wearing shooting glasses with an iris diaphragm as a visual aid at a
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Das Auge im Schießsport - Sehen und Filteranwendungen im Schießsport
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Shooting Glasses for Pistol, Rifle and Archery, By Barry Nolt
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open type or diopter and globe type match sight line elements
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using corrective shooting glasses as a visual aid at a
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glasses
ametropia
dominant eye
selected
open type or diopter and globe type match sight line elements
Iris diaphragms
depth of field
contrast sensitivity
International Shooting Sport Federation
eye protection
Olfa Charni wearing shooting glasses with a semi-transparent occluder for the non-aiming eye competing in a 10 m air pistol event.
Olfa Charni
10 m air pistol
Olfa Charni wearing her shooting glasses with the semi-transparent occluder for the non-aiming eye flipped up.
Elizabeth Callahan wearing shooting glasses with an iris diaphragm as a visual aid at a 25 m pistol event.
Elizabeth Callahan
25 m pistol
A 6 o'clock open pistol sight picture with focus on the front sight element; the out-of-focus gray dot represents the target.

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