Do I have astigmatism?

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i got a vortex venom today for my pistol and at arms length it's not a perfect dot. It's blurry. However if I move it closer to my eye (like it would be on my rifle) it's perfectly sharp. Do I need to see the eye doc?
 
Do you have trouble doing every day things? If no then skip dr. If yes go to dr. I have a slight astigmatism and see the blur. I have found though if I concentrate on the target the dot gets rounder. So I shoot threat focused when using red dots.


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The important question is how long has it been since your last eye exam?
If it is over two years you are overdue for the exam, not just a vision check but
retina and glaucoma too.

Astigmatism usually causes vision to be blurred or distorted to some degree at all distances.
 
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^^^^This.

You only got two. Got to take of them. I am diabetic. Eyes get checked every year. If you have insurance it's crazy not to. One year there was no changes. I had them make me a pair of prescription sun glasses.

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Here's my story.... Knew my eyesight was becoming an issue, blurry red dots, skeet targets that all I could see was a blur, got tired of my declining skeet scores. Never had an eye exam, go to the ophthalmologist he diagnosis my eyesight, nothing unusual, I tell him I only want contacts. He obliges and I walk out a man with a new outlook on life.
Fast forward 12 months and I suddenly have this astigmatism in my right eye, no problem, he changes my prescription and all is well again. I'm due to go back in August of this year and I don't think there are any changes so I should be good to go...
Success story...... Call the man, please call the man.....
 
Bailey Boat said:
Here's my story.... Knew my eyesight was becoming an issue, blurry red dots, skeet targets that all I could see was a blur, got tired of my declining skeet scores. Never had an eye exam, go to the ophthalmologist he diagnosis my eyesight, nothing unusual, I tell him I only want contacts. He obliges and I walk out a man with a new outlook on life.
Fast forward 12 months and I suddenly have this astigmatism in my right eye, no problem, he changes my prescription and all is well again. I'm due to go back in August of this year and I don't think there are any changes so I should be good to go...
Success story...... Call the man, please call the man.....
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Bailey did you bring in a red dot with you for your exam? I didn't for mine and I still see a blur on the red dots even though my eyesight is greatly improved otherwise with my new glasses. I'm thinking I should go back and bring a cheap red dot with me.
 
Exile_D said:
Bailey did you bring in a red dot with you for your exam? I didn't for mine and I still see a blur on the red dots even though my eyesight is greatly improved otherwise with my new glasses. I'm thinking I should go back and bring a cheap red dot with me.
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Most of my red dot sights are "lesser priced" (cheap) and their not all that important to me. What was important was the distance vision I came away with. Skeet targets are seen at 21 yards (63 feet) and that was my main goal, to see the target better and more clearly. Since I didn't want progressive contacts my single vision lenses improved my distance vision greatly and my skeet scores are back where they were years ago. I am back to AAA (98.9) in all 4 gauges and man it feels good......
You're going to get either distance, close up or progressives. My glasses are progressive and they give me fits....
 
For reference, I'm only 33.

I went to site in my dot today & it got a lot more focused as I looked through the site and focused on the target.

But I think I will make a doc appt just in case. I have no other vision problems, but an appointment can't hurt.
 
I have a pretty bad astigmatism. To the point I cannot shoot a red dot scope at all. It's like a 4 leaf clover if I'm lucky or an ink blot test if I'm not. But I don't have any issue with holographic sites. Go figure.

Hux, don't be surprised if it's not correctable right now. I went several years with a low grade astigmatism that I could not do anything about. There were not prescriptions in the lower ranges. I was actually kind of happy when it got bad enough to correct.
 
chiefjason said:
But I don't have any issue with holographic sites. Go figure.
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I didn’t know it until a while ago when I read that this classic symptom of astigmatism. Reflex (I think) vs holographic. Search the forums and you’ll find a discussion or 2 about it. I have slight astigmatism but no problem with red dots - lucky. I have a pair of glasses in my car that I only use when the perfect rain/night/light/glare situation exists and occasionally when driving late at night long distance when I’ve been up forever. Makes s big difference of how tired my eyes feel or don’t!
 
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